New member, sharing picture of Chowbaby

enchantedonyx · Post by **enchantedonyx** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:05 pm

Hello!

I just found this fantastic forum and have been reading everyone's posts and looking at your pictures. Everyone has such beautiful dogs.
Well, I just moved away from my parents about a month ago and I can't even believe how much I miss our Chowchow. Tess is a seven year old black Chow. I'm going home this weekend and I can't wait to see my baby girl. Our Collie will be happy to see me just because she loves everyone but Tess actually misses us when someone is gone, even just over night.
We had no intentions of getting a Chow, but 6 years ago, the Chow mix we had was put to sleep due to a brain tumor at age three. Dad said, "No more dogs. I can't do this again". Well, two weeks later he found this little, starving Chow in the woods where he worked. He thought she was a bear cub at first. He called my mom and told her he was bringing this dog home and that she was a "test". By the time he got home, the "test" was "Tess" and she is the baby of the family, without a doubt.

I'm so excited to meet so many people who understand and love this breed as much as I do. So, here is my baby.

~Renae[/img]

Samorrathis · Post by **Samorrathis** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:09 pm

She is beautiful! So glad that she fit inot your family so well, and your family was willing to open their hearts again after such a tragedy.

enchantedonyx · Post by **enchantedonyx** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:18 pm

Thanks! You can tell from the look on her face that she knows she's beautiful. She has that whole "I'm too good to even have my picture taken by mere humans" Chow attitude going on there.

And after Zoe (chow mix) died, the house was so quiet and we couldn't stand not having a dog. And Tess was in such bad shape (she was dragging 15 feet of ski rope behind her when Dad found her- she had run away from whoever had her originally). She didn't even eat dog food. We think she had only ever been fed scraps. She was about 11 months old, so just a pup still. And we just fell in love with her. How do you not fall in love with those big brown eyes?

Post by **Auddymay** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:22 pm

She is beautiful. I would miss her too.

Post by **kingalls** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:58 pm

She is a beauty! What a great story of her finding your Dad and being taken into a loving home!! She does have that royal look, doesn't she?

Jess04920 · Post by **Jess04920** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:32 am

Pretty, pretty! Great story. Thanks for sharing and welcome to the boards!

Post by **chris** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:28 pm

She is just simply beautiful..

And I love the story.. you and your family are awsome.

chowfrnd88 · Post by **chowfrnd88** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:43 pm

She's gorgeous. I was going to say the same thing about her knowing she's beautiful... just look at her smirk!

What an amazing story!

Judy Fox · Post by **Judy Fox** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:25 am

She is beautiful and what a lovely story. Mind you, it is amazing how many chows manage to be found and taken in by people who they seem to know will love them. They really are clever.

Post by **chris** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:25 am

Hey everyone, NOTICE.. Tess has the "CHOW RADAR" going on in that picture.

enchantedonyx · Post by **enchantedonyx** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:23 am

Chow Radar? Completely lost me there.

Post by **chris** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:42 pm

there is a post somewhere were we are talking about how chows have the ability to move their ears in different directions at the same time. We call it "chowdar".. lol..

And you have a picture of it.. LOL...

Jeff&Peks · Post by **Jeff&Peks** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:29 pm

I agree with Chris, See Chris I agreed.

Yvonne · Post by **Yvonne** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:30 pm

I love the picture of her on the front post.

Post by **chris** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:06 pm

Thank GOD you agree.

chowfrnd88 · Post by **chowfrnd88** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:09 pm

Aw! Nice catch Chris!!
Yes, we love the chow radar ears here!

enchantedonyx · Post by **enchantedonyx** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:28 pm

She always has her ears going different directions! Now I know why. Thanks for the compliments. They'll go straight to her head and she'll be a bigger snob than ever.

I get to see her in three days! It'll be so nice to squish all that fluffy fur.

~Renae

ciaobella · Post by **ciaobella** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:39 pm

I love her facial expression... Sophie gets that when she's been alerted that there's a squirrel in her territory. Sort of puffs out her muzzle a little bit and huffs, before she zooms off after it.
Tess is a beauty, and her library lion pose in your signature is perfection.