Hi what ca you guys tell me about chow chows??????

Question

Well you see most of the time i'm alone at home and i was thinking to get a chow chow so i can feel prottected are they good for that???? plus i have a baby so are they good with babies????

Yes i do have two dogs a Miniature Szchnauzer and a Yorkie.

Answer 1

Chow's can be really good with kids and they can also be very aggressive. It really depends on the temperment of their parents. I would definitely meet the dog parents of any chow I was considering purchasing.

Answer 2

theyre aggressive from what ive heard they also have bad temperments. I have a chow chow mixed and I found it to be somewhat true. When he was a puppy he was aggressive and would growl at us even if we touched him when he was eating. Now he is 6 and he is very loving and sweet. He just barks at strangers and seems indifferent to them. When my baby cousins come to my house he lets them pet him and hug him. You should be carefull with any type of breed but chow chows are a little more aggressive. But if you treat them well they can be very loving. Dogs in general are loyal but how their owners treat them can greatly affect their personality. Chow chows are good for protection, but I would be iffy about the children. Good luck!!!

Answer 3

Adult, no. Puppy, perhaps if you're willing to socialize, train, groom, feed, vet and pay for it and not discard it when it makes a mistake. It's not an automatic guarding machine or a babysitter. Every dog has 42 white "reasons" which they will use if forced to. Have you ever had a dog before? If not, I doubt a Chow would be a good first dog choice.

P.S. - your two dogs sound like delightful desserts for an iffy-tempered Chow. Go ahead, take a chance. Then you can show your baby how horrific dogs' screams can by when they're being ripped apart.

Answer 4

DONT get a chow chow with a baby they are good gaurd dogs but seems to like only one person and is very protective around them. NOT good with other dogs!

Answer 5

They are independent and the loner type. Most Chows do not get along well with other dogs, so keep that in mind if you do get a chow and decided to get another dog later. They are VERY loyal to their humans though.

Answer 6

Chows can be great dogs if raised correctly, but if not trained 100% they are a liability, and they are one of the few breeds that I do not recommend. They can be stubborn, aloof, and domineering and I would not get one if you are not totally familiar with dogs in general as well as the breed itself.

Answer 7

A chow is not my choice for small children. How about a boxer instead? They are good family dogs, don't have alot of hair to shed and won't have your baby for lunch.

Answer 8

Chows are very good protectors.
If you get one get a pup so that you can train him, then your baby Will grow up with a good friend



You have your hands full don't get another dog!

Answer 9

They can be very protective and from my experience if they are treated the way animals should be then they will be good to you and they will not be mean so yes, they would be good with babies and children. You just need to watch the children do not tease them children are good at that, and that will upset any dog and they might nip or try to harm so that is something you would just want to watch.

Answer 10

The Chow is a sturdily built dog that is square in profile with broad skull and small, triangular ears that are rounded at the tip. The breed has a very dense coat that is either smooth or rough. The fur is particularly thick around the neck, giving the distinctive ruff or mane. The coat may be one of five colors including red, black, blue, cinnamon, and cream. Individuals with patchy or multicolored coats are considered to be outside the breed standard. Chows are distinguished by their unusual blue-black/purple tongue and very straight hind legs, resulting in a rather stilted gait. The blue-black/purple tongue gene appears to be dominant, as almost all mixed breed dogs who come from a Chow retain the tongue color. This is not to say, however, that every mixed breed dog with spots of purple on the tongue are descended from chows as purple spots on the tongue can be found on a multitude of pure breed dogs.


Temperament
Today the Chow Chow is most commonly kept as a companion dog. Their keen sense of proprietorship over their homes paired with a sometimes disconcertingly serious approach to strangers can be off putting to those unfamiliar with the breed. However, displays of timidity and aggression are uncharacteristic of well-bred and well socialized specimens. The proper Chow owner will be just as willful and stubborn as the Chow he keeps, thus weaker-willed individuals would be best served to evaluate their commitment in controlling an animal who is happy to take over any household. Specimens of opposite sex typically cohabitate with less tension than those of the same sex, but it is not unheard of for multiple chows of both sexes to live together peacefully in a home setting. Chows are extremely loyal to their own family, so visitors to the home should not press their affections upon the resident Chow. The typical Chow's behavior is thought to be more similar to a domestic cat rather than a domestic dog.

Chows are not a particularly active breed. Apartment life suits this breed. They can be rather lazy, so you need to be prepared to take him or her for a brisk, daily walk, even if you have a fenced yard that he can explore. Their independence and wistfulness is often mistaken for lack of intelligence. Chows tend to be stubborn, dominating, and at times disobedient, thus many trainers do not recommend Chows as a good choice for first time dog owners.


Health

A close-up of the Chow's characteristic blue-black tongueThe chow chow is the number 1 ranked dog that is affected by elbow dysplasia. They are also prone to hip dysplasia, occular disorders such as entropion, thyroid disease, and patellar luxation (slipping knee caps). The risks of such disorders increases exponentially when a chow is purchased from backyard breeders and those unscrupulous kennels that do not test their breeding stock for such genetic disorders. As such, a potential chow buyer would be best served to ask to see all health clearances for the parents of a litter such as Canine Eye Registration Foundation and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals up front. Reputable kennels will provide the new owner with a written and signed health guarantee as well. Although there is no way to accurately predict the lifespan of an animal, one should expect the healthy chow to live between 10 to 12 years.

History
The Chow is a unique breed of dog thought to be one of the oldest recognizable breeds. Research indicates it is one of the first primitive breeds to evolve from the wolf. Recent DNA analysis confirms that this is one of the oldest breeds of dog From what records survive, some historians believe that the Chow was the dog described as accompanying the Mongolian armies as they invaded south into China as well as west into Europe and southwest into the Middle East during 12th Century, although a Chinese bas-relief from 150 BC shows a hunting dog similar in appearance to the Chow. Later Chow Chows were bred as a general-purpose working dog for herding, hunting, pulling and guarding.

In China, some farms still raise chows for meat. The dogs are not called chows because they make good "chow", as is commonly supposed. In fact, when they were first shipped to England, they arrived in boxes marked "chow chow", pidgin English for miscellaneous merchandise. The customs people simply assumed that was what they were called and the name stuck