I got my first pet ever in 2007 and it was a chow chow. I didn't have any chow owners around me but I read a lot and understood that they came with their own difficulties. He is 11 years old now and I am really happy about my decision. read more
You can get a chow if you’ve never owned a dog before, and maybe you’ll manage very well. But if you were going to go straight to a chow I would ask the current owner/breeder/rescue that you’re adopting from to show you how they work with that dog, and to let you work with the dog under their eye. read more
I always was a little bit shy around Chows but would never tell someone to kill thier family member. But I have recently fell in love with my in-laws Chow, Convict. They refer to him as my dog because we have a bond(even though I have only known him for about a year). I think people can be cruel and hypocritical. read more