Inzala yeChow Chow (ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba yiChao Chao) inenkangeleko eyenza kube nzima ukuyibhidanisa nenye inja. Bambalwa abantu abaziyo, kodwa uphando lwamva nje lubonise ukuba ezi zinja zivela eMongolia nakumantla eTshayina, kwaye uhlobo lungaphezu kweminyaka engama-2000 ubudala. Ubuncinci, oku kungqinwa yimifanekiso kwi-pottery evela kwi-200-260 BC. Izalamane zabo ezisondeleyo ziingcuka.
Nangona kunjalo, akunakwenzeka ukumisela ubudala obuchanekileyo bemvelaphi yolu hlobo namhlanje, kwaye izazinzulu zikholelwa ukuba iChow Chow inokuba nembali endala kakhulu. Kukho neembono zokuba ezi zinja zinegazi le-Tibetan Mastiff. KwiTshayina yamandulo, uhlobo lweChow Chow lwalusetyenziswa njengezinja zokulinda, kunye nokuzingela.