Here is an incredible photo accompanied by this article describing the details of these two beautiful Chinese “chows”, which the esteemed DR. KINYOUN obtained as a gift from a sea captain while acting as quarantine officer at Angel Island, Cal. While the dogs may not seem like the modern chows of today, they are described […]
1901 Chinese Chow enlisted in the U.S. Navy
This newspaper article ran in dozens of papers in 1901, this one being one from Pennsylvania. The chow dog was a very unique novelty to Americans this early on and most came here either directly from China via gifts brought home by sailors and travelers, or from very early breeders in England. How I would […]
Chinese Chow likeness in Eastern Han Dynasty sculpture (25-220)
There are so many sculptures I see from the Han Dynasty that resemble the chow in the upright ears and tail over the back, but most show a distinctly different type in body and coat much like the Chinese Chongqing dog . However this little sculpture below I discovered online shows the appearance […]
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