The Chow Chow is a dog of great versatility. He is a born sportsman and loves an open-air life, a warrior, always ready to accept battle, but seldom provoking it. He is tender-hearted, a friend of children, an ideal companion.

POINTS OF THE CHOW CHOW:

HEAD…
Skull flat and broad, with little stop, well filled out under the eyes.

MUZZLE…
Moderate in length, and broad from the eyes to the point (not pointed at the end like a fox).

NOSE…
Black, large and wide. (In cream or light-coloured specimens, a pink nose is allowable.)

TONGUE…
Blue.

EYES…
Dark and small. (In a blue dog light colour is permissible.)

EARS…
Small, pointed, and carried stiffly erect. They should be placed well forward over the
eyes, which gives the dog the peculiar characteristic expression of the breed viz., a sort of scowl.

TEETH…
Strong and level.

NECK…
Strong, full, set well on the shoulders, and slightly arched.

SHOULDERS…
Muscular and sloping.

CHEST…
Broad and deep.

BACK..
Short, straight, and strong.

LOINS…
Powerful.

TAIL…
Curled tightly over the back.

FORE-LEGS…
Perfectly straight, of moderate length, and with great bone.

HIND-LEGS…
Same as fore-legs, muscular and with hocks well let down.

FEET…
Small, round and catlike, standing well on the toes.

COAT…
Abundant, dense, straight, and rather coarse in texture, with a soft woolly undercoat.

COLOUR…
Whole-coloured black, red, yellow, blue, white, etc., not in patches (the under part of tail and back of thighs frequently of a lighter colour).

GENERAL APPEARANCE…
A lively, compact, short coupled dog, well-knit in frame, with tail curled well over the back.

DISQUALIFYING POINTS…
Drop ears, red tongue, tail not curled over back, white spots on coat, and red nose, except in yellow or white specimens.

N.B.--Smooth Chows are governed by the same scale of points, except that the coat is smooth.

WEIGHT…
As to the weight, bitches scale about 30 lbs., but dogs are heavier.
Ch. Shylock weighed 47-3/4 lbs., and Red Craze 38 lbs.

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