Editing Chow Chow (section)

== Temperament ==
Owning a Chow Chow can raise the cost of homeowners' insurance because some companies consider them high-risk dogs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Your Canine Affect Your Homeowners Insurance Policy?|url=http://www.insuranceagents.com/2009-06-canine.html|work=InsuranceAgents.com|publisher=AgentInsider.com|access-date=July 10, 2012|author=InsuranceAgents.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014123233/http://www.insuranceagents.com/2009-06-canine.html|archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a study in the ''Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association'', Chow Chow were responsible for 8 out of 238 fatalities related to dog bites from 1979 to 1998.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=J. Sacks |first1=Jeffrey |first2=Leslie |last2=Sinclair |first3=Julie |last3=Gilchrist |title=Vet Med Today: Special Report – "Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998" |journal=JAVMA |date=September 15, 2000 |volume=217 |issue=6 |pages=836–40 |doi=10.2460/javma.2000.217.836 |pmid=10997153 |s2cid=10817039 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/images/dogbreeds-a.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411211206/http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/images/dogbreeds-a.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>