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Depending on the outcome I would be talking to your breeder as well. Hip and elbow problems are normally linked to poor breeding.

Does your breeder have the hip and elbow scores for the parents. You want the score for each hip and not just the combined score. This may give an indication of where the problem is.

Yes you should spay. There is some debate though on when this done. The general feeling is wait until they are through there major growth phase as desexing affect hormone production. Choose a vet that has experience with chows.

Our 2 yr old boy eats about 2.5-3 cups a day plus a raw chicken wing. He is about 70lbs. We feed taste of the wild and quality better than quantity.

Our black boy suffered hot spots about 18months ago and his coat is still recovering. It has mostly returned except for a patch in the middle of his saddle. It seems to take a long time for there coats to come back after an event like this.

He is pure bred chow.

The condition is called entropian eye. Do a search on here and you find plenty of info.

Just google dog names and you will hundreds. Best name I have heard for a chow was Fuji.

Just need to make sure he is not developing a food allergy or similar. Our boy started loosing his coat at this age and he quickly became bald in some parts. It turned out that his puppy food contained wheat and corn filler.

She is probably masking her scent. Being a predator they rub the side of the face(maine) in something on the ground, usually poo or wee of native animals to mask their scent so they can hunt more effectively. ie they smell more like the environment.

Assume you mean taste of the wild. Yes, we buy it from the animal tuckerbox. They have just started stocking it. $90 for 13kg.

Hi Hugo. We have our second chow now. Our 12 yr red coat died last christmas. We have black boy(Jet) now who 18months. We had food allergy problem when he was pup. Our vet put him on Science Diet. I would steer clear of this for chows. We changed to Hollistic fish based which was fine but it is expe...

We had not planned to desex our boy at that age but he deveolped food allergy and required an e-collar to stop him licking the sores. Vet said to desex at same time so he would lick the wound. I wish the vet had given us all the information.

Our boy was nuetered at 4 months and never learnt how to *Censored Word* his leg. He just squats. Our previous lifted his leg on everything and marked his teritory but he was nuetered at 10months. Victory s 'explanation makes sense.

Its relatively easy to get them to sit on command but to get them stay outside a store for 15mins would be a challenge to say the least.

A high quality dry food when they are at puppy stage and then you have decide between raw diet or continue with the dry food diet. The puppy stage is when they are growing the fastest and it is important that they recieve correct dietry needs and a high quality dry food will do this. Be careful abou...

Now that is funny.

Australia is not too far behind the US in this respect. We are becoming a very litigious society and if your dog bites someone you expect big trouble. In this state on top of possible legal action your dog will be re-classed as dangerous costing you many hundreds of dollars in registration fees plus...

We intriduced a male pup to our 11 yr boy and they fine together until the pup reached 6 months then he tried to dominate the older dog. There was fiece fighting and food aggression. After a couple of months things settled down but our older boy was never the same. He died late last year. Not saying...

Our boy does this but he usually sleeps on it after he has finished fluffing.

Grey on the tail is common. Our black boy has a grey tip. The rusting is as I understand it sun bleaching.

Thank you for sharing. I have never seen newborn chow pups. They are amazing.

Yes. I think so. Jet is getting his winter coat now and the grey seems less.

We have all done that

Our boy does the same thing. He actually makes a thump on the tiles when he lays down.