Four Paws Acupuncture » Foo Dog TCM Learning Centre http://www.fourpawsacupuncture.com/blog Quan Yin - Director of Pawsitive Relations for Four Paws Acupuncture. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Foo Dogs http://www.fourpawsacupuncture.com/blog/2010/02/23/foo-dogs/ http://www.fourpawsacupuncture.com/blog/2010/02/23/foo-dogs/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:42:23 +0000 jeanie http://www.fourpawsacupuncture.com/blog/?p=840 foo dogs

So what is a Foo Dog? It is best explained in Wikipedia:

Foo Dog or Fu Dog refers to any of the following closely related Dog breeds originating in ancient China which resemble the Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Lion Dogs.

Chinese guardian lions, also called Fu (Foo) Lions, lions of Buddha, or sometimes stone lions in Chinese, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China, which is believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, temples, emperors’ tombs, government offices, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), until the end of the empire in 1911.

Lions of Fo are always created in pairs, with the male playing with a ball and the female with a cub. They occur in many types of Chinese pottery and in Western imitations.

Pairs of Chinese guardian lions, also called Chinese stone lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures, with one sitting on each side of the entrance, in China and in other places around the world where the Chinese people have immigrated and settled specially in local Chinatowns. In Tibet, the guardian lion is known as a Snow Lion and similar to Japanese shishi. In Myanmar they are called Chinthe and gave their name to the World War II Chindit.

Read more about Foo Dogs at Wikipedia

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It is best explained in Wikipedia: Foo Dog or Fu Dog refers to any of the following closely related Dog breeds originating in ancient China which resemble the Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Lion Dogs.

Chinese guardian lions, also called Fu (Foo) Lions, lions of Buddha, or sometimes stone lions in Chinese, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China, which is believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese
Imperial palaces, temples, emperors’ tombs, government offices, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), until the end of
the empire in 1911.

Lions of Fo are always created in pairs, with the male playing with a ball and the female
with a cub. They occur in many types of Chinese pottery and in Western imitations.

Pairs of Chinese guardian lions, also called Chinese stone lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures, with one sitting on each side of the entrance, in China and in other places around the world where the Chinese people have immigrated and settled specially in local Chinatowns.

In Tibet, the guardian lion is known as a Snow Lion and similar to Japanese shishi. In Myanmar they are called Chinthe and gave their name to the World War II Chindit.

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We let our dancing foo dogs out to play!

In order to provide more information and classes about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for dogs, The Foo Dog TCM Learning Centre has been created. Very soon we will be offering CEU classes with various topics on veterinary acupuncture and TCM for licensed acupuncturists and acupuncture students.

There are also classes for the public on canine acupressure, nutrition and other dog health related subjects. If you are interested in attending or having a class in your area, please contact us via email.

As part of this educational out-reach we have created Squidoo lenses, which are informative
mini-websites about specific canine diseases and injuries. The goal is to provide as much
information as possible to those with dogs suffering from these ailments.

Here are a few of our lenses:

Treating Canine Stress Naturally

dogs & stress

Treating Canine Torn Cruciate Ligament with TCM

treating canine cruciate ligament

Treating Canine Degenerative Myelopathy with TCM

treating dogs with DM

For more information on upcoming classes please visit the Four Paws Acupuncture website.

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