Ukubukeka kwaso okungafani nezinganekwane ezizungeze imvelaphi yaso kwenza Chow chow enye yezinja ezinelukuluku kakhulu phakathi kwabafundi bezinja. Isimilo sakhe sigodliwe futhi asimangalisi, futhi phakathi kwezimpawu zakhe ezigqame kakhulu yimane yakhe egcwele. Ziningi izifiso ezijwayelekile zalolu hlobo; sikutshela ezinye zazo.
Okokuqala, ukuzalwa kwe- Chow chow ugcwele ukungabaza. Kuthiwa ivela eSpitz nokuthi igama layo libhekisela embhalweni wesi-Mandarin "okuthengiswayo okuhlukahlukene", okungafundwa emabhokisini ahambisa le nja esuka eChina isiya eNgilandi kusukela ngo-1780. Lapho kwakucatshangwa okokuqala njengesilwane sasekhaya, ngoba ezweni lase-Asia zazisetshenziswa njengokudla. Eqinisweni, igama elinenhlamba ukukhombisa ukuthi okuthile kuyadliwa ngu "chow."
Kodwa-ke, kwaze kwafika ngo-1840 lapho lolu hlobo luqoshwa eGreat Britain, lapho iphephandaba lalikhuluma ngokuba khona kwezinhlobo ezithile eLondon Zoo. Bababiza ngokuthi "Inja yasendle yaseChina".
Eminye imibono ithi le nja inokhokho bayo ebhereni, ngokususelwa ekubukekeni kwayo kwendle nokuthi, Njengebhere elimnyama, iChow Chow inolimi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka; IShar Pei ukuphela kohlobo ngaphandle kwalolu oluhlanganyela lesi sici. Yize ngokuhamba kweminyaka le nkolelo ilahlekelwa ngamandla amaningi.
Isibalo se imashi lady Lady Huntley, owasungula ikennel lakhe ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX kusukela kowesilisa owangeniswa evela eChina ogama lakhe linguPeridot. Indodakazi yakhe, uPeridot II, yathengiselwa uLady Granville Gordon, owayezoba ngumfuyi onethonya elikhulu ezweni. Kanye nonina bakhulisa iBlue Blood, iqhawe lokuqala uChow Chow wazalelwa eNgilandi.
Njengelukuluku lokugcina, lolu hlobo uthambekele ekucasukeni kweso okubizwa nge- entropion, ngenxa yokungajwayelekile ngokwemvelo abanakho ezinkalweni zamehlo. Lokhu kungaxazululwa ngokungenelela kokuhlinzwa.