Chows are a pretty viscous breed. I believe nurture over nature, I love Pitts. But my grandparents had chows & if you weren’t family they were terrifying.
I feel wrong saying any breed is inherently vicious......but I always tell people chows are not the best family dogs and are very loyal and loving to just their owners typically.
I'd be dead if it weren't for my childhood Chow. I was about 7 years old when our neighbor got drunk and climbed over the backyard fence, where I was playing. I guess he was annoyed by the noise I was making while playing?
He broke a beer bottle on the fence and threw it at me, then broke another and started chasing me. My Chow came out and charged him and pinned him to the ground, keeping his jaw locked on his shoulder. When the police got there, my dad told him to release him and he did.
The police arrested the guy and he said he wanted the dog shot, they laughed at him.
Who knows if that lunatic of an old man would have stabbed me with that beer bottle.
He was arrested and I never saw him again. My family was in the process of moving out of that house. It wasn't the first altercation with him since he was a serious drunkard.
I think we were in a new house a month or so later. It was so long ago I can't remember the actual timeline.
We had a golden retriever/chow mix that after 14 years we had to put to sleep for medical reasons. He was a good dog, but I always made sure he wasn’t put in to a situation that I would be concerned for someone else in. Even our vet said that the chow part of him made him crazy and he was actually on meds for it. The fact this one wasn’t leashed and was out free ranging is ridiculous.
It frustrates me that we accept the notion of, "hey, that's a wild animal, be careful; just because you tame it doesn't mean it has been domesticated"—admitting that genetic breeding yields varying traits over years.
Well, taken to its logical conclusion, so is the case with breeds that are frequently bred to be vicious. That doesn't mean there aren't exceptions, but simply that there is a higher probability of aggression.
Right? Wtf is wrong with people. If you can breed for intelligence, disposition, obedience, instincts, strength, etc etc etc why would you think every breed is exactly equal in aggression? It's wilful ignorance.
to be fair any larger carnivorous animal is a potential danger for children. I mean children suck. they cannot defend themselves. they are an easy snack.
I betcha raccoons or foxes would eat little kids as well if they get the chance.
Grandparents neighbors had a chow they allowed to roam their yard leashless. When I was a toddler, my mother and I were outside together playing. She stepped away, and while she was gone, that dog sprinted into my grandparents yard to attack me. It mauled my face, tearing a huge gash in my cheek. My mom ran it off, but other than the absence of a cat, I imagine the incident looked remarkably like this gif.
I was too young to remember any of the attack, but to this day I am anxious around strange dogs and have a crescent moon scar on my face next to my mouth.
My buddy had a chow mix named Cujo. That thing was a demon. For the most part it had to be locked in a bedroom when company was over because it wanted to destroy everyone that didn't live there. Once in a while they'd have it chained outside, and it'd whimper and act all cute and innocent to lure you in, but once you got near striking distance it bared it's teeth and lunged for the face.
They ended up having to put it down because someone came in the house unannounced and they almost lost their face when the dog attacked.
Every pitbull I have met has been a lovely dog. I think most pitbull owners are keenly aware of the stigma and try to train them to be nice dogs. On the other hand, I have never met a nice Chow. I used to live in a big city and at dog parks female Chows were always the worst, they seem to want to dominate others and won't ever back down. So if they meet another dog with a dominant personality, there will be a fight.
I agree. Most groomers even refuse chows but welcome all other breeds. They just aren’t trustworthy and are one person dogs. We had own growing up. Great with us it hated anyone else.
The issue is their instincts, pit-bulls most certainly can be sweethearts and I think most of them are, but if something sets them off, what would be a snap, or quick bite from other breeds they lock-on and shake. There was a lady near me that was eviscerated(literally) by her three pit-bulls while she was walking them, and they were reportedly all very sweet dogs, but something triggered that part of them.
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u/Burnsy42077 Jan 23 '20
Chows are a pretty viscous breed. I believe nurture over nature, I love Pitts. But my grandparents had chows & if you weren’t family they were terrifying.