Mary Allen
Mwa njira, ku China, mtunduwo unali ndi mayina osiyanasiyana - galu wa zimbalangondo (Xiang go), galu wa lilime lakuda (shi-to), galu wa nkhandwe (lang go), ndi galu wa canton (Guangdong go). Mtunduwu unapeza dzina lake lamakono kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 17, pamene amalonda a ku Britain anayamba kutenga katundu ndi agalu ena, omwe, mwa njira, adatcha "chimbalangondo". Pazifukwa zina, katundu wa ku China (malinga ndi magwero ena - malo onyamula katundu) ankatchedwa chow-chow, ndipo, poyamba, izi sizinakhudze agalu.
Komabe, pambuyo pake dzinali linakhalabe, ndipo kale mu 1781 katswiri wa sayansi ya zachilengedwe Gilbert White anafotokoza agaluwa m'buku lakuti "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne", ndipo adawatchula m'bukuli kuti Chow Chow. Komabe, zinthu zokhazikika zochokera ku China komanso kuchuluka kwachilengedwe zidabwera pambuyo pake, panthawi ya Mfumukazi Victoria.
Gulu la Agalu a Chow Chow ku Great Britain linakhazikitsidwa mu 1895. Dziwani kuti agalu omwe Gilbert White anafotokoza zaka mazana awiri zapitazo sali osiyana kwambiri ndi masiku ano. Ndipo molingana ndi nthano ya ku China, agalu ali ndi lilime lakuda buluu: pamene Milungu inalenga dziko lapansi, inajambula buluu la buluu - madontho akuluakulu a utoto anagwa kuchokera mlengalenga, ndipo Chow Chow anawagwira ndi pakamwa pake tsitsi.
