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THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE DOGS ARE ...... World’s most expensive is----A Tibetan mastiff puppy sold for $2 million in China!!  . Do you want to hug one?. YES You can -- for $2 million.  A Tibetan mastiff puppy in China fetched a record-breaking price in what may be the world's most expensive sale, according to local media reports. The giant, furry canines were once used for hunting in Central Asia and Tibet, and are said to have "lion's blood." They weigh more than 100 pounds while puppies and are known for their loyalty and guardian instincts. The 12 million yuan ($1.9 million) dog, a golden-haired puppy measuring 31 inches tall and weighing nearly 200 pounds, was purchased by a 56-year-old property developer from Qingdao, according to the report in the Qianjiang Evening News. The ultra-pricey pooches are a status symbol among China's wealthy. “Pure Tibetan mastiffs are very rare, just like our nationally treasured pandas, so the prices are so high," said the dog's breeder Zhang Gengyun. One red mastiff named "Big Splash" reportedly sold for 10 million yuan ($1.5 million), the most expensive sale recorded before. An industry insider said the sky-high prices often result from breeders "hyping each other up," and sometimes no money changes hands. Would you like to spare a million dollar for a dog? We certainly know at least one person who did. A coal baron named Mr. Yang (as only his name has been revealed) from northern China has bought a for 1.5 million, that’s compatible to the price of a brand new Porsche 911. With this price a Red Tibetan Mastiff named “Big Splash” or Hong Dong, secured then the top position on the list of most expensive dogs. It took no time for the 1.5 million dollar mutt to get along with his new master and they became friends at first sight. The is 11 months old and weighs about 180 lbs. The got quiet lucky as his owner is a multi-millionaire and has enough money to feed him tons of chicken and beef spiced up with abalone and sea cucumber. The owner of the will also require a big house for the as it is believed to grow as big as a rugby player. Now you might be thinking that the price of the is way too much, but the breeder of the Lu Liang justifies the price by saying, “We have spent a lot of money raising this dog, and we have the salaries of plenty of staff to pay”, he further added that every time the will breed with a female Red Tibetan Mastiff, its owner could make £10,000 i.e. $15,500. He claims the to be a “Perfect Specimen” of a Red Tibetan. Still not satisfied?  , So, let’s find out what makes these particular dogs different from the others: The high priced is a symbol of status not just in China but all over the world, substituting expensive jewelry and cars that were previously used to show off wealth. A typical adult Tibetan Mastiff weighs around 140 to 170 lbs, whereas Big Splash only 11 months old is 180 lbs, you can imagine its potential growth; as an adult it might reach up to 290 lbs or even more than that. In Chinese culture color Red is thought to bring luck. The Red Tibetan Mastiffs are considered as holy Animals that bless their owners with health and protection. Tibetans believe that the souls of monks and nuns who weren’t worthy to be either humans or Shambhalas ( the heavenly realm) have been reincarnated as these dogs. This breed is considered to be Royal as it belonged to Kings and Queens, like King George IV and Queen Victoria. Genghis Khan who is believed to have had 30,000 of these dogs when he was on his expedition to Western Europe. Tibetans Mastiff are very intelligent dogs. “They are very smart and they think for themselves and can sense danger very acutely”. They have always been domestic dogs and were previously used to guard livestock. They are very friendly creatures and are good to other Animals and . In 13th Century Marco Polo came across one of the Tibetan Mastiffs, he describes them as, “tall as a donkey with a voice as powerful as that of a lion”. Another name used for Tibetan Mastiff is do-khyi, translated as door guard, home guard, which may be kept and that may be tied. The names reflect the fact that the is a born guardian. The key selling point of Tibetan Mastiff is also their thick coating of fur that is found in red, black, gray, gold or brown color. They shed their fur once every year for a month. They feed on organic foods such as boiled heads of fish, cod liver oil, egg shells (powdered) and also raw bones that help them keep their teeth clean. Their life span ranges from 10 to 14 years or a bit more and reach maturity at the age of 3 to 5 years. The litter size ranges from 5 to 12 puppies. Previously the title of the most expensive was also held by Tibetan Mastiff named Red Lion which was sold for $1.4 million. But lately another mastiff golden-haired puppy has topped the list and was sold for $2 million in China. I hope my above info has given a you good insight of these giant dogs. The pure breed is extremely expensive, that not everyone can afford it. NOT ME FOR SURE!!.  . I have posted some of their photos in different postures and colors. Hope you'll like them. Thank you for your read and views.Well, let me just dream on!. Lisa.             |
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7/18/2016 11:10 am |
Hi Lisa: Wow what an unusual and expensive dog, but they are very regal looking like a lion. My little dog which I named Bijou was a beautiful Papillon. They're not easy to find here and I paid $1,500. for her and that was years ago, then a German Shepherd attacked her when she was 2 yrs old and broke her back and that surgery alone cost me another $3,000. All totalled I spent about $7,000. on her during her life, but she was worth every penny.
