I’m sorry you had to deal with such ignorant people during your pregnancy. When bred and nurtured well, chows are such delightful companions (as we all know or we wouldn’t belong to this group), it seems only natural that they would get along with children in their families. It is obvious from looking at your photos how much your dogs love your children. When my dog, Chelsea, and the other puppies in her litter were born, my friends who bred her had a three month old son. Chelsea’s mom, Nikko, her brother Ajax and Chelsea all considered him part of their pack and just loved being with him. Frankly, I’ve had many more aggressive encounters with small lap dogs (including being bitten in the nose) than I have any of our “protective” breeds.

I also had lots of people (including police officers) tell me how aggressive chows are, how Chelsea would eventually turn on me, etc., etc. from the time she was just a five pound puppy. She was the friendliest, most gentle dog I’ve ever known throughout her entire 15 1/2 years on this planet and just absolutely adored children. She was a total social butterfly and loved meeting everyone but was especially thrilled when there was a child she could meet.

There is one positive aspect of our chows’ reputation and that is that it’s a great crime deterrent. I even had hardcore gang members cross the street to avoid my 40 pound chow. So, your children have their own home security system: no way is anyone getting to a chow’s kids.

Thank you too Sandra, for making this meeting with other chows and chow owners around the world possible!

- John & Orange (from the Philippines)