I saw my first Chow when I was 13 years old and I've
been hooked ever since. I've owned Chows for the last  12 years;  I've had
some health problems -especially  hip displasia( very bad hips worst
than OFFA bordline); skin and coat problems and epilepsy but I've never
wanted to own another breed. Now I have 4 Chows; two 6 years olds
Jimmy(blue male) and Gina (black female) whom I bought in Slovakia.
 Vienna,  who is  4 years old. I bought her in Belgium,  from
van Mansjoerije kennel  and I think she is the most beautiful  Chow that
I have owned so far. Mark is the newest edition. Mark is 2  years old.
Mark is also very nice. He won the Best Puppy at the World dog show 2000.
Mark  like Vienna is  an International Champion  !
All 4 live with us in the house as members of our family.
I have named my kennel Tin Pan Alley which is registered in Europe.
I have shown chows for  many years and Vienna is my first
International Champion. I also am an ardent collector of
Chow memorabilia and have made a number
of such items myself (T-shirts, paintings,portraits,silk screens etc.)
Some of my art appears here on  this web site and on eBay auctions.