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COLLECTION – Circa 1924 – Photo collection from England – Possibly Mrs David Wagstaff of Ledgeland Kennels – USA

I am pinching myself!!!! What an incredible discovery!!!! 8 photos (11 total) originating from England of a chow breeder/exhibitor …… and to top it off I have 3 more photos from a different source that picture this same woman showing the light colored chow you see in the group shot below. Those will in […]

BREED PIONEER- 1920’s – EUGENE BYFIELD – Chino Kennels, Grasmere Farms

In the early 1920’s Eugene Byfield established his Chino Kennels (Grasmere Farms) near Chicago in Barrington Illinois . At one point this breeding/show kennel of exquisite chows housed nearly 100 dogs. It was a great loss to the breed in 1930 when Mr. Byfield was killed in a polo game . In addition to his […]

Legendary Blue Chows of a Mongolia monastery visited by Dr. K. H. Abshagen

The article you are about to read below is one of the single most important references we have today to original Chinese Chow type, character and overall description of the breed in his homeland. There have been various published “mentions” of the legendary blue chows being raised by monks in China and Mongolia, but rarely […]