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Chows were bred in China about 3,000 years ago both for hunting and for food. Their think fur was also shorn and woven into blankets to keep people warm.
Some researches believe that the chow came first from the Arctic Circle and only later migrated to Mongolia, Siberia and China.
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The Canary Islands were named after a breed of large, wild dogs. Latin name was Canarie insulae - "Island Dogs."
