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Hi all! I hope that everyone had a great holiday season and are surviving the winter just fine (for those who are IN winter! *L*). I see a number of newer handles here since I last posted. Hopefully the "regulars" are still around and haven't faded out like I have. I don't make it here ver...

I'm coming into this a little late, but wanted to recommend an excellent Chow breeder. Look into Redcloud Kennels - Zola Coogan, along with Paula Titon. Zola has been a Chow breeder for more than 30 years and a few years ago had a write-up in Chow life. Paula and Zola co-own a red male who was the f...

I would highly recommend Redcloud Chows. I believe they're located in Maine. They're a top-of-the-line chow breeder with 30+ years of breeding and studying the breed behind them. They aim to breed the healthiest possible chows, with the best possible temperaments. They ARE show breeders, too, but th...

A lump could be any number of things, and some of them are not really a problem and can be dealt with at home. An abrasion from rough play with another dog, or running into a tree branch, etc. can leave a scab and a little lump. Usually that scab can be peeled off to see raw skin (sometimes bleeding...

I'm sorry you didn't pass but it truly sounds like you and Java are doing a wonderful job - and I would expect that they will have the test again and you have time to work toward that goal still. Passing nine out of ten of the CGC tests is not bad at all! You should be proud to be dong this with a &...

My Chow, Khana, wears a backpack frequently. She's my working Service Dog and anytime we're out in public she wears a pack and carries things I may need (wallet, checkbook, medications, bee sting kit, hand wipes, poop bags, etc.). I've found that she is a different dog when wearing the pack. She bec...

The Easy Walk harness is a great device. I've used it on my own dogs and had many students (I used to teach obedience classes) use it with great success. The ring you clip the leash to is on the chest strap, so when the dog tries to pull the harness turns them to the side and the pulling usually sto...

Hey Victory! Glad your chows are doing well. That's so funny about Dreamdancer just learning not to sleep under the bed - it MUST be a very tight fit! Neither one of my dogs would fit under the bed. I never really thought about chow people being stubborn, but that seems right. I know I can be uber-s...

Thank you. I probably shouldn't have posted a request for advice...I honestly was probably looking for someone to tell me it was ok. I have been sick, I have lost their home and finding a place to live is difficult, even more so with two large dogs. However (smile) I would NEVER take them to a shel...

Ahhh, it feels good to be remembered! Thanks for responding to my post - I feel so out of things since it's been so long. I did a bit of poking around yesterday and posted in the training area but haven't really looked anywhere else yet. Glad I missed the spammer's convention! I bet that was a royal...

I've found that when two dogs within a household are fighting, it's generally because the leadership is not quite strong enough for the personalities of the dogs. With some dogs you can be really lax and allow a lot of individuality in their behavior - with others you have to maintain a very rigid l...

I know, it's been ages since I've been here! My desktop computer died several months ago and my laptop only connects up wirelessly but I had no wireless connection where I was living, so I was basically offline for several months. Amazingly enough I didn't really miss it that much, so maybe my "...

Thank you so much for all your kind thoughts and condolences. It was a very tragic thing to go through, Dora's death. One minute I'm tossing her treats and she's at my feet, happy and bouncy, and the next minute the moose has attacked. I was trying to get all the dogs into the van and Dora was happi...

Since I posted in the rescue forum, I figured I should pop in here and say "hi" to everyone. I don't come here often anymore (been more than three months since I have been here even to read!) but wanted to touch base with you guys. The rescue posting I made was sent to me from someone at a...

I'm glad the car was stopped, too! Yikes! I remember once when Trick (GSD) was just a couple years old. I was down in Montana, considering a move to that area, and had gone out to a place to put a deposit on a rental. The landlord lived in a house and had dozens of rabbits running around loose. I dr...

It sounds like he tore a cruciate ligament? Poor boy! When they position a dog for a hip x-ray to check for dysplasia, they put the dog on its back and then pull the hind legs straight. Since he had an injured knee it probably did cause a bit of irritation to it, but if the x-rays were necessary it ...

I'm just going to back up what's already been said. I'm a long-time owner of chows (going on 18 years with the breed now) and have been training for obedience for 20 years. I've titled three chows in obedience, rally, agility and have worked extensively with training behaviors to dogs with independe...

Sorry to hear about this - glad Mochi was okay! How did he act when you took him into the park? Did he act okay around the other dogs? Some dogs get mentally traumatized when attacked, but if he went in and wanted to play then he probably just shook it all off. He may be wary of pitbull types from n...

Oh Mandy, my deepest condolences on your loss! It's so hard to lose any of our loved ones, but especially difficult when it's unexpected. I wish I could offer some words of advice as to how to get through this, but only time can help soften the grief and bring you some solace. Take care of yourself ...

The men's underwear work great - even boxer briefs (my brother had left a pack of them here when he stayed here for awhile, and when Khana came into heat this last time those boxer briefs became HER undies!). I use a sanitary pad with the sticky backing to put into the underwear and that helps soak ...

Khana - perfectly wonderful fluffbutt

Dora - little scruffy ghost

Now, for the chow-wannabees (the shepherds .. *L*)

Trick - loyal trustworthy friend

Tazer - crazy energetic monster-puppy

Melanie and the gang in Alaska

Ahh, the old "honk the horn, fool 'em into thinking you're leaving' trick! *LOL* Glad it worked! We actually use that in our recall classes with dogs who really don't want to listen to their owners when called. I hold the leash, the owner calls the dog, and when the dog goes "ho-hum, not g...

Hey Vicky! Good to hear from you! So sorry I haven't gotten back to your PM - I am notoriously awful at responding to PM's anyhow (I don't notice them half the time to start with) and then with my aches and pains I just really limit my time online. You're right, those rules should work on all specie...

Hey all! Glad to see some remember us .. :mrgreen: Sirchow - I'm a longtime member of the forum, just not on much these days. Khana isn't the old gal - Khana is only four years old, so she's got a lot of "umph" in her yet .. *L* .. I trained her myself in the Service Dog tasks. I have twen...

I know we don't stop in here very often these days but I'm trying to spend less time online as it's hard for me to sit in front of a computer for long (causes pain in the neck/shoulders/wrists and my right knee - why my right knee I have no idea .. *L*). I've gotten back into doing beadwork so I try...