Actually the vet and a couple of people who are at the dog park who have chow mixes said that they thought he was a chow mix. Just because he's sort of rusty orangey color (he always seems to look brown in pictures, it's probably the camera) and also he has black spots on his tongue. Oh, and also because he has a curled tail and his ears point up, usually when he is happy, which is most of the time.