AVS Licensed Pet Shop in Balestier
Chow Chow Puppies for Sale in Singapore
5.0 from 41 Google reviews
Two honest facts before the teddy-bear face wins: Chows are not HDB-approved, and the bear look hides a dignified, cat-souled introvert — the most misunderstood temperament we sell. Chow prices here run $3,500 to $9,000; ours are $6,888 to $10,888, with the $500+ starter kit, free delivery and setup, and a free first training lesson included.
From $6,888 all-in. Private housing only. No add-ons quietly billed later.
- AVS licensed · AS24J00046
- 41 five-star reviews
- Private-housing breed
Chow Chow
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Chow Chow litters at our Balestier shop are small and usually reserved within days — often before this page catches up. Tell us what you're after and we'll WhatsApp you current photos, prices and timing for the next Chow Chow puppies, plus similar breeds available now.
Looking to Buy a Chow Chow in Singapore?
Our Chow Chow puppies in Singapore arrive and are reserved quickly, so we update this list as puppies are reserved and confirm what is still available on WhatsApp. As an AVS licensed pet shop in Singapore, we'll send you photos, gender, age, colour, and a short walkthrough video for the Chow puppies available now.
One thing to know upfront: we interview Chow buyers as much as they interview us, because this breed's biggest risk is being bought for its looks by homes expecting a different soul. Every Chow for sale in Singapore here is between $6,888 and $10,888, printed, and the temperament conversation comes free with it. Book a viewing at our Balestier shop, or after you reserve with a deposit we board your puppy for free until your home is ready.
Ask for current Chow photos and prices, or meet our Chow puppies at our Balestier pet shop in person, with free home delivery in Singapore once you reserve.
Can you keep a Chow Chow in an HDB flat? No
The Chow Chow is not on the HDB-approved breed list, and no licensing route changes that. HDB flats may keep one dog of an approved small breed; condos and landed homes may keep up to three dogs, subject to the estate's own rules, which is where the Chow belongs in Singapore.
We tell you before the mane closes the deal. Unlike some of our private-housing breeds, there's no honest small-scale Chow substitute on the approved list, though cat-lovers drawn to this temperament should genuinely look at the Japanese Chin, the approved list's resident cat-soul. Private housing readers: carry on.
Read HDB's guidelines on keeping petsThe housing rules, straight
- HDB flat: Chow not approved, no exceptions we can promise
- Condo / landed: up to three dogs (AVS limits of ownership)
- HDB cat-soul seekers: meet the Japanese Chin
Source: AVS limits of ownership · Full list: HDB-approved breeds guide
Why Singapore families get their Chow from Curious Tails
- five-star Google reviews
- 41
- Chow pricing starts here, all-in
- $6,888
- starter kit included free
- $500+
- years in Balestier
- 2+
five-star Google reviews
Chow pricing starts here, all-in
starter kit included free
years in Balestier
Chow Temperament: The Look and the Soul Are Different Animals
Here is the most important paragraph on this page. The Chow Chow looks like a teddy bear and is nothing of the sort: behind the mane lives a dignified, independent, cat-souled aristocrat that chooses its people, guards its household quietly, and regards the rest of the world with polite indifference. It is fastidiously clean, almost silent indoors, and affectionate strictly on its own initiative, a temperament cat-lovers recognise instantly and retriever-lovers find baffling.
The honest part, from two years of watching looks-driven mismatches: buyers who expect the bear to cuddle on demand end up disappointed, and a disappointed Chow home helps no one. If you want visible, always-on affection, the Samoyed or Golden Retriever will make you far happier. If quiet, self-possessed, chosen-few devotion sounds like your kind of relationship, very little in the dog world matches a well-raised Chow.
Small-scale readers drawn to exactly this soul: the Japanese Chin is the approved-list cat-soul, at a twentieth of the coat.
Socialisation: The Make-or-Break First Months
Whatever a Chow becomes as an adult is largely written in its first months, more so than any breed we carry. The ancient guarding instincts are real, and early, wide, gentle exposure, to people, dogs, handling, noise, is what shapes them into composed dignity rather than suspicion. This is why the free first lesson with an AVS-certified trainer is not a bonus on this page; it is the beginning of the single most important project of Chow ownership.
One breed-specific habit for the whole household: those deep-set eyes give the Chow limited peripheral vision, so teach everyone, especially visitors, to approach where it can see them. Most of the breed's misunderstandings start with a surprise from behind.
