Chow Chow

Photograph by Remigiusz Józefowicz

The Chow Chow (sometimes simply Chow) is a dog breed originally from northern China, where it is referred to as Songshi Quan, which means "puffy-lion dog". One Chinese legend mentions large war dogs from Central Asia that resembled black-tongued lions. One Chinese ruler was said to own 5,000 Chows. Wikipedia