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Million Dollars Mastiff At Tibetan Dog Expo |
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BAODING, China — Drooping eyes barely visible behind a mountain of glossy
black fur, an enormous dog snoozes on stage in an industrial Chinese city. Its
asking price: close to a million US dollars. "This is the greatest dog in
China," breeder Yao Yi said, as he stroked a year-old Tibetan Mastiff, up for
sale on Saturday for five million Chinese yuan ($800,000), at a dog show in
Baoding, a few hours drive from Beijing. Massive 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, with rich buyers across the
country sending prices skyrocketing. 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. "Check out her paws, they're enormous," Yao
said, as his dog salivated onto a wooden stage in a dilapidated sports stadium
where breeders gathered from across northern China to show off their purebred
canines.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 April 2013 )
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