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watch therefore Chows today should be generally healthier
since we’ve all been breeding to improve the breed. It seems
that fronts are better and stifles are stronger and more able
to extend for sound movement. Even with the shrinkage of
the genepool, we are able to find good breeding prospects
whether frozen or fresh to make one or two litters per year.
To compare the overall quality of Chows now to when
we first started out it must be understood that the sheer
volume of nice dogs was greater then. It was easy to find
more large kennels with 3 or 4 good quality dogs that were
actively campaigning and breeding. At shows there were
60 specials and you could find 10 that you liked enough
to take home. Even when we ran 16 dogs here in the 80’s,
while it was crowded we were considered a small kennel
but we could choose who to show or breed from within our
own kennel and we produced nice dogs. So did we grade
harder then knowing less or were there just many more
Chows to consider; each with their contribution to the
breed.

Q. Who is your favorite Chow (dog and bitch) that
you personally bred?

BIS, BISS Neth, Bel Am CH Pendleton’s King Arthur.

Q. If you had one wish for the breed, what would it
be?

We wish that our breed doesn’t ever appear on the
Endangered Species in general or get moved to the Rare
Breeds competition classes in AKC. We hope that this
course can be corrected through supporting and helping
one another with information and sharing knowledge.
Ask anyone who is owned by a chow if they will ever
have another breed and the answer will be a resounding
question – is there another breed? I wish for the story of
the ancient Chinese Breed not to end here or soon. We’ve
had and have other breeds but there really isn’t anything
like the living teddy bears when there is a comparison.

CH Pendleton Carolina Rose

Am Dut/Neth CH Pendleton’s Top Gun Pendleton Tara Bear Den CH Paramount Pendleton The Castaway