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Sounds like he is being protective of your GF.

hmm i thought it was from age.. midnight has a receding nose line as well.

your groomer isnt doing their job.. they arent combing him enough. seems like they are skimping on the job!

use a large wire brush comb for the hair and as for nails you might have to train her using treats when you touch/ holding her feet.

Yes he is losing his winter coat. When my chow was younger i was like wow this is a ton of hair maybe i should stuff a pillow for her hehe..

Try using an oatmeal shampoo for his skin. they are really sensitive

Since the economy sucks now some apartments allow bigger dogs. call around and see. i know most places have restrictions on chows and pit bulls. try getting references including a vet. your dog looks like mine =)

Hmm.. my 15yr old has the stair problem also. We just dont allow her up or down the stairs.. when she goes up she sometimes cant make it, falls back and refuses to try again because she gets embarrassed. the only stair like movement we aloow her to do is to jump up and down her couch (- the cushions...

maybe something is getting in his food.

Midnight use to do that.. we would always ask her if she caught it hehe

wow it is great to know that chows love squirrels. I thought mine had a strange obsession for them. She use to hop a 3 foot barrier and up the side of the backyard which is pretty steep. When she returned she would have tons of dirt in her paws.

Midnight use to hop like a rabbit when she was excited. She also use to wake my dad up every morning at 7-730am by jumping by his side of the bed and licking him. She cant do these things anymore because she is 15.

Midnight is a chow/ german shep mix. She has a full black tongue.I noticed a few years ago her tail has un-curled and has fully dropped. Is this normal with purebred chows? or maybe with chow mixes?

Hmm.. I use normal scissors and cut the hair from the bottom of the foot and around the toes. Cutting the hair on the bottom keeps little things from getting stuck in there.

Is it the outer part of the dogs legs? If yes its normal. My dog has it all the time and i am not sure why. I just go there and pull out the clumps and go on my way.

Hi! I am so glad I found this board. I have a senior chow x shepherd named Midnight. She was adopted in dec 97 and was estimated to be about 2years old. She is now suppose to be about 15 or + 1 or 2 years. You know how people lie about dogs ages when they drop them off. I noticed the older Midnight ...