I grew up with a chow. When I was little, I used to think that dogs with pink tongues were weird.No chows for me ... bad experience ... a cousin lost two couches to one! My ideal lives with friends ... a huge brown Newfie named Bennie. I really need to dognap him ... but I couldn't afford to FEED him! He makes my food thief look like a pickpocket. Bennie once took $27 worth of Burger King right off the counter and ate the whole thing ... wrappers, bags, fry pockets and all! But I LOVE him!
Chows are definitely a breed that you need to know about before you get. They are one person dogs for the most part, and can be very territorial.