Adopted
| Breed | Chow Chow |
| Color | |
| Age | Young |
| Gender | Male |
| Size | Large |
| Coat Length | - |
| Adoption Fee | - |
Characteristics
Health
House-trained
Good in a home with
If you have ever loved a Chow Chow, you will adore this good natured guy. He is very possibly the friendliest Chow ever, with twinkling eyes and a happy smile for everyone he meets.
This is not to say that he does not have the typical Chow "sense of self." When he enters a room, he takes a moment to greet each person as if to say, "Hello, and welcome to my room. Your admiration of me is to be expected, and I in turn admire you." (Chows are somewhat formal.) However, he softens the formality with his attentiveness and genuine delight in receiving new visitors. He will even on occasion administer a kiss, if he senses his visitor is receptive.
Sugarbear has all of the Chow accoutrements: a magnificent, if somewhat sun-bleached, coat, an impressive ruff of fur framing his happy face, a perfectly-shaped teddy bear nose, round "cats-paw" feet, a squirrel tail, a square coffee table body, twinkling brown eyes and a massive pumpkin head. It is a miraculous combination of the elegant and the preposterous.
Sugarbear was surrendered to animal control along with other dogs when his owner was unable to care for him. He clearly is none the worse for wear, fortunately. Sugarbear's abundant coat suggests that he had good nutrition during his childhood, and his sunny personality also suggests that he was never treated anything but kindly.
In fact, hIs only clear "weakness" is his loathing for cats, which he views with great suspicion (we suspect that he would be horrified if he knew that Chows are sometimes described as the cats of the dog world). This dislike also extends to other small animals such as rodents, and he is a tireless warrior in the campaign to rid the world of the bunny rabbit scourge.
Altogether, Sugarbear is the very model of a modern Chow Chow general. He is happily self-important, dignified yet welcoming, fastidious in his habits, and we suspect that he will make an excellent companion to some incredibly lucky person. He won't be a "play fetch" kind of dog -- he won't see the point -- nor would he be the kind of lively mischievous and tolerant dog an active family might imagine, but he will be an excellent companion for leisurely walks and will happily sit by your chair while you read the morning paper, savoring the rituals of everyday life. He just won't fetch the paper for you.
