What did the chow chow come from the wolf + what?

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http://www.thechowchowclub.co.uk/history...
The Chow Chow belongs to the Spitz group of dogs which contains many of the "primitive" breeds including the Basenji, Akita, Husky, Samoyed %26 Pomeranian. All the Spitz breeds to some degree retain the main characteristics of the Wolf like the pricked ears, long muzzle %26 high tail carriage. All except the Basenji also have the thick double coat of the Wolf.

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All dogs are descended from wolves, that's it. The wolves didn't mate with anything else to make dogs; dogs evolved from wolves and then evolved and were bred by humans into different breeds.

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"The Chow Chow's structure is very similar to that of the oldest known fossilized dog remains, dated to several million years ago. The Chow has been known for thousands of years in China, where the breed was put to work as a hunter, cart puller and boat guard. One Emperor is said to have kept 2500 Chow pairs. One was given to the Prince of Wales, the future Edward Val. Over history, the Chow has been used to hunt wolves, sable and pheasant, and to pull sleds. His fur was used to trim coats. The flesh of these dogs was considered a delicacy in China. Dog is still eaten in China today. This beautiful dog was first brought to England by merchants in the late 1800's. The name probably originated from the pidgin English word "chow-chow," a term used to describe all sorts of miscellaneous stuff brought back from the Far East. The Chow has become very popular in the United States as a companion dog. Some of the Chow Chow's talents are watchdog and guarding."
--Dog Breed Info
With a lot of breeds it's impossible to know exactly what they were bred from.

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The Chow is a unique breed of dog thought to be one of the oldest recognizable breeds. Research indicates it is one of the first primitive breeds to evolve from the wolf. Recent DNA analysis confirms that this is one of the oldest breeds of dog.[2] From what records survive, some historians believe that the Chow was the dog described as accompanying the Mongolian armies as they invaded south into China as well as west into Europe and southwest into the Middle East during 12th Century,[citation needed] although a Chinese bas-relief from 150 BC shows a hunting dog similar in appearance to the Chow. Later Chow Chows were bred as a general-purpose working dog for herding, hunting, pulling and guarding.
In China, some farms still raise chows for meat. The dogs are not called chows because they make good "chow", as is commonly supposed. In fact, when they were first shipped to England, they arrived in boxes marked "chow chow", pidgin English for miscellaneous merchandise. The customs people simply assumed that was what they were called and the name stuck. [3]

The Chow Chow
History
Definitely one of the most impressive of all breeds, the Chow Chow is an awesome creature with his lion-like appearance and regal manner. Looking a little like a cross between a lion and a bear, the true origin of the Chow is unknown and lost deep within Chinese antiquity. The Chow as it is known today is easily recognizable in pottery and sculptures of the Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BC to 22 AD); other artifacts indicate that he was even a much older breed and may have come originally from the Arctic Circle, migrating to Mongolia, Siberia and China.
Some scholars claim the Chow was the original ancestor of the Samoyed, Norwegian Elkhound, Pomeranian and Keeshond. In more recent times, that is, in the T'ang Dynasty (7th Century AD), it is reported that one Chinese emperor kept 2,500 of these Chow Dogs to accompany his ten thousand hunters! Admired by emperors as well as Western royalty, used by Chinese peasants for food and clothing, and a favorite of the Hollywood movie star set in the 1920's, the Chow Chow has had a dramatic history.
How the Chow got his blue/black tongue is a mystery. An old fable offers a theory: When God was painting the sky blue; He spilled a few drops of paint as he worked. The Chow followed after, licking up the paint and from that day on, the Chow Chow has had a blue tongue!
The Chow came to America by way of England where it had been brought from China in the late 1700's. Sailors returning from the east brought them back in the cargo holds of trade ships. Chow Chow was a slang term applied to the large variety of items carried by these ships. Like a nickname, the term stuck to these dogs.

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All dog breeds come from the same place, selective breeding. If you want a bigger dog, you only breed the biggest dogs. You want a smaller dog, you only breed the small ones. That way you can sort of choose what characteristics you want from your dogs.
But personally, I think chow chows are wolf + vicious rat.

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could of bin anything!

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Chow Chow comes from the Chinese. Meaning Grub! Grub! they were a delicacies favoured by the Chinese Mandrins?