Archives for 2017

1914 – WHYM CHOW:FLAME OF LOVE – Rare book of chow poetry by Michael Fields. Only 27 were published

This book is one I would give anything to have in my own collection but with only 27 copies of the book produced, it would be an elusive find indeed! Thanks to my husband’s book finding skills, he discovered a copy of WHYMCHOW: FLAME OF LOVE online at the University of British Columbia, for all […]

1927 – PRIMEMINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE’S CHOW

The Primeminister was keen on the Chow Chow breed of dog and had a particular favourite known as ‘Y Chow Du’ [The Black Chow]. He owned 3 Chows that I have discovered so far. Bandy, Beauty, and Chong. This photo above came from a 1927 German bookplate which is also below. Above is the bookplate […]

1928 Far East Kennels- rare article in Oil O Matic sponsored magazine

There is so much amazing information about the earliest chows packed into this short 2 page article , and it provides a vivid picture and window into what it must have been like to own a chow in the Roaring Twenties. I love the description of “the vanguard of the Lordly Chinese dogs peering through the windows […]