Good fit if
- Calm adult household, private housing
- You respect independence over neediness
- You'll commit to early, thorough socialisation
Chow Size, Coat and Lifespan
Honest numbers for the lion-maned introvert.
| Trait | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Adult weight | Roughly 20 to 32 kg of dense, lion-maned substance |
| Height | Around 43 to 51 cm at the shoulder |
| Coat | Rough (the famous mane) or smooth; red, black, cream, cinnamon and blue |
| Lifespan | 9 to 12 years with good care |
| Exercise | About 20 to 40 minutes daily in the cool hours; remarkably modest for the size |
| Shedding & allergies | Heavy, with twice-yearly blows; the wrong breed for allergy-sensitive homes |
The famous blue-black tongue is standard equipment, and the modest exercise requirement is the breed's pleasant surprise: this is one of the calmest large dogs indoors, which makes the aircon-centred Singapore lifestyle easier to deliver than for most breeds its size.
Chow Chow Price in Singapore: What You'll Pay and What's Included
The market runs $3,500 to $9,000 behind enquiry forms. Here's ours in writing: $6,888 to $10,888, all-in.
Typical Singapore market
- Chow price commonly $3,500 to $9,000
- Price usually not published; enquiry required
- Rare colours priced at a premium
- Starter supplies, training and delivery charged separately
Curious Tails
- $6,888 to $10,888, printed right here
- $500+ starter kit with 30+ items included
- Free home delivery with the playpen set up before you arrive
- Free first lesson with an AVS-certified trainer, plus free boarding after deposit
Why is our price printed? We don't carry the marketing spend the bigger names do, and we'd rather win on value and word of mouth. Compare the full picture on our transparent puppy pricing page, and plan the ongoing costs with the first-year puppy budget guide.
The $500+ Starter Kit Every Chow Goes Home With
Every Chow Chow leaves us with a starter kit worth $500 and up: more than 30 items across eight categories, a playpen, a carrier, grooming tools, puppy food, outdoor gear, toilet training supplies, oral health care, and toys. For this breed the brush leads, the mane is a commitment from puppyhood, and the handling practice the kit's grooming routine creates doubles as daily socialisation, which for a Chow is the real prize.
On delivery day, Nelson or Kim walks you through every item: how to use it, and how it fits into your Chow's daily care. Most of the questions new owners would otherwise ask later are answered before we leave your home.
See the full 30+ item kit breakdown, category by category.
Is a Chow Right for Your Lifestyle?
We ask what you expect the dog to BE, not just look like. Here's the honest short version.
| Your situation | Our honest take |
|---|---|
| Calm adult home that respects independence | Ideal. The Chow's chosen-few devotion is a privilege worth earning |
| Cat person ready for a dog | Genuinely great fit. The temperament will feel like home |
| HDB flat | Not eligible, full stop. See the HDB-approved breeds guide |
| You want a cuddly, everyone's-friend bear | Wrong soul. The Samoyed IS that dog, and wears similar fluff |
| Home with toddlers, or first dog ever | Reconsider. This breed rewards experience and calm; start elsewhere |
Not sure the Chow is your match?
We'd rather talk you out of the wrong breed than sell you the wrong dog — with this breed especially. Message us what you're hoping for and we'll tell you straight.
Chow vs Samoyed: Same Fluff, Opposite Souls
Side by side they're two magnificent clouds; temperamentally they're opposites, and the comparison clarifies both. The Samoyed is the extrovert: everyone's friend, vocal, needs the family around it constantly. The Chow is the introvert: quiet, selective, self-contained, and content with its own company in a way the Sammy never is.
The coat workload and tropical heat contract are near-identical, brushing, blows, aircon, cool-hours walks, never shaving, so the choice is purely about which relationship you want. With us the price, the starter kit, and the aftercare are identical either way.
Message us honestly about which soul you're after and we'll match you to the right cloud.
Quick comparison
- Chow: introvert, quiet, chosen-few devotion
- Samoyed: extrovert, vocal, everyone's friend
- Same coat workload, heat rules, price and kit
Grooming and Heat: The Tropics Contract
The Chow's coat contract mirrors our Samoyed page, and we'll summarise rather than soften it: brushing 3 to 4 times a week down to the skin, daily during the twice-yearly blows; a professional groom roughly monthly; thorough drying after wet walks, because damp undercoat in tropical humidity breeds skin trouble invisibly; and never shaving, because a maintained double coat insulates against our heat while a shaved one wrecks the system.
The heat rules are the standard heavy-coat set: walks before 9am or after 6pm only, an aircon-centred home through the afternoons, water everywhere, and vigilance for heavy panting or wobbliness. The Chow's saving grace is its modest exercise appetite, keeping the contract is genuinely easier than with the athletic Arctic breeds.
