posted February 25, 2007 06:48 PM         

Now I am in love---

She is supposed to be a Chow/Pitt Bull mix, but looks mostly Chow to me--black tongue and all.

She is VERY protective and can be agressive. The first day I had her she drew blood on me and my youngest daughter. Now she is a sweetheart, but I have noticed her protectiveness when in the midst of the pack ie: she gets agressive (at a whole 4 months) when the others come around me and when a stranger enters my house she barks and growls like nothing I have ever witnessed!

Anybody with any Chow experience?? I have researched them on the internet and from what I can see, this is the house dog for me--my others enjoy a very large, wooded back yard.

posted February 27, 2007 12:23 PM         

When I was a 'teen I had a friend who had a Chow Chow and it was very aggressive; they kept the dog in a child's playpen! But they were NOT dog people at all, so I don't consider their situation a good example.

posted February 27, 2007 12:35 PM         

They are guardian dogs, fiercely loyal and possessive- it sounds as if your dog is doing exactly what it was meant to do. They were used by the Mongolians as watchdogs, guardians, and hunters.

I love Chow Chows.

posted February 27, 2007 04:07 PM         

I think since she is young she should get along with my other 4 nicely, and she does when they are in the pack themselves.

I do not often have people into my home so agression with strangers will not bother me and is, really, being a single mom with two teenage daughters, may be a good thing..

When I look into her eyes, through the fuzzy, orange and black Chow face, and she lowers her ears, relaxes and takes in the love----I can not imagine someone feeling the need to put her down without giving her a chance---

Blessings