Should I Breed My Chow Chow?
Almost everyone who has a dog thinks about breeding it at least once. Raising a litter sounds easy and fun -- but having puppies isn't all it's cracked up to be. Breeding dogs actually involves more work, responsibility, and expense than most people are prepared for.
Before you breed your Chow, please consider some important facts: Chow Chows aren't rare any more. During the 1980's, as many as 50,000 Chow puppies a year were registered by the AKC. This is about half of all Chows born during that time, the height of the breed's recent popularity. For awhile, Chows were one of the most popular breeds in the country and puppies were easy to sell. But the public is fickle and fads pass quickly. The Chow isn't the "in" breed to have anymore and puppies are becoming hard to sell at any price. Chow Rescue groups all around the country have been overrun with abused, neglected and abandoned Chows in need of permanent, loving homes. In the past ten ye...