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Jack Smithwick of Green Bay was
looking for a new companion after his Chow of many years passed
away. He wasn't so sure he wanted to adopt two at once but
it didn't take him long to decide that two Chows would be twice
the fun! Katie and Kody were a pair of strays that
wandered onto the farm of the Lori Wilson family in August of
2004. They cared for the two dogs until there was room for
them to come into rescue. Jack adopted them in early
2005. Now they romp in his landscaped backyard complete
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"Toby",
a handsome black male wearing his Green Bay Packers tie, could be described as a true gentleman!
This wonderful Chow was an unclaimed stray. Why didn't his owners look for him when he was
lost? We'll never know but we're glad Winnebago Animal Services of
Rockford, Illinois sent him to us. Shown here with his favorite
person, Betty Capelle of Milwaukee who adopted him in 1996, Toby shared her
affections with
two cats and a Cockatiel and regularly visited with Betty's daughter Mary and granddaughter Chris.
Toby passed away in 2002 and Betty
couldn't stand to be without a Chow for long. So she came back
to see us and went home with..........
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......"Ripley"!
Ripley has quite a long history with us since he was here twice. Originally called "Romeo" because he was
such a lover, he was rescued as a young dog from a neglectful
owner. Renamed "Toby", he was placed with a family
in Milwaukee where he lived happily for several years until
unfortunate circumstances forced them to give him up. We had
a lot of adoption interest in Toby because he was such a happy go
lucky guy that liked kids and cats but none of these prospects
seemed quite right for him. Apparently he was waiting for
Betty to take another Toby into her life!
Betty changed his name to "Ripley" but that was the only
change she had to make. Ripley settled in to Betty's routine
without missing a beat. So much for the myth that
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"Sasha",
along with a black male Chow, was surrendered in poor physical
condition to the Dane County Humane Society in the fall of
2001. Shortly after arriving, Sasha presented the shelter
with a litter of four puppies! The male Chow was placed by
the shelter and Wisconsin Chow Chow Club member Janice Faust
fostered Sasha and her babies until they were old enough for
placement through our program. Sasha was adopted by
Tom and Mary Ann Vosburgh of northern Illinois in the spring of
2002. You can see that she has a really hard life
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"Sassy"
was an unclaimed stray from the Rock County Humane Society. She was
retrieved and fostered by Wisconsin Chow Chow Club members Shirley and Tom
Skelton who liked her so much, they decided to adopt her
themselves! Sassy is our most accomplished rescued Chow: she
earned her AKC Companion
Dog obedience title in 1997 and was ranked 3rd highest scoring Chow in
obedience in the
country! She's also our best known rescued Chow, having appeared in several newspapers,
"Wisconsin" magazine and the AKC GAZETTE. Sassy
continues to make annual appearances at the Badger Dog Fair where
she introduces visitors to the unique qualities of the Chow Chow
breed.
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"Sheba" (left) was an unclaimed stray from the Rock County Humane Society.
Sheba was adopted by Milwaukee-area photographer Karen
Soeteber and her family where she goes on adventures year round with her best friend
"Brandy".
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Marilyn Weber-Lewis of Milwaukee
knows what great dogs Chows can be the second time around.
In 1990, she adopted "Caesar", a red male, from
us. When Caesar died in 2001 at the age of 13, Marilyn came
straight back to us for her next Chow. She chose "Ben",
a beautiful blue senior who came to us as an unclaimed stray from
the Elmbrook Humane Society. Ben is an extremely dignified,
well mannered and mellow Chow Chow who already knew how to sit,
lie down, heel, and stay on command. Many people overlook older
dogs, wrongly believing they have to have a young one if
the adoption is going to be successful. Ben is an excellent
example of how wonderful senior Chows can be if only someone will
give them a chance to prove it!
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When Ted Kazubowski's Chow Chow
passed away of old age, he knew he needed another one. He wasn't
interested in any other breed. "Willy" was an
unclaimed stray from the Sauk County Humane Society in Baraboo.
He came to us in October 2002 and met Ted the following April.
As you can see, the rest is history!
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"Onyx" (left) was born at WCCR in 1994. His mother "Sheba" was
pregnant him she arrived and delivered them soon after. Onyx now lives with Darren
Kahler in Waukesha where he shares his home with another adopted Chow "Jasper".
Sheba was adopted by Terri Glamman & family of Wisconsin
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"Nick" is another unclaimed
stray, retrieved from the Joliet Township (Illinois) Animal
Control. How he became a stray is a real mystery since Nick is a show
calibre Chow with tremendous head, bone and coat. Chows like Nick don't come from pet stores
or backyard breeders. Dubbed "Saint Nick" because he entered our program
near Christmas 1997, he was adopted by Jennifer Enright-Ford of
Oconomowoc and shares his home with a Pug
named "Cutlet".
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When Gary Zwicke's first
adopted Chow passed away from old age, he came straight back
here for another one. He picked "Bette",
a beautiful senior cream female. Bette was sent to us in
2003 by a rural Illinois shelter and was described to us as
being about 5 years old and male! It didn't take long to
figure out that "he" was really a she and a good bit
older than the shelter guessed. She was in poor physical
condition with several medical problems from neglect but she
recovered quickly and is back to being as beautiful as she was
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In 1994, Chow Chow
Club, Inc. member Donna Thielen
retrieved "Cinny" from the Winnebago Animal Services in Rockford, IL. and
brought her to us. Cinny had been an unclaimed stray. Donna groomed her and helped with
some of her medical expenses. This bubbly young dog was adopted by Jan
Lubeno of Michigan.
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A Wisconsin couple vacationing in
Florida found "Cinny II" on the streets. Afraid to take her to animal
control and not knowing that what they were doing was illegal, they brought her
back with them to Wisconsin and left her with us. (Found strays
must go to animal control first so their rightful owners have an opportunity
to reclaim them.) A petite red with a lively personality, Cinny was
fostered by Wisconsin Chow Chow Club members Harold & Adie Toudt before she was adopted by Carol
Semmerling of southern Wisconsin where she shares Carol with cats & two other dogs.
Cinny so impressed Carol with the Chow Chow breed and with rescue
programs that she later adopted a second Chow that we found for her
through the Buddy Foundation of northern Illinois.
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"Bruin" was
given up by his owner who couldn't care for him
properly. A great big enthusiastic bear of a Chow, he
was adopted by Minnesota's Jeff Wedemeier in
2003.
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"Rosie" kind of
snuck in here pretending to be a smooth coated Chow Chow but she
was really a Chinese Shar Pei mix with pointed ears. (In
this picture, she's pretending to be one of Santa's
reindeer) Rosie was a stray from Joliet Animal Control in
June 2004 and was found in poor physical condition, very thin
with patches of missing hair, itchy skin, and terribly
fly-bitten ears. After a few weeks of good care and
quality dog food, she was good as new. Dave & Jody
Ratzlaff were browsing the web hoping to come across something
similar to their Shar Pei mix "Otis" who'd recently
died at the age of 12. They found Rosie on our
website. She went home with them in February 2005 and we
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