What is the temperament of a Chow?
Their behavior if not like the behavior of a typical dog, but more like the disposition of a cat!! Thy prefer to be aloof and left alone for the most part, and don’t want you to know that they need you. I had a dog for 14 years from when I was 7 to 21 years old. She was a puppy that we got from a neighbor. She looked nothing at all like a Chow, more like a small, light buff-colored Golden Retriever. I didn’t know until later that her father was a Chow. He lived a few doors down. My dog Puff had a great deal of black on her tongue, and while that is not definite proof, the neighbors knew that he was the father. A completely blue-black tongue is a characteristic on only Chows and Sharpeis. However, a tongue that is partly blue-black is actually more of a birthmark and is not an indication of a chow or sharpei. Our dog was a wonderful family dog, but was not friendly to strangers. She would just growl and walk away if anyone tried to be nice to her in our house. We loved her, but she was
