[Gabz]

Never, never trust a chow.

Oh, really??????

I've never met a chow I couldn't trust. Their owners can be a different story.

[honeygrl]

"I've never met a chow I couldn't trust. Their owners can be a different story."

Then how about you come down and catch the black chow that runs lose in my neighborhood growling at anything/anyone that comes within 20 ft? lol (animal control refuses to come get him! they claim they've tried to catch him for years which I don't understand because this dog does NOT run.)

[pollywog]

my sister was mauled by a CHOW. I don't trust a chow at all since then. Never have. ALL she was doing was walking down the sidewalk. He ripped her up pretty bad. That was some 40 years ago.Still has some nasty scars.

[LowOiL]

I've never met a chow I couldn't trust.

Ain't worked for a vet have ya? In my college years I worked as a vet assistant (ok, mostly a pooper scooper), and I must admit, chows were the worse by far. In the south most chows were not groomed properly and suffered from awful flea and tick infestation causing tremendous constant pain (ever seen a chow crawling with fly maggots under their thick coat of hair prompting self scratching until it bleeds, attacting more flies).

Owners often had to trick the dogs into their cars (using food as bait) and shutting the car door on them once they accept the bait. Seeing an owner scared of their own dog is quite a sight (why keep a dog you can not control). Rabies poles come in quite handy for these animals (if you value your fingers). My personal favorite was having to bath these wild animals while they were trying to bite me slinging feces matter and urine at the same time.

In conclusion, chows are definately a top ten biting dog. Take my word for it.

[acad1228]

I'm 43 years old. I've been attacked twice in my life. Both times by a Chow. Both times from behind as I walked down the sidewalk.