Chow Chow

Description: Animal Species: Dogs / This breed originates from China and was known as a guard, hunting dog.

Newest Review: ... Chow Chow: This is a breed of dog originating from China where they where bred for their strength (pulling carts), their noise sensitivity (great guard dogs), and their meat! They are still eaten in some parts of China, the general rule of thumb is the more BLUE the tongue the tastier the meat! Yeah I know, sick!!! When shipped to the UK their boxes where marked 'chow chow' and this is where ... more

... to "chow down" is mistakenly taken from. They are also the 'models' used for the stone FOO DOGS which traditionally guards the front of Buddhist temples and some palaces. It is believed they are amongst they oldest breed of dog. Description:...more

Read Reviews for Chow Chow

Chow Chow: C is for LION DOG. (789 words)
by - written on 21/04/08 (Very useful, 233 readings)
Rating:

C is for LION DOG. C is really for Chow Chow. How to introduce someone to the Chow and keep them hooked, here goes.... The Chow is a very "cat like" dog. They can be house trained in under 5 days. Noise sensitive and powerfully built. Strong and independent of thought. My Dogs: I currently have 2 Chow Chows both female (I hate the word bitches) and both reds (welsh reds). The older chow, is six years old, set me back £??? and the younger chow who is three cost me £???. ??? = A lot. They can be trained in under 5 days being a very clever dog. Both of mine have never soiled in the house from the first week ... Read the complete review

Chow - The Regal Emperor of the Dog world (1714 words)
by - written on 20/03/08 (Very useful, 882 readings)
Rating:

The Chow Chow. ~ General history ~ The Chow (as most people now refer to rather than Chow Chow) is a breed of dog that can genuinely claim to be one of the oldest around! Currently, 14 breeds of dog have been shown with DNA testing to be ancient breeds (as the Chow is classified) and so descended from wild Wolves. There are many Chow breeders of today that believe, and there is some scientific evidence to support the theory, that in the days of evolution the Chow came from the bear family and is not too canine at all but for now, this is still not fully accepted. While there is a little uncertainty as to the true origins of ... Read the complete review

Read 2 reviews

Write a review