Yonjuro Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/offbeat/a/22056029/dog-sold-for-2-million-in-china/ Dog 'sold for $2 million' in China AFP March 19, 2014, 1:42 pm Dog sold for $2 million in China Beijing (AFP) - A Tibetan mastiff puppy has been sold in China for almost $2 million, a report said Wednesday, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever. A property developer paid 12 million yuan ($1.9 million) for the one-year-old golden-haired mastiff at a "luxury pet" fair Tuesday in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Qianjiang Evening News reported. "They have lion's blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff studs," the dog's breeder Zhang Gengyun was quoted as telling the paper, adding that another red-haired canine had sold for 6 million yuan. Enormous and sometimes ferocious, with round manes lending them a passing resemblance to lions, Tibetan mastiffs have become a prized status symbol among China's wealthy, sending prices skyrocketing. The golden-haired animal was 80 centimetres (31 inches) tall, and weighed 90 kilograms (nearly 200 pounds), Zhang said, adding that he was sad to sell the animals. Neither was named in the report. "Pure Tibetan mastiffs are very rare, just like our nationally treasured pandas, so the prices are so high," he said. One red mastiff named "Big Splash" reportedly sold for 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in 2011, in the most expensive dog sale then recorded. The buyer at the Zhejiang expo was said to be a 56-year-old property developer from Qingdao who hopes to breed dogs himself, according to the report. The newspaper quoted the owner of a mastiff breeding website as saying that last year one animal sold for 27 million yuan at a fair in Beijing. But an industry insider surnamed Xu told the paper that the high prices may be the result of insider agreements among breeders to boost their dogs' worth. "A lot of the sky-high priced deals are just breeders hyping each other up, and no money actually changes hands," Xu said. Owners say the mastiffs, descendants of dogs used for hunting by nomadic tribes in central Asia and Tibet, are fiercely loyal and protective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 :laugh: idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are You Serious Jo Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Uuum, dude knows they don't really have lion's blood right, maybe he's the Chinese version of Charlie Sheen :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Lions blood....ffs :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiecuddles Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I was reading an article recently about tibetan mastiffs in china being responsible for a lot of attacks on humans. Too many people paying massive amounts for a status symbol that they cant train or handle and paying the price for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 They couldn't buy Stan for ALL the money in China :) Stanley...priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 You can say that again! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiecuddles Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) They'd probably give him back after he started raiding their fridges anyway... Edited March 19, 2014 by kelpiecuddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Uuum, dude knows they don't really have lion's blood right, maybe he's the Chinese version of Charlie Sheen :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliwake Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 That has to be one of the most unflattering photos ever - (of the human). The dogs look stunning! What a fruitcake... more money than sense clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 they do however crap gold nuggets :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 As long as he isn't planning on farming its 'lion's blood' to make him more powerful then I'm good. I'm assuming if he has that much money to buy the dog he has enough money to employ someone to care for his valuable breeding investment. I don't ever want to reincarnate as an animal in China......just saying..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 There is one at the end of my street, stunning black boy, one hell of a lot of dog though. His owner was chatting to me last week about how he has to keep him onlead now as he charges upto people to say hi and freaks them out! He asked how I got mine to be so well behaved, he said "is it training to get them to come back" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 So now the "golden haired" ones are getting top price. Red heads been knocked down! When the red one was sold a few years ago the reporters said they bought it at 3 years old so they didn't have to have a dog going through it's "ugly development stage". I have a friend with a black boy. Stunning dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha bet Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 So much for a communist society - does that mean every chinese national is a millionaire..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 So much for a communist society - does that mean every chinese national is a millionaire..... I sometimes wonder the same thing of the ones who come to Australia. I'm going on the price they're perpared to pay for real estate here in Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannibalgoldfish Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Interesting if true, A lady I work with brought this story up recently, we were talking about dogs and she told me a friend of hers told her about someone they knew who just made the news for selling one of their dogs for 2 million. My Co-worker couldn't remember the name of the breed but said "it was a rare Chinese breed that is apparently huge and looks like a lion" Anyway, apparently the breeder is Tasmanian. Yeah I know, friend of a friend and all that Do they say where the dog was bred? I couldn't see in the article, but I miss stuff *ahh, the mention they breeder in the article and he is Chinese.. Interesting.... Edited March 25, 2014 by cannibalgoldfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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