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mamannie 82F View my blog 5169 posts View my blog 7/18/2016 9:05 pm Add a comment Quote | Respond No thanks!!!! I'd rather have a Mutt!!!! 🐺🐕😊
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33223 posts View my blog 7/18/2016 9:11 pm Add a comment Quote | Respond WOW! Waaaaaaaaaay too much dog for me ... at ANY price. LO
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Wow. What a magnificent animal. Full time job just grooming him. I agree with Ranger, especially pic #5 was definitely photo shopped. An animal that big would weigh thousands of pounds, like a bull. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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They are beautiful dogs, but I'll stick with what animals I already have. Besides, the dogs are huge and to feed that one dog would probably cost me more a month to feed than my 3 horses, chickens, German Shepherd and one little house cat combined. Put a saddle on that dog, he's huge!!
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Bijou hi dear, First of all, I'm sorry for my late respond to each and everyone of you. I had to go to the airport to collect a special guest, a very close friend of my daughter She has arrived on the 19th from France to spend some holidays with us here. So I've been really busy preparing for her arrival and stay in our house. Please excuse my delay in responding. Thank you dear for your visit and your nice above comments. It's my pleasure reading from you always. Bijou dear, I hope you little bijou, the beautiful butterfly dog is doing fine now. Though these Tibetan dogs are stunning really but very expensive too!!. Thank you for appreciating my above blog. I wish you a beautiful day. Lisa.
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Mamannie dear Lady, hello, PLZ, KINDLY EXCUSE FOR THE DELAY OF MY RESPONSE. IT DUE TO THE FRENCH VISITOR, A FRIEND OF MY DAUGHTER FROM THE SAME UNIVERSITY, WHO CAME TO SPEND HER HOLIDAYS WITH US HERE. I WAS THEREFORE VERY BUSY TO FETCH HER FROM THE AIRPORT AND DRIVING HER TO MY HOME WHERE SHE WILL STAY WITH US. I do appreciate your presence on my above blog and thank you so much for your comments. I, for one wouldn't like to have such dog, it's too expensive for its price and its feeding as well. I have my German shepherds dogs here and am very please with them. Thanks again Mamannie. I wish you all my best. Lisa.
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Earthytaurus my dear friend, hi, I am so sorry my first posted blog was duplicated, I could only copy that comment of yours on the first one and pasted it on this above same blog but it has missed your handle. Though I can read your comments but not your handle. I have tried to search for it and finally I could get it. Am sorry for the delay. I am hereby responding to you. I am very pleased reading from you as usual and I thank you for your kind visit and your nice comments, ET. For me too the price of this type of dogs, is too high. I only please myself looking at their photos!!. Thanks very much again ET. Have a wonderful day. Lisa.
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RosesLady dear, hi, As I have mentioned above, I'm sorry for my late respond to each and everyone of you. I had to go to the airport to collect a special guest, a very close university friend of my daughter She has arrived on the 19th from France to spend her holidays with us here. So I've been really busy preparing for her arrival and stay in our house. Please excuse my delay in responding. RosesLady dear, thank you so much for your nice comments and for your appreciation of my above blog. Eventually, these dogs are really beautiful, stunning I would say, they really worth their price for those who can afford one. And those are the multimillionaires in China. Well, they really can. As for you and me, we can only admire these dogs. Thanks very much again RosesLady, I appreciate so much your kind visit. Have a pleasant day dear. Lisa.
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Tom hi, Plz excuse the delay of my response, I was very busy with the arrival of my daughter's friend from France, we had to prepare for that and also went to the airport to collect her and drove back home where she is staying with us. I only had some time tonight to start responding to comments left on this blog blog of mine. I am so happy reading from you on here, thanks so much for your visit and your nice comments. I believe photo # 5 has been mostly done by photo shop, however the others are the original ones, which I wanted to show to the readers. The Chow Chow dogs may have a bit of resemblance to the Tibetan mastiff but they are are quite different in size, in their fur, their height and their colors too. But what is most astonishing is their price!!. One who can afford such, must be really extra rich!!. Their is no other breed of dogs worth this price in the world. These Chinese just show their pride, their wealth and their Status as well in their country. Thanks again Tom. I wish you a wonderful day. Lisa.
