About this pet

The origin of this dog breed can be traced back to the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. At that time, the dogs were most common in the Chongqing area at the confluence of the Yangtze River (Yangtze for short) and the Jialing River in southwestern China. On April 20, 2,000, archaeologists found a large number of ceramic dog pottery statues resembling the Chongqing Dog in a huge Western Han Dynasty cemetery near Jiangbei in Chongqing. The breed standard cites native breeds originating from the adjacent regions of Dazhu, Hechuan, Yongchuan, Lingshui and Guanan as direct ancestors, but they are all referred to as Chongqing Dogs. Due to the increasing urbanization of these regions, the population of Chongqing Dogs declined sharply. However, the breed has been successfully bred again since the ***s and has become a popular working dog in Chongqing and surrounding areas.