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14th Annual Chinook Olympics

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 March 2012 10:13 Written by Administrator

Location: It's A Dog's World – York Maine

Date: To Be Announced

Don't miss the 14^th Annual Chinook Olympics! It is the most fun you can have with your dog !

Each year 30-40 Chinooks and "Chinooks for a Day" gather at It's A Dog's World to participate in the Chinook Olympics. There are fun games for everyone, including team and individual events. Everyone that participates goes home a winner! Winners earn ribbons and fun prizes like dog toys and treats. There will be a raffle, a silent auction of great Chinook items, and a pot luck BBQ with some great food. Don't forget your checkbook for the silent auction !

Chinook Trail Program - January 24th,2012

Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 16:48 Written by Administrator

Chinook Trail Program in Laconia, NH

Did you know that a rare and famous dogbreed, the Chinook, was

established right here in northern New England? Did you further know

that the Chinook is the official New Hampshire State Dog?

Historian and dog lover, Bob Cottrell will explain who these dogs are

and why are they famous. They are called Chinooks after the original

Great Chinook, the first of his breed. While they were originally

developed as sled dogs, they make great pets and are wonderful around

children.

Chinooks are one of only a few breeds created in America. They were

established in the early 20th century and their blood line can be

traced to a single individual. There are only about 800 Chinooks

living today.

The Chinook breed was developed by a rough and ready adventurer named

Arthur Walden. After spending time as a “dog puncher” in the Alaskan

Yukon during the Gold Rush days, Walden returned to Wonalancet, a

small village in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His goal was to create a new

sled dog breed with power, endurance, speed and a friendly nature.

In 2010, Bob’s son Ryan was awarded a grant for a New Hampshire apprenticeship

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant awarded by the New Hampshire

State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Traditional Arts

Apprenticeship grants help to preserve our living heritage for future

generations by providing support for a master traditional artist to

teach an experienced apprentice in one-to-one sessions. Funding for

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants is made possible through

appropriations from the New Hampshire State Legislature and the

National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Options for this program include the following

Visit with Tug (Mountain Laurel Tamworth Tugger)

Tug the stud http://www.chinook.org/stud/MLTamworthTugger_stud.html

Tug as ambassador of official state dog

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/GJNEWS02/702239958/-1/cit&source=

Program also includes display of hand made dog sled and associated

harnesses, lines and hooks. Bring your camera to get pictures with

Tug, the sled and the harnesses.

References

Chinook Owner’s Association

Chinooks: A Northern New England Breed.

http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/LifeInNewEngland-Chinook-Dogs.html

Chinook Trail http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/LifeInNewEngland-Chinook-Trail.html

Ryan’s apprenticeship

http://artstamworth.org/2011/07/community-presentation-on-traditional-dog-sled-making/

For more information about Chinook dogs see:

Chinook Dog Club of America

Chinook Dog Education Center

Chinook Owners Association

Mushing

Nerak Kennels

New England Sled Dog Club

Sled Dog Central

Wikipedia

Chinook dog images

http://www.google.com/search?q=chinook+dog&hl=en&biw=805&bih=817&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=rGs5Tp2dLabz0gG55bzMAw&sqi=2&ved=0CCIQsAQ

Chinook videos

Christmas 2011 dog sledding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4SXuReofTE

This is our daughter Miranda sledding out of our driveway on Christmas

Day, 2011 with our dogs, Tug and Fenway. Tug is a pure bred Chinook.

Descendent of the original "Great Chinook" founder of the breed, now

New Hampshire's official State Dog.

Chinook's Children's (1940 era newsreel film) videos on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/tamworthnhhistory/videos

See videos Chinooks Silent and Chinooks with narration.

Our son, Ryan Cottrell making dog sleds as an apprentice to Karen

Jones on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSleddoghistory/videos

Bob Cottrell bio summary

Bob Cottrell is the Curator of the Henney History Room at the Conway

Public Library, President of the Tamworth Historical Society and

serves as an independent history and museum consultant, curator for

hire, website www.curator4hire.com.

