New Member: My Chow does not act like a Chow
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:52 am
Hi everyone!
I just joined this forum hoping to connect with other chow owners and share my experiences raising my now 1 year old chow chow. My 1 year old female chow, Zara, was adopted by me and my family when she was 9 weeks old. My family has always owned chows and my first dog was a chow chow who was with us until she was 17 years old. She gave me so many special memories and she had as one could say typical "chow behavior." She was protective, smart, independent, but she was also sweet, gentle, and had not a single mean/aggressive bone in her body. Now my new chow is a different story. Right off the bat when we got her we knew something was different. Zara is quirky, smart, rambunctious, loves attention, comes when she is called, follows me around everywhere, and loves affection. She is protective and on guard with strangers as chows tend to be but once she gets to know you she won't leave you alone. They say that chows "act more like cats" than dogs but I can definitely say that Zara acts just like a dog, in fact me and my brother jokingly say that she's a golden retriever hiding in a chows body. I hope to hear feedback from others and their stories/experiences owning chows.
I just joined this forum hoping to connect with other chow owners and share my experiences raising my now 1 year old chow chow. My 1 year old female chow, Zara, was adopted by me and my family when she was 9 weeks old. My family has always owned chows and my first dog was a chow chow who was with us until she was 17 years old. She gave me so many special memories and she had as one could say typical "chow behavior." She was protective, smart, independent, but she was also sweet, gentle, and had not a single mean/aggressive bone in her body. Now my new chow is a different story. Right off the bat when we got her we knew something was different. Zara is quirky, smart, rambunctious, loves attention, comes when she is called, follows me around everywhere, and loves affection. She is protective and on guard with strangers as chows tend to be but once she gets to know you she won't leave you alone. They say that chows "act more like cats" than dogs but I can definitely say that Zara acts just like a dog, in fact me and my brother jokingly say that she's a golden retriever hiding in a chows body. I hope to hear feedback from others and their stories/experiences owning chows.