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I have had three Chows from D&M and, after the sudden accidental death of my third one who was only 18 months old, am on the current waiting list for a 4th. We had several Chow Chows when I was growing up (two of them purchased from a show breeder because they weren't good enough to show), and N...

Once every two months is probably too often unless you use a very gentle shampoo and are very careful to get ALL of the shampoo rinsed out of the coat... otherwise skin irritation may result as time progresses. In their natural habitat, they would not often get wet down to the skin because of the th...

That is actually VERY typical of adult Chow Chow coats. The adult coat on the back often contains a higher percentage of the "guard" hairs... longer, straighter, and shinier than the hair elsewhere... and brushing it up towards the head is usually pretty futile.

Lora

I took my 10 month old Chow puppy to the groomer to be brushed (and brushed only!). A young girl did the brushing and it took her THREE hours (and she still had not done his belly). When I got him back, I was horrified to discover that she completely removed ALL of the undercoat on his back undernea...