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Thanks for the input, bon apetit! Sure, some dogs may be put down after biting a human, depends on the circumstances I suppose. Ming has bitten me quite badly in the past when refusing his medicine, or during one of our “I’m the boss, you’re not” episodes but never any other “yoomanbean”. =D= Whethe...

OUCH!! Sorry folks, nasty subject and one which most dog owners [not only owners of chowlies] I would imagine, avoid like the plague. But should we really avoid the subject? When my Ming finally goes to meet Emperor Jin in the sky I will bury him in my little garden to be near me and protect me, eve...

Ming has his own repetoire as well but I must say I have yet to hear pig like grunting!....Aaaah how cute! He's out in the yard right now singing his little song which is reminiscent of a violin needing a good tuning. =D= He's got different sounds for different "events" in his life. He doe...

Thing is, he's never had any real "wax" to speak of just brownish dry stuff when I clean his ears three times a week with baby wipes. I put synalar otic drops 3 times a day in both ears if he has otitis even though only one of them may be a bit "smelly" and painful basically beca...

Hi! From what you have described it seems Dexter is going through the twice yearly ritual of "shedding". My chow does this in the Spring and before the winter losing clumps and clumps of fur some of which you can actually pull out with your fingers quite easily. I could have knitted a 100 ...

Thanks again Wokman [does this name mean you only cook with a wok, you are vegetarian, you are half Chinese or you work double shifts in a Feng Shui store?] Ha ha ha! Oh what fun conversing with a piece of plastic and glass. Who knows, there could be only a chowlie on the other end of the great blac...

To leave or not to leave a Chow at home alone? Hmm... That is the question. I have had many dogs over the years, all types, but only one Chow, Ming and have studied and earned a lot from him. A bossy, dominant, spiteful, ignorant or aggressive owner has no place in a Chow’s life. It only results in ...

Wow! Tse tse for your post response however, it seems something got lost in the "transmission". LOL! Ming is not a puppy nor at the teenage period, ha ha! He is 7 years old and was neutered at age 18 months after having all his genitals ripped to shreds by a rabid stray Alsation dog plus 4...

P.S. Sorry folks, I forgot. Any vet will tell you that Chows have no peripheral [left, right, behind] vision. They can only see straight ahead. This is why when they are free off the lead, they will pelt away in one direction without turning left or right until you eventually catch up with it if and...

Yes, I have on several occasions, basically because he pulls so hard on the leash and makes so many sudden jerky spurts here and there on his lead that I ended up in a lot of pain. Unfortunately though, it was not a good idea as, living in a country like Greece where most people shriek in horror at ...

Oh dear, poor little chowlie dog. This heavy panting is very distressing for the chow and for the owner. I have 2 separate instances of heavy panting to provide which I hope may help. My chow MING pants heavily during a storm, I already mentioned this in my other post [Living with Ming in Greece]. T...

Hi everybody, gav gav to our beloved chowlies, chowlets, chowlings ! I have a 7 y.o. chow called MING. Living with him since he was 2 months old can only be described as a long day’s journey through alternate chow madness, total calm and frequent assertion of who is really the boss! Like most chows,...

Hi everybody, gav gav to our beloved chowlies! I have a 7 y.o. chow called MING (Photos attached). Living with him since he was 2 months old can only be described as a long days journey through alternate chow madness and total calm. Like most chows, he sleeps 22 out of 24. The Chinese say that chows...