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Just by virtue of the fact your Shih Tzu is not fixed, you are asking for problems later on down the road. If anyone in the household is going to be "alpha" in your home, it should be should be yourself and not any dog. Just because the Shih Tzu's been there longer, or is smaller or bigger...

I can't stress enough to get a professional behaviourist involved.
Don't count on hit or miss suggestions. This is a very serious issue that has very serious consequences.
It IS very fixable, but you need to work together with a professional.
Thanks!

If you are using commercial foods, your formulation is really not really a sound one for the typical, regular dog owner. It says right on the bag how many cups of food this specific food offers for ideal weight of dog under normal circumstances... and again dealing with commercial foods, if you have...

You can have an allergy test done to isolate certain known allergens. While blue buffalo only has one meat, almost 100% of the time, it is all the other ingredients that are a problem and not the meat. I know allergies are frustrating but you need to get this dog on an elimination diet IF food is th...

Boy am I with you on that one Fozzbear. Commercial food needs to be eliminated from the marketplace. It's waste to profit, and too many dogs and cats have died from it.
Pet owners need to go back to their roots and feed dogs and cats they way they did before we had commercial food.

Chows need to have their ears cleaned at least twice a month Chows have a plentitude of dense fur in their ears to offer them natural protection from dirt and other invasive issues. If the dirt is being produced inside the ear, then you need to take a look at what you are putting into your dog and ...

we normally put some canned food for topping, and she used to like it! now doesn't matter what we mix with it, she only eats like half.. but I wonder that's now enough for her, Dogs don't purposely starve themselves, so her not eating the same amount of food isn't a great concern. It' s possible th...

Howdy! Do you have the same appetite everyday? Day in and day out? Probably not. Also the better the quality of food, the less they need because it's more digestible so they achieve better nutrition Maybe your puppy has stopped growing for now and just doesn't want the same amount of food. If the do...

You need to understand how commercial dog food manufacturers achieve "high protein". The actual meat in mid or low protein foods is the same meat in high protein foods. The reason that high protein foods are higher, is because products like Brewers Yeast are added to the food. Brewers yeas...

Sorry by the way, I digress.... the ruling about papers that I quoted were CKC rules ( Canadian Kennel Club rules) and is governed by the Canadian Pedigree Act http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/display-afficher.do?id=1184072337206&lang=eng V. Selling Practices All breeders have a serious responsibi...

Please contact the Chow Club USA for a list of breeders who have signed a code of ethics to adhere to a minimum standard.
http://www.chowclub.org/

Quality breeders aren't found on puppyfind, or kijiji.

I have had several purebred chows, some with papers & some without. My first creme chow didnt have papers because we had the choice to pay more & get papers or pay less without papers. Excuse me. that's unethical and a breeder may not charge you more for papers. This person should be brough...

We had options to get papers, but we are not interested in papers. ????? Why wouldn't you want your dog/s papers? The litter or the dog is either registered or it is not registered, and if it is, you are entitied to those registration papers at no additional cost. A breeder CAN withhold breeding ri...

It really doesn't matter how many generations of parents you meet, unless you have registration papers that can define her pedigree, she isn't considered a pure bred dog under any circumstances by anyone and yes, could be mixed, even of the mixing was done generations prior. Also, the black tongue i...

I'm not as experienced with chows as many of the members here, but I just wanted to add my 2cents. You're doing all the right things by working with a professional and learning how to handle your situation (s) effectively. It may take time, but you'll be triumphant in the end. I wish more people wo...

But she is now snapping over everything, even perching at the window!

What would really help you also is taking this puppy to obedience school and putting some training into her.
That will also make a world of difference.

If you are going to keep these two dogs together you need to have her spayed. That will solve most of your problems right there. It's pointless endeavour that you've got going there until you get that done. ( Contrary to what you are being told here). a "whole" dog living with a sterilized...

We chose not to deal with the bone issue so we feed our kids - the only drawback that you might want to consider is that you are removing Mother Nature's toothbrush. The mastication of bones are what is good for removing tartar, plaque and conditioning the gums, it isn't only about calcium instake....

There are many people in my chow circle who feed a Raw Regime ( the word BARF is very passé), for many years now.
Chows are perfect candidates for Raw ando exceedingly well with the entire concept ( well, like all dogs do on Raw)

Hot spots are almost ALWAYS food related. Royal Canin is not considered a quality food and most likely has ingredients that is bothering the dog. Large dogs as a rule should be weaned off of puppy food very early in their life, because they should be encouraged to mature slowly, and over-stuffed pup...

Any shelter or rescue will tell you that puppies as young as 8 weeks are sterilized before they are placed into a new home. This breeder is a responsible one and that's all s he is. It's possible that she has become jaded to the fact that her clientele don't respect contracts, so she decided to look...

leash we figured he had a leash aggression problem. Blind rage, snapping, growling, showing teeth. - because he can or somewhere in your relationship with him, he feels he should. What did you do when he did this to the other dog? There is no such thing as "unprovoked" or "random&quo...

Did you read up on the breed at all? Chows are not retrievers so don't retrive items like labs and goldens do.. Chows were bred for guarding and hauling. So instead of throwing a ball, maybe consider getting a sled or doing ski jorring, that's more along their lines. Most chows will definitely play ...

What you need to change in your mindset is that there is no such thing as "unprovoked". There is always, always, always a reason for one dog, to attack another. Not being in the moment with either one of then, you simply did not see what they saw - or what one of them saw. Also, it seems t...

A dog pacing and panting = pain. I would really pay attention to the time that this occurs and start marking it down. If it occurs only AFTER eating within a 3 or 4 hour window, I'm telling you, your dog is bloating. He may get over it, but there will come a day that he may not. I can tell you that ...