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Ok, my husband's friend from work used to have a chow dog (they just recently put her down). She started getting really wierd, unpredictable, she'd get aggressive and back you into a corner and then right before she would bite you she'd just switch and be a good dog agian. She didn't just do this to me she did it to her owners too. They said she did stuff like that all the time, once she started getting old. So they took her to the vet to talk about the problems they were having and the vet said that chows brains constantly grow throughout their life and eventually they get too big for their skulls and the brain will press up agianst the skull and cause the dog a lot of pain. The vet said that that basically drives the dog insane and makes them do the aggressive things that the guy was saying. Is this true do Chow Chow's brains grow like that? It sounded too unbelievable to me, but lots of things that sound unbelieavable are actually true so I decided to ask you guys and see if anyone else knows.
 

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I have heard of this happening (the way she was acting) but I never heard of the brain thing b4. I agree that seems almost unbelivable. I just though it was an old age thing. can't wait to see what/ if anyone knows about this
 

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I know there is atleast one person with a chow on this site. I don't want to scare people away from chows but this is needed to know information.
 
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a friend of mine asked his vet about that before he adopted a chow mix puppy. vet said there was no medical facts to back that up, he had heard of it and said it wasnt true. but I dont know, maybe that was just one vets opinion? maybe the vet hadnt ever heard of it and didnt want to admit ignorance, but didnt think it sounded plousable?
 

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I have a Chow mix, so I can't be of that much help. But becca-4321 has two Chows, so maybe she knows whether or not this is true.
 
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Wow... that's FREAKY! I don't see how it could be true, though. Why would just chows be inflicted? Or Chow Chows? What's the diff between a Chow and a Chow Chow, anyway. Just size?
 

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I think they are the same (sorry, I meant chow's). I've just grown up call Chows Chow Chows (oops). I don't know why they would be the only breed that suffers from it that's why I found it unbelievable.
 
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Kinda off topic here, but is it just me, or does it seem like 99.99999999% of the time a "mixed breed" is a mix with a Chow, Shepherd, or Lab????
 

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I don't know. I've only known 2 in my life and both would take your head off !! VERY protective of owners.
 

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Elinhunter, I really noticed that when I was searching the shelters for my next dog. Like you said, everyone is mixed with chow, shepard of lab! BTW, my Bear, is a chow/shepard mix! :D
 
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LOL! Isn't it TRUE? Even my sister's "supposedly pure bred lab" (which he has all attributes of, though) has black spots on his tongue which scream CHOW! And he's got a mean streak!!!
 
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bubbatd said:
Bushwacker had a small black mark.....
He did??? I don't remember that! He also had a white spot on his chest. Hmmmm....

But what's so wild, is that he was SOOO beautiful and we let him go to MN to a big dog show with someone who wanted to show him in confirmation.... and he WON! I'll try and find a pic of our beautiful Bushwacker...
 

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Wish you can find the one with the newspaper/cigarette and "tini !!! Mike has the slide !
 
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I don't think that is true. (About the Chow/brain thing.) Doberluv had somebody tell her that about her Doberman (all Dobes were mean because their brain would get to big for its skull), so I think it is just another "fact" about the "mean" dogs that everbody knows is "true".
And I also think that just because a dog has some black/purple on its tounge doesn't mean it is a Chow mix. I saw a Purebred GSD, and it had a black dot in the middle of its tounge.

Oh, but my mom got something along these lines in an email:
You aren't fat just because you are old. When you get old, you just have so much brain, that it can't fit in your skull so it slides down into other parts of your body. So the fatter you are, the more brains you have!
LOL ;) :p
 

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