Kungoko igama elithi "inja yomntu omnye". IChow Chow ayisiyiyo enye yeendidi ezithanda ukubaleka kodwa ziyakuthanda ukuhambahamba, kodwa ngenxa yethuku layo lokuzingela elivakalisayo, inokubotshwa kuphela kwiindawo ezingenazo zasendle.
Ngenxa ye-hindquarters engumnqantsa, nto leyo ephumela kwi-stilt gait efunwayo, ayifanelekanga kwimisebenzi yemidlalo yezinja. Uboya obushinyeneyo buhlanjululwe ngokucokisekileyo ngeveki. Xa kuthengwa, kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuzala okunengqiqo, okunempilo, ngokukodwa, ukuphepha i-deep-set, amehlo amancinci aneenkophe eziqengqelekayo (amehlo amanzi).
Kufuphi nezinja ezisuka kumazwe angaphandle eTshayina ngeentsuku zokuqala zokuzala, iShorthaired Chow Chow enqabileyo iyonwabela ukuthandwa.
Ngezantsi uya kufumana i-10 eyona tattoo yenja yeChow Chow: