This beautiful and rare etching above is a print I purchased from the U.K. which measures about 8×10 in size. It is on heavy stock and slightly embossed to frame the dog. This is the lovely chow called “Muff” (or also seen in print as “Mouff”) who was a gift to Prince Edward […]
1985 ARTICLE- The Smooth Chow Comes out of the Closet – by Zola Coogan
This historic article written by Zola Coogan of Redcloud Chows, first appeared in the May 1985 Kennel Review. The author, along with the breeders named below , were instrumental in reviving interest in the smooth coated chow chow in the United States and ultimately returning the smooth back to it’s rightful place in the 1986 Standard after a […]
1925 Cartoon – The Beans family and a Chow puppy – Coolidge inspired no doubt
I love this cartoon which surely must be referencing President Calvin Coolidge’s Boston Terrier “Beans” with the chow puppy representing the new Chow arrival in the Whitehouse , Tiny Tim. The President and his wife Grace, from 1923-1929 had a cornucopia of beloved pets accompanying them on a daily basis…and even on their vacations! READ MORE […]
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 […]
1912 Actress Grace La Rue with a chow in her roadster
UPDATE!! CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS I FOUND OF CHANG OF PEKOE AT THIS LINK This was an unexpected find in a 1912 newspaper, which was part of an ad for the WHITE SELF STARTING ROADSTER. Sitting pretty with a chow owned by Edward L. Pretorius of the St. Louis Times is vaudeville actress Grace La […]
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