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Chow Chow History :: The Chow Chow is a dog of great versatility.
He is a born sportsman and loves an open-air life--a warrior, always
ready to accept battle, but seldom provoking it. He has a way of
his own with tramps, and seldom fails to induce them to continue
their travels. Yet withal
he is tender-hearted, a friend of children, an ideal companion,
and often has a clever gift for parlour tricks. In China, his fatherland,
he is esteemed for another quality--his excellence as a substitute
for roast mutton.
Though in his own country he is regarded as plebeian, just a common
cur, he is by no means a mongrel. That he is of ancient lineage
is proved by the fact that he always breeds true to type. He yields
to the Pekinese Spaniel the claim to be the Royal dog of China,
yet his blood must be of the bluest. If you doubt it, look at his
tongue.
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Outwardly, the Chow worthily embodies the kind, faithful heart
and the brave spirit within. His compact body (weighing 40 lbs.
or more),
with the beautiful fur coat and ruff, the plume tail turned over
on his back and almost meeting his neck-ruff, the strong, straight
legs and neat, catlike feet, gives an impression of symmetry, power,
and alertness. His handsome face wears a "scowl." This
is the technical term for the "no nonsense" look which
deters strangers from undue familiarity, though to friends his expression
is kindness itself.
Chow Chow History Description
Though the Chow has many perfections, the perfect Chow has not
yet
arrived. He nearly came with Ch. Chow VIII.--long since dead, alas!--and
with Ch. Fu Chow, the best Chow now living, his light coloured eyes
being his only defect.
With many judges, however, this dog's black coat handicaps him
sadly in competition with his red brethren. Chow VIII. is considered
the best and most typical dog ever benched, notwithstanding his
somewhat round eyes. Almond eyes are of course correct in Chinamen.
Ch. Red Craze owns the head which is perfect with the correct ear-carriage
and broad muzzle, and the scowl and characteristic expression of
a good Chow.
Dark red is the accepted colour of the Chow through history. Modern
judges will not look twice at a light or parti-coloured dog, and
it is to be feared
that if even Ch. Chow VIII. could revisit the scenes of his bygone
triumphs, his beautiful light markings would prove a fatal bar to
his success.
The judges would be quite wrong, but if you want a dog
for show you must be sure to get a good whole-coloured dark red.
If, on the other hand, you have a Chow as a companion and friend,
do not be at all troubled if his ruff, yoke, culottes and tail are
white or cream-coloured. These are natural, correct and typical
marks, though present-day fanciers are trying to "improve"
them away.
A list of points as drawn up by the Chow Chow History Club some
years ago
is added. The points are fairly right, but the tongue of a live
Chow is never black. It should be blue, such a colour as might result
from a diet of bilberries.
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POINTS OF THE CHOW CHOW History standards:
HEAD--Skull flat and broad, with little stop, well filled out under
the eyes. MUZZLE--Moderate in length, and broad from the eyes to
the point (not pointed at the end like a fox).
NOSE--Black, large and wide. (In cream or light-coloured specimens,
a pink nose is allowable.)
TONGUE--Black.
EYES--Dark and small. (In
a blue dog light colour is permissible.)
EARS--Small, pointed, and
carried stiffly erect.
As to the weight through Chow Chow history, bitches scale about
30 lbs., but dogs are heavier. Champion Shylock weighed 47-3/4 lbs.,
and Red Craze 38 lbs.
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