These Illustrations I created show the ideals 100 years apart for the chow. Not all that different other than substance. However we all know what happened to the breed in the span of 100 years in reality (not the ideal)
The snippets from the standard revisions over the course of a few decades really show where we were about head into the breed’s “massive” phase in the 1970’s-80’s
Our current standard made great strides in clarifying many points concerning substance and balance, but once the damage was done, it hands today’s breeder a lot more work to make things right again
Hi Sandy; It is very important that we do not forget the breed’s foundations and original purpose that it served. Thank you for staying the course on this issue and bringing to the public these all to often overlooked facts and pictures.
Bill
Thank you so very much Bill for your comment. All the conversations we have had about this topic over the years …my goodness. I never thought I would have the time to do something like this but now that I can’t work on jewelry,I can archive and illustrate to my heart’s content. I’m happy you stopped by!
-Sandy