Chow Health: What We Check Before You Take One Home
Every Chow goes home vet-checked, vaccinated, dewormed, and microchipped. The Chow health points worth knowing: entropion, an inward-rolling eyelid the breed's deep-set eyes predispose it to, is the breed-specific watch-item, any persistent squinting or tearing gets a vet look early, when correction is simple; hip and elbow dysplasia run in heavyweight breeds, met with joint-friendly puppyhood and lean weight for life; and heat management, covered above, is the everyday discipline.
Feeding is simple: your puppy comes with the food it is already eating, portioned for controlled growth, and any change should be gradual over a week. See the puppy health checks explained guide.
Your Chow's First Week at Home
Day 0: we deliver, free, at a time that suits you, usually morning or evening. The playpen, bed, water, and toys are set up before your Chow conducts its dignified inspection, and we walk you through all 30+ starter-kit items in person. Learn more about how our free home delivery and setup works.
Days 1 to 3: keep it calm and unhurried, and let the Chow set the pace of acquaintance; this breed decides about people on its own schedule, and rushing it backfires. Fixed feeding routine, toilet pads where we placed them, gentle daily handling.
Days 4 to 7: the routine sticks, and the most important project of Chow ownership begins: book your free first lesson with an AVS-certified trainer now, and start the gentle, wide socialisation that decides who this dog becomes. See what the free AVS-certified training lesson covers.
What Curious Tails Owners Say
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Free Training, Free Boarding and Real Aftercare
The price includes a free first lesson with an AVS-Accredited Certified Dog Trainer, free boarding after your deposit until you're ready, and free ongoing customer service for care questions after the sale.
And the safety net we're asked about most: if your Chow falls sick within the first 5 days of going home, bring them back to the shop and we'll nurse them ourselves.
Included, no add-on
- Free first lesson, AVS-Accredited Certified Dog Trainer
- Free boarding after deposit, until you're ready
- 5-day sick-return guarantee
Buying safely: verify any pet shop's AVS licence first
Before any deposit on a Chow Chow, search the seller on the AVS public registry of licensed pet shops. A seller who is not on it is not licensed, whatever the listing claims.
Curious Tails holds AVS pet shop licence AS24J00046. Check us first; an honest shop never minds.
Search the AVS public registryBefore you pay anyone
- Search the seller on the AVS public registry
- Ask for the licence number; check it matches
Full walkthrough: step-by-step licence verification guide · SPCA on animal smuggling
Chow Chow FAQs
Can I keep a Chow Chow in an HDB flat?
No. The Chow Chow is not on the HDB-approved breed list, and we won't pretend otherwise. Condos and landed homes may keep up to three dogs, so a Chow is on the table there. HDB readers: there's no small-breed Chow lookalike, honestly, but our HDB-approved breeds guide maps what is possible in a flat.
How much does a Chow Chow cost in Singapore?
Chow Chow prices in Singapore commonly run $3,500 to $9,000, usually quoted only on enquiry. At Curious Tails, Chow Chow puppies are $6,888 to $10,888, and that price already includes the $500+ starter kit, free home delivery and setup, and a free first training lesson with an AVS-certified trainer.
Are Chow Chows aggressive?
The honest reframe: Chows are aloof and territorial by design, ancient guarding instincts in a dignified package, and what that becomes depends almost entirely on early socialisation. A well-raised, well-socialised Chow is composed and reliable with its family and politely indifferent to everyone else. An unsocialised one can become suspicious, which is where the reputation comes from. The variable is the upbringing, and we set you up for the right one.
Are Chows good with children?
With calm, respectful older children in its own family, yes, in its dignified way. With toddlers who grab, honestly no: the Chow's patience for disrespect is short and its deep-set eyes mean it startles when approached from angles it can't see. Families with young kids should look at the Samoyed or Golden Retriever instead, and we'll say so.
Is Singapore too hot for a Chow Chow?
Not too hot, but demanding, the same contract as our Samoyed: an aircon-centred home life, walks strictly in the cool hours, a properly brushed and never-shaved coat, and honest vigilance for heat stress. A Chow's exercise needs are modest for its size, which makes the contract easier to keep than you'd expect.
Are Chow Chows really like cats?
Remarkably so, and it's the single most useful thing to know before buying one: independent, fastidiously clean, quiet indoors, affectionate strictly on its own initiative, and devoted to its chosen few rather than the world at large. People who love cats tend to adore Chows; people who want a dog that performs enthusiasm on demand should choose differently.
What happens after I reserve a Chow Chow?
You place a deposit, and we board your puppy for free, food and lodging covered, until you're ready. Delivery is scheduled around your availability, and we set up the playpen and walk you through all 30+ starter-kit items before we leave.
Still comparing? See our Balestier puppy shop, or all 48 breeds we carry.
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Meet Our Chow Chows at Balestier
2 Balestier Road #01-701 S320002 Singapore
Weekdays 12pm–6pm, Weekends 10am–6pm
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