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Tibetan Mastiff Sells for $1.9M in China (Lion's Blood)
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| March. 19, 2014
| Danielle Haynes
Posted on 03/20/2014 11:49:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Tibetan mastiff is a status symbol for the newly wealthy in China, fetching prices upwards of a million dollars.
]A wealthy businessman in China purchased a Tibetan mastiff puppy at a luxury pets fair for a whopping $1.9 million.
They have lions blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff studs, said Zhang Gengyun, the dog's breeder. Pure Tibetan mastiffs are very rare, just like our nationally treasured pandas, so the prices are so high."
Tibetan mastiffs are known for their round manes giving them a lion-like look, and are descendants of hunting dogs used by nomadic tribes in Asia. The dogs are large and can be ferocious and fiercely loyal, the New York Post reported.
The pup the unnamed businessman purchased was 31 inches tall and about 200 pounds.
The dog is a popular breed for the newly wealthy in China, a status symbol move that has driven their prices up. One sold for $1.5 million in 2011 and there are reports another fetched $4.3 million last year.
An industry insider it's often the case that breeders drive the prices up on these transactions to boost the dogs worth, but that actually money never exchanges hands.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dogs
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To: nickcarraway
Anyone that pays 1.9 mil for a dog is an idiot.
To: nickcarraway
Theme was a scandal at a Chinese zoo a few months ago when the visitors discovered the zoo was charging admission for them to see the zoo’s “lion” that turned out to be one of these dogs.
To: Sacajaweau
Saw this yesterday. Kind of ridiculous. Can get an equally inbred dog for a couple of hundred. Or a mutt without hip dysplasia for next to nothing.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:55:38 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I am not sure if it would make a good bird dog for quail or pheasant season.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:56:09 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
I like the looks of the English Mastiff better.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:56:13 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:57:40 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Probably the item in a new upscale Chinese cuisine along with live monkey brains.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:58:36 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Sacajaweau
The pup the unnamed businessman purchased was 31 inches tall and about 200 pounds. That ain't no pup...
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:58:41 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Cowboy Bob
How do they taste?Pretty ruff.
To: ShadowAce
Completely different temperament tho.
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posted on
03/20/2014 11:59:39 AM PDT
by
NVDave
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:00:26 PM PDT
by
Wicket
(1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
To: NVDave
Could be—I have no experience with the Tibetans. The English was quite calm, loyal, and patient when I was growing up around her.
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:01:39 PM PDT
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ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Cowboy Bob
Perhaps the real purpose of moochele’s trip was to do a little grocery shopping for hubby....
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:02:29 PM PDT
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Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: nickcarraway
Think of all the shelter dogs that could be helped with that money.
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:06:20 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(All good kitties go to the Rainbow Bridge; their humans can't stop crying)
To: nickcarraway
Still smells like..........dog!!
To: Gefn
Adopted a rottweiler last year at a local shelter.80 bucks.We’re very happy with him and I think he’s pretty happy with us.
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:16:49 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: nickcarraway
Lion’s blood Huh?
Perhaps this is what Charlie Sheen was referring to, but that would mean...
Nevermind.
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:21:51 PM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Sacajaweau
Anyone that sells a dog for 1.9 mil is a genius. ;)
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03/20/2014 12:28:49 PM PDT
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Ray76
(Profit from the mistakes of others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.)
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