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Karin my dear Lady, hi, What a pleasure reading your appreciation on my above blog, Thank you for your nice comments and for your kind visit. Sorry for the delay of my response as I have stated above. I have a special visitor, a french friend of my daughter, who was expected to arrive on the 19th. So, I was really busy preparing for her arrival and for her stay with us here and had to go and collect her at the airport too. Now she has settled down with us and happy for sure. So, am more free to respond to the comments left on here. I appreciate so much your above comments dear Lady and thank you also for your greetings to Emy, I will surely pass them to her. Thank you again dear. Enjoy a wonderful day. Lisa. 
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MrsJoe hi, Excuse my delay in responding to the comments left on here, as I've mentioned above, it is due to the arrival of my daughter's university french friend and I had a lot to do, preparing for her stay with us and going to fetch her at the airport. How pleased I am reading from you on this blog of mine. Thank you for your visit and your nice comments. It's true that these type of dogs are so rare and costly to maintain as well as their price. But they are really so beautiful to look at if one cannot afford it. Photo # 5, I have just added it as I've got it from the lots of their photos. But as long as all the others photos are orinal, it's ok. I hope you and MrJoe are doing fine. I wish you both of you, all my best. Lisa.
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Earthytaurus, my dear Lady, hi again, Please ET, kindly accept my excuse for the delay of my responses on here. I was very busy, as I've explained above. Do not worry dear, I never leave any comment without response and I have responded to yours above. please, kindly read it. Have all my best wishes for a wonderful day, my dear friend. My kind regards to you. Lisa.
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Tom, re-hi again, Hey you, the happy joker!!. Kindly read my first post to Bijou, then you'll stop asking that a lot!! . Here is the answer:" I'm sorry for my late respond to each and everyone of you. I had to go to the airport to collect a special guest, a very close friend of my daughter She has arrived on the 19th from France to spend some holidays with us here. So I've been really busy preparing for her arrival and stay in our house. Please excuse my delay in responding". Do I have to bring " Inspector Gadget" to pull your ears??  Lisa,
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Karin my dear Lady, Thank you for above your reply to ET. The fact was that, my present blog was posted in duplicate, so I had to copy and pasted on this one above, the comments of ET and Mamannie, to be able to respond to all of you on here and by mere chance the handle of ET didn't appear but I could get it at last. So, I have replied bith of them promptly above. Thank you so much dear Karin. Enjoy your day. Lisa.
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Roxy, Mary Ann, me dear friend, hi. How nice reading your kind feelings about those unfortunate people all over the world. Thank you so much for your kind visit and comments which I appreciate so much. I, for one, was so astonished for the price of this type of dogs which the ultra rich afford for their own pleasure and pride, whereas in China itself, there are lots of miserable people, struggling for their own survival!!. I've seen and read about that too. But those special owners of such dogs, just want to show their wealth, their pride, their status and their power of money, without giving a damn care for their poor people over there. It's like a competition for them!!. I had the same thoughts and feelings as you do, Mary Ann, but we can do nothing about it. Thank you once more dear. I wish you and all of yours a pleasant day. Lisa.
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Karin, my dear Lady, re-hi again, Thank you once more for your rightful above comments in quoting Roxy. I also have the same thoughts and it's really pitiful for people spending that much money while others in their own country, are suffering to live. Thanks so much Karin. Enjoy your day with all of yours. Lisa.
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Nileyears, hello dear, Welcome to my blog again dear, am so pleased reading your nice comments left on here. Am sorry for the delay of my response due to some obligations I've above mentioned. You are so right in your views Nile and I totally agree with you. I myself wouldn't be able to maintain such dogs, am very happy with my GSDs and they are very faithful too. Even if I could, I would never spend that much for such a dog. .Thank you again dear Nile, I wish you all my best. Lisa.
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Tom, re-re and re-hi again, It's such a pleasure reading again and again from you on this blog of mine. Have Inspector Gadget reached you!!?? as I have searched and sent him for this mission to you !! . And am waiting for him with your ears in his bionic hands!!!  .Hey Tom, I leave the posting about the poor fellows of your country, for you to do, as you are there and are better aware of their poor living!!. What have the ultra rich done for them so far? Thanks for your above views. Have a wonderful day. Lisa.
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