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1898 ARTICLE – NY Paper reports of the new fad in London of owning Chow dogs.

  I am heading up this very early newspaper article from our breed history with another outstanding find in my personal archives.  It depicts just 3 years after the article, a chow dog being “catered” to in the famous Kensington Gardens of London.  It sets into perspective how quickly this Chow fad took hold in […]

BENCHED DOG SHOWS-A SPECTATORS DREAM

This kind of dog show in the photos above was called a BENCHED SHOW. All the dogs were partitioned off in designated spaces, on public display for the entire day as the show was running.    Westminster Kennel Club is one of the 6 shows left in the USA which are still benched. Exhibitors would […]

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