He has a master’s degree from the Winterthur Program in Early American

Culture in Delaware. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida

and has worked in the museum field since 1982.

He has worked at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of

American Art in Washington D.C., The Crowley Museum and Nature Center

in Sarasota, Florida, the St. Petersburg Historical Museum also in

Florida, the Conner Prairie Museum in Indiana and at Bilkent

University in Ankara, Turkey. In 1996 he became the founding Director

of the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth, New

Hampshire.

He is married with two children and a Chinook sled dog, New

Hampshire's State Dog breed.

Did you know that a rare and famous dogbreed, the Chinook, wasestablished right here in northern New England? Did you further knowthat the Chinook is the official New Hampshire State Dog?
Historian and dog lover, Bob Cottrell will explain who these dogs areand why are they famous. They are called Chinooks after the original Great Chinook, the first of his breed. While they were originally developed as sled dogs, they make great pets and are wonderful around children.

Winter Carnival 2012 - Feb 11,2012

Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 16:52 Written by Administrator

Seventeenth Annual Chinook Winter Carnival

Chinooks New England will be returning to the Remick Museum and Farm Winter Carnival on February, 11, 2012. Winter Carnival is an annual event with ice harvesting demonstrations, horse drawn sleigh rides, snow show contests for the kids, and sled dog rides. Outside the Chinooks will be giving sled dog rides to the kids, weather permitting. Inside the museum there will be a sled dog display where Ruth Lind and Rastro will be at the display handing out Chinook information, and informing the public about the breed. In addition to the events hosted by the Remick Museum there will be additional CNE events throughout the weekend.

Planned Itinerary

Friday afternoon/evening, February 10, 2012

For those arriving on Friday we generally meet in Samantha’s restaurant/pub for a meet & greet and to have dinner together. All are invited to this informal meeting.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Winter Carnival runs from 10:00AM to about 3:00PM. The Chinook sled rides have been from 10:00AM to about 1:00PM or whenever the dogs get tired. Again, this is weather permitting.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the sledding rings. You do not have to be an expert to help the kids into and out of the sleds, line up the kids, or be a safety lookout. Please consider volunteering for some or all of the sledding time.

Saturday Evening CNE will conduct it’s annual meeting at dinner. Please join us for dinner and the meeting even if you are coming for the day. You do not have to stay at Samantha’s to attend the dinner.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

After a long day of activities on Saturday we look forward to a leisurely breakfast at Samantha’s then head to Hemenway State Forest for some recreational sledding on the trails. This is a good area to just have some fun with your dogs. There are groomed trails, for sledding, skijoring, and hiking. Hemenway is not far from the Remick Museum.

Seventeenth Annual Chinook Winter Carnival

Sledding image from Winter Carnival

Planned Itinerary

Friday afternoon/evening, February 10, 2012

For those arriving on Friday we generally meet in Samantha’s restaurant/pub for a meet & greet and to have dinner together. All are invited to this informal meeting.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Winter Carnival runs from 11:00AM to about 3:00PM. The Chinook sled rides have been from 11:00AM to about 1:00PM or whenever the dogs get tired. Again, this is weather permitting.
We are looking for volunteers to help with the sledding rings. You do not have to be an expert to help the kids into and out of the sleds, line up the kids, or be a safety lookout. Please consider volunteering for some or all of the sledding time.
Saturday Evening CNE will conduct it’s annual meeting at dinner. Please join us for dinner and the meeting even if you are coming for the day. You do not have to stay at Samantha’s to attend the dinner.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Please RSVP

If you will be attending Winter Carnival please RSVP to Rick Skoglund at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please let him know you will be coming, if you will be bringing a dog or dog(s) for sleding, and the number of people for dinner if you will be attending the CNE dinner.

More Information

The PGK Winter Carnival web page

The Remick Museum web page

Samantha's Inn is a pet friendly inn. Reservations can be made at (603) 323-9100. Be sure and tell them you are with the Chinook group to get a discounted room rate. You do not have to be staying at Samantha's to attend the dinner on Saturday evening.