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I'm not sure if any other San Franciscan residents noticed this but for everyone else:

This week's dog of the week for the SF Chronicle is the chow chow!!

Here's a link to the article!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pet ... y_id=51148

My puppy had floppy ears when I got her at 8/9 weeks. Approximately a month later they were "de-flopped." :( I didn't do anything special except hope they'd stay that way. hehe. Now Penelope is 7 months and her ears are just like the breed standard: erect, not pointy, but up. My advice is ...

I think I've been waiting to share this story: I used to be an english major and one of the poets that absolutely changed my life was Pablo Neruda. He was a chilean poet known mostly in the US for his political poems, but around the world for his odes and love poems as well. I went to chile a couple...

I know I shouldn't complain because I have such a wonderful loving total BFF chowling but I feel like lately I've had nothing but dog problems. First, was the training class then there was worrying about moving her then it was realizing I had no dog sitter which led to worries about boarding. And no...

Hello everyone, In two weeks I have to go out of town for a wedding and I've only just now realized, "what the heck am I going to do with Penelope?!" Usually I leave her with my sister or my parents but they're all going to the wedding too! My questions are these: are there any boarding/ke...

Oh! What a HANDSOME chow!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHUTTERS!

Whenever Penelope is acting the slightest bit off I immediately think she's sick and needs to be taken to the vet. It's good to know and be reminded that sometimes a dog, just like a person will have an off day. And it isn't ALWAYS an emergency. (I'm always a bit of a worry wart). Glad to hear Tipps...

I always love a dog memoir! There's something remarkable about a dog's life and how it's so closely intertwined with a humans.

congrats on the new addition!!

haha! the memory of chows!! there's a certain spot in our neighborhood where cats like to hang out, so half the time there's a cat there. Whether or not there is a cat, about a block away, on our walks Penelope will pull and pull crazy for the change to see the cat. (chase the cat?) Or if she sees a...

I voted!! What a cute picture!

I hope mookie wins!

I'm so happy it was caught in time to be fixed and that she'll be a-ok!!!

Nothing is better than a healthy, happy chow!

This past sunday (yesterday) Penelope and I moved into the apartment in San Francisco. I feel bad for her, she must be going through such shock. The MUNI and busses go by our windows so often all throughout the night (good thing I'm such a heavy sleeper) and it's taken her a little while to get used...

Hello everyone! I have good news and I need some slight advice. Penelope and I are moving. My boyfriend and I have been dating for over 6 years and he's finally asked me to marry him. We're moving in with him into his apartment this weekend (don't worry, it wasn't happening CRZY fast like it sounds....

If there's swelling and your chow is acting SO different from her normal, I would take her to the vet. WE once had a dog with an infection from being in heat (or mating, i'm not sure which). Not to be a total downer, but we ended up having to put her to sleep. If we hadn't waited the two days or so ...

Phew! I've finally gotten half a second to post something!! I've been so crazy busy at work and then every night of the week something hs been going on! No internet time for me! But I again, wanted to say thanks for all of your understanding and support. The second class was much better. The trainer...

Aw man! I hd an entire reply typed out and somehow it wasn't posted and lost/erased! Too bad, I would retype now but I'm in a rush to leave work! Long story short: we've decided to stay in the class after a couple of changes, and thanks for being so great and supportive chowchow forum! hopefully lat...

Love the pictures of your two!!!! Bruin has gotten SO big! I Love it!!!

Whenever I see cute Chow pictures I always want to scream a little.

Dogs are like kids!! Every parent wants to think their kid is perfect and even when they're the school bullies, they want to deny it, say it was the other kids fault. I've only visited an off-leash dog park once because I know EVERYONE thinks their dog is nice and well trained and wonderful whether ...

Aw! Thanks for all of your support and kind words! I figured, close to everyone with a chow must have at least one slightly offputting story to share about the chow's bad rap. We (penelope, adam, and I) recently finished a puppy class and we loved it! We're all SO excited to be in dog classes, after...

I'm sure everyone here will know what I'm talking about when I give a big :roll: :roll: :roll: to people's easy assumptions about chows. They're vicious, mean, aggressive, unloving, stupid dogs. :-x We're in a pretty dog-heavy community so we encounter a lot of otherdog owners, many who like to thin...

All of the racoons here attack in packs!

Also, our recent biggest wildlife problem has been skunks! lots of thems!!! I figure it'll happen sometime but I dread the day Penelpe tries to befriend one!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

And just think about it, maybe it's a good thing they pulled you off that rascal racoon, now you have something to hunt down ALL year long!

All the chows I had met previously were of the chow skin rug variety!! Lazy, docile, fuzzies barely interested in a pet, occassionally zooming around, and only playful during playtime. Not my Penelope! #-o I've pretty much resigned myself to her energy levels. WE do all of the above so far suggested...

Hahahaha! I loved that! It made me laugh. It's so like a chow, sitting 2 or 3 floors up on a window ledge, looking down at all the worried people thinking, "what's the big deal? (shrug) /:) :-/ so, I'm sitting here, so what? mind your own business." looking freakin' adorable and smug. &quo...

Hello, Penelope is now 7 mos. old. and boy, she's just BOUNDING full of energy. Before I got her I did as much research and reading as I think I possibly could. I worried about everything from training strategies to food choices to our relationship. I decided on and sincerely think I enacted what wa...