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| Name: |
Shaolin
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Age: |
One year old
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| Gender: |
Male |
Breed: |
Chow Chow |
| Home: |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Shaolin
is special because he super nice and bring joy to all other dogs
and people. He loves to play in the snow.
Shaolin was born in a shelter to his one-year-old mother. He and some of
his siblings were rescued by Chow Chow rescue of Central New York. The
rest of them (including his mother) were all adopted, either by the
shelter or the rescue group. His mother lives in Virginia and we have
contact with her and a few brothers and sisters through FaceBook. Shaolin
has his own page and is friends with chows all over the world at
Shaolin Chow Panda!
We adopted Shaolin when he was four months old, right after Christmas of
2010. By this time, he was completely housebroken and very happy and
secure. We have found Shaolin to be a very well-mannered, polite dog. He
is very interested in other dogs and is always well-behaved, no matter how
they behave. He is good with nervous or somewhat aggressive dogs. He does
not start trouble, but he does not back down either. He approaches all
dogs and people first expecting that they are going to be great friends,
and he is always right. He loves small animals and is calm enough that we
sometimes let him visit with some of our pet rabbits.
Being a chow, he can be a bit stubborn and even a little aloof with
strangers at times. But he has never acted mean or aggressive toward
anyone, just disinterested. Shaolin isn't really big on tricks (other than
licking his lips with his big purple tongue on command) or games. He is
usually serious, but a few times a day he will act a little silly and run
around in circles, just hoping anyone will chase him.
We knew right away when we got Shaolin that he was going to be a great
dog. When Shaolin came here, it was very cold in Canada. We knew that it
was going to be very important to keep him properly socialized with other
dogs and people. So along with his daily neighborhood walks, we also made
the effort to take him out a few times each week to a park nearby. He
loved running around there in the snow and visiting with other people and
dogs. I am sure that he cannot wait until it gets cold again.
We also thought that it would be great for him to have a dogmate, so we
found a border collie - shepherd mix named Panda who was rescued from an
Amish puppy mill. They are great friends and get along very nicely. Even
though she is younger and much smaller, Shaolin lets Panda be the boss.
She is a bit selfish and pushy, but he is a good older brother and very
maturely lets Panda be herself. They love visiting dog parks together and
Panda herds Shaolin if he gets to far away from her.
See more images of Shaolin!
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