Our neighbors have two Chows, this one and a black one. According to Wikipedia, they're original from China and called Songshi Quan which means Puffy-Lion. I think that fits well. I ran into Bing while on a photo walk, and he posed momentarily, before deciding it was more interesting to bark at me. The b&w version for the animal b&w theme is in my extras album. Nutmeg, our Bernese Mountain Dog who we lost a few years ago, used to be terrified of the two dogs despite being twice their size. She loved checking out their yard, though, when they weren't on the island.
I love how small animals can terrify ones way bigger than them hahaha