Circa 1905 – 1930s. Below you will find a TREASURE trove of over 50 well preserved antique chow pedigrees from England , generously gifted to the Chowtales archive by Pat Robb. The pedigrees are in the order they appear in the album documenting one of our breed’s earliest breeding programs , based on the foundation of […]
2017 CCCI Recognition Award to ChowTales
What an absolute honor it was to receive a text from Layla Loveless at the CCCI Awards Banquet to hear the Parent Club had given ChowTales this special recognition award for preserving the history of the breed. A special and heartfelt THANK YOU to Linda Love Banghart, Zola Coogan and Layla Loveless for their […]
1914 – WHYM CHOW:FLAME OF LOVE – Rare book of chow poetry by Michael Fields. Only 27 were published
This book is one I would give anything to have in my own collection but with only 27 copies of the book produced, it would be an elusive find indeed! Thanks to my husband’s book finding skills, he discovered a copy of WHYMCHOW: FLAME OF LOVE online at the University of British Columbia, for all […]
1927 – PRIMEMINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE’S CHOW
The Primeminister was keen on the Chow Chow breed of dog and had a particular favourite known as ‘Y Chow Du’ [The Black Chow]. He owned 3 Chows that I have discovered so far. Bandy, Beauty, and Chong. This photo above came from a 1927 German bookplate which is also below. Above is the bookplate […]
1928 Far East Kennels- rare article in Oil O Matic sponsored magazine
There is so much amazing information about the earliest chows packed into this short 2 page article , and it provides a vivid picture and window into what it must have been like to own a chow in the Roaring Twenties. I love the description of “the vanguard of the Lordly Chinese dogs peering through the windows […]
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