This article below is fascinating, giving insight into the very first impressions of the Chinese dog we now call the “Chow Chow” at it’s initial discovery in the early 1780s. It amazes me that in comparison…. the Giant Panda was only discovered by westerners in 1869 with both animals being from China The first reliable mention […]
EARLIEST MENTIONS OF IMPORTED CHOWS FROM CHINA
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This category may contain duplicates of posts found in other categories on this site, but I felt they needed to also be grouped into a special category of their own for ease of research sake. You will find some of the earliest mentions of Chinese chows , chowlike imports from China, and early chow likenesses in art and photos in these posts. Some you may need to scroll around a bit but the references are there (eg stud book entries ...look for Chinese imports)
RARE DOCUMENTATION-CHINESE IMPORT ATTEMPT
This 1922 article is very rare documentation of an attempt to import numerous chow puppies from China. For me this is “local’ history as Mr. Alexander was from the Tacoma Washington area as you will see his estate (scroll down) Not all Chow history is a joy to research…. but as an archivist…history is history. […]
1884 FOCUS ON EDIBLE DOG OF CHINA
I’m over the moon excited about this article which has taken me some time to collect all the bits and pleces as well as hours of research. These 5 pages contain some of the most important proof of the chow breed (or the Edible Chinese Dog as they were known) in the infancy of […]
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