Ukubonakala kwayo okungaqhelekanga kunye neentsomi ezijikeleze imvelaphi yazo zenza ukuba Chow chow Enye yezona zinja zinomdla phakathi kwabafundi bezinja. Umlingiswa wakhe ugcinwe kwaye uyimfihlakalo, kwaye phakathi kweempawu zakhe ezibalaseleyo yimane yakhe eninzi. Zininzi izinto ezibonisa umdla eziqhele ukwenzeka kolu hlobo; sixelela ezinye zazo.
Ukuqala, ukuzalwa kwe Chow chow ugcwele amathandabuzo. Kuthiwa ivela eSpitz kwaye igama layo libhekisa kumbhalo wesiMandarin "izinto ezahlukileyo zorhwebo", ezinokufundwa kwiibhokisi ezazithutha le nja isuka eChina isiya eNgilane ukusukela ngonyaka we-1780. Apho yathathelwa ingqalelo okokuqala njengesilwanyana sasekhaya, kuba kwilizwe laseAsia zazisetyenziswa njengokutya. Ngapha koko, igama elingcolileyo ukubonisa ukuba into ityiwa "yi-chow."
Nangona kunjalo, kwakungowe-1840 xa olu hlobo lwalubhalwa eGreat Britain, xa iphephandaba lathetha ngobukho beentlobo ezininzi eLondon Zoological Park. Babhekisa kubo njenge "Inja yasendle yase China".
Ezinye iingcinga zithi le nja inookhokho bayo kwibhere, ngokusekwe kwinkangeleko yayo yasendle kunye nenyaniso yokuba, Njengebhere emnyama, iChow Chow inolwimi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka; I-Shar Pei kuphela kolunye uhlobo ngaphandle kolwabelana ngale mpawu. Nangona kule minyaka idlulileyo le nkolelo ilahlekelwa ngamandla nangakumbi.
Inani le Umamnkeli uLady Huntley, owaseka eyakhe indlu yenkukhu ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX kwindoda engeniswe eChina egama linguPeridot. Intombi yakhe, uPeridot II, wathengiswa kuLady Granville Gordon, owayeza kuba ngoyena mfama unempembelelo elizweni. Ekunye nomama wakhe, waphakamisa iBlue Blood, eyintshatsheli yokuqala uChow Chow wazalelwa eNgilane.
Njengomdla wokugqibela, olu hlobo ulungele ukucaphuka kwamehlo okubizwa ngokuba yi-entropion, ngenxa yokungaqhelekanga kwendalo abanayo kwiinkophe. Oku kunokusonjululwa ngongenelelo lotyando.