Boost black male Chow Chow (new pics)

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:14 pm

hi, my name is john and i bought a chow chow about 4 months ago... i bought it from the "chowchowman"...

heres a pictures of him the first day we brought him home... at 2 months old

heres a picture of him with his lil X-mas gift...

pics of him at about 5 months old...

videos of him at about 4-5 months...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmjKz9p80w

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=6 ... 2674935183

heres the most recent pics and videos of my chow!

videos
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=6 ... 3624105183

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=6 ... 3625655183

and heres a funny pictures i got! lol

i hope you guys like him! because me and my GF just love him so much!

Tippsy'smom · Post by **Tippsy'smom** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:22 pm

He's beautiful!

But PLEASE tell me you don't leave him chained up with that choke chain collar...? I've know dogs personally who've gotten them embedded in their necks from pulling and pulling on them because it never loosened up and dogs who've strangled themselves to death getting their chains wrapped around things and fighting to get free and collapsing their airways with those collars.

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:55 am

i have no choice he broke his collar and broke his chain 2 times... i dont wanna loose him... when i chain him out side its only for 5 mins or less...

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:17 am

But You do have a choice. Take him to school!
Dogs that breaks away from being tied up are usually dogs that are bored, are not getting enough physical or mental stimulation and exercise, or are untrained and have no recall.

A choke chain is not a collar, it is a training tool, and a training tool that should only be used by experience hands on top of that.

Quality rolled leather collars with steel or brass buckles are excellent for large dogs and they don't break and are certainly much safer.
Also the rolled leather doesn't break their coats either.
and we have some big chows here well over 100 lbs and they can't break those collars. ( just tossing out ideas)

REf: http://www.schaafleatherwork.com/pages/dog/collar2.html

Tippsy'smom · Post by **Tippsy'smom** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:31 am

I agree with the rolled leather collar. That's what all of mine have and get tied out with(we don't have a fenced in yard), my smallest girl is 30 lbs and my largest is 105 lbs.

And I agree that training and metal stimulation will help a LOT.

Victory · Post by **Victory** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:52 pm

He's beautiful, and looks like he likes to dig in the snow. Which is fun, but I'll bet he's got a strong prey drive, which means he needs lots of exercise, especially as he is young, that will help with the breaking away and running. I will also warn about choke chain type collars, they also can be broken, (My Collie was very good at it) and they can also be slipped off, if they are fitted properly, with room in them, then many dogs can figure out that if they back up and the chain loosens they can pull it over their heads. My Dreamdancer is an expert at it, (even though he wears a rolled type, not the chain type) For walks etc he wears his gentle leader harness.

Tippsy'smom · Post by **Tippsy'smom** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:47 pm

Victory wrote:He's beautiful, and looks like he likes to dig in the snow. Which is fun, but I'll bet he's got a strong prey drive, which means he needs lots of exercise, especially as he is young, that will help with the breaking away and running. I will also warn about choke chain type collars, they also can be broken, (My Collie was very good at it) and they can also be slipped off, if they are fitted properly, with room in them, then many dogs can figure out that if they back up and the chain loosens they can pull it over their heads. My Dreamdancer is an expert at it, (even though he wears a rolled type, not the chain type) For walks etc he wears his gentle leader harness.

Jasper's broken 3 choke chains. Which is why I don't really trust them anymore.

Sarahloo · Post by **Sarahloo** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:56 pm

Beautiful dog! Get him a fence! He'll have so much fun patrolling "his" territory!

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:22 am

yes a fence... i was planning on it but since im selling my house this summer and im buying my grandparents house, which is all fenced up... i have to wait till summer so he cant enjoy being loose in the yard!

when i go at my grand parents with him, he really enjoy's being loose outside... when i put him out he run's around the yard for like 5 minutes non stop! he likes it...

Sarahloo · Post by **Sarahloo** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:48 am

chowftw wrote:im buying my grandparents house, which is all fenced up

Yay!!!

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:57 pm

heres 2 pics i just took...

CoraP. · Post by **CoraP.** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:03 pm

He's very handsome!

kimigirl · Post by **kimigirl** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:33 am

I want a black Chow now!!!

ilovemysmoothie! · Post by **ilovemysmoothie!** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:31 pm

He is very beautiful!

solomon · Post by **solomon** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:53 am

Great looking dog. I really love the black chows

Post by **Auddymay** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:44 pm

He is darling! As to the collar issue, I tether my Chow as well. She goes out on her harness and a 40 foot coated steel cable. She can run and play, and can stay outside for hours without any problems. She made many escapes her first few years, but always comes back, or will jump in the car when I catch up with her. She always likes to run in the woods and then pops out on the road behind our property. Except the time she caught the police's attention one night in an enclosed business patio next door...well it was us human's that looked suspicious, but that has not happened in a long time now. For a Chow, I will always use a harness.

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:50 am

i bought him a nice collar, no more choker...

he now got operated to chop off his you know what... :S

and we will be gettin a personal tranner for him... he got a bit of aggression problem but only with the people that come to my house that he doesn't know...

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:18 am

chowftw wrote:i bought him a nice collar, no more choker...

he now got operated to chop off his you know what... :S

and we will be gettin a personal tranner for him... he got a bit of aggression problem but only with the people that come to my house that he doesn't know...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You are making all the right decisions.
( you are the fellow in Montreal right?)

If you are, I give chow assertion clinics starting in May in Prescott ( only about an hour away) - maybe you'll considering participating in one.

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:17 am

im not from mintreal im from hawkesbury, ontario, between montreal and ottawa...

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:46 am

oh yes.
Well if you are interested the next time I do a clinic in Ottawa I can let you know.

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:06 pm

heres boost playing with a rc helicopter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgTKbW3Iy8g

cherriemater · Post by **cherriemater** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:16 pm

What a darling!!! I love how he's being sooo careful with it! Trying to figure it out but not kill it. Good boy, Boost!! He's gorgeous!

kitten1426 · Post by **kitten1426** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:06 pm

He is a beauiful boy...How old is he??? How tall is he do you know his weight?

chowftw · Post by **chowftw** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:16 pm

Hes 1.5 years old and he weighs 55pounds, i dont know how tall he is...

Post by **kingalls** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:28 pm

I really enjoyed the video of Boost's zoomie in the back yard - what a long zoomie! Liked the time out for some snow munchies

Thanks for taking him off the choke collar - have heard too many bad stories of dogs being on choke collars all the time.

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