About Rosie

It is with great sadness that we're looking to rehome my beloved Rosie. We've had Rosie since she was 8 weeks old and she just turned 4 years old on 10-20-17. To be honest we didn't know much about the chow chow breed when we first got her for my daughter. She is a beautiful, healthy, protective dog that has been raised with more love than a dog can ever dream of. The problem is this breed is only loyal to one or two adults in the house and is more tolerant to the other family members. My Son is 25 years old and my daughter is 15, so it's not like we have small kids in the house either. There has been a total of (4) incidents that involved Rosie. The first incident occurred when we had a gathering at the house and there was small children around. Not sure if Rosie felt boxed in between some furniture, but she growled and snipped at a girls leg. It resulted in a small bruise, but the skin was not punctured. We know this breed does not usually care for small kids, so we felt we just need to be more cautious about Rosie being around small kids. The second incident occurred when my daughter was smothering the dog after the dog gave all the red flags that she was annoyed and wanted to be left alone. She put her face next to Rosie's face, while lying down on Rosie's bed. Rosie turned quickly and took a snip at her face and caught her above her upper lip. This did puncture the skin and caused bleeding. We gave Rosie the benefit of the doubt, since Rosie did give all the red flags prior to the bite and she doesn't like peoples face near her face. The third incident occurred when the mail man was outside and Rosie was inside the house barking at the door. My son took his hand and tried to push Rosie away from the door when Rosie took a small bite on his hand between his index finger and thumb. This was a small bite and it did puncture the skin and drew blood. We gave Rosie the benefit of the doubt, since she was in a protective state when my son placed his hand around Rosie's face. The fourth incident just occurred on 10-27-17 when Rosie was lying down on my bed when my son approached her and was rubbing her down and placed his face next to her face. Rosie reacted and turned and took a bite. This was not an attack, but it was a very serious bite and it caught my sons upper and lower lips. It broke my heart when I saw my sons face before I took him to the hospital. Even though my son placed his face near Rosie's face, which is not the best action with this type of breed, I cannot allow Rosie to stay with us any longer. I can't take the chance of this happening again. The truth is we know how temperamental Rosie is and after each incident we would tell each other we can't put our face next to Rosie's face. Over time we would get more and more laxed with Rosie and would continue to give her plenty of love and tenderness. That is what my family does and it made us realize that Rosie is not the best breed for this type of physical affection. Me, my wife and kids love and adore Rosie and we all feel she is not a bad dog. Rosie is who she is and does not like even family members putting their face near hers. She is not a friendly dog toward strangers and does not like strangers trying to pet her. She is nasty when taken to the vet and has to wear a muzzle when being treated for anything as well as being groomed by strangers. Other than that she is an incredible dog. We feel in the right home with 1-2 adults that know chow chows and know how to handle and treat them, she would continue to be an amazing dog. Rosie has plenty of life to live and can provide love, protection, loyalty and happiness to the right family!

San Diego County
chula vista, California