Meet the World’s Most Expensive Dog
Isn’t it amazing that on the one hand, we have people engaging in the dog meat trade, yet on the other hand, there are people who are willing to pay one million for a dog which they think will bring them good luck and prosperity. And all this is because a concept of its value was created and projected.
To me, all dogs are precious and equal. All animals deserve happiness and love, just like us. The best “luck” you will ever get from a dog is unconditional love, companionship and loyalty which sometimes surpasses humans. This interesting read also shows that even the super rich are afraid to lose out from their fortune and still need to show off their wealth. Lucky for the Tibetan mastiffs that they represent that status, otherwise I am sure they would end up on someone’s dinner table or on someone’s fur coat. Read on to see how much business tycoons would pay to get that extra bit of luck, prosperity and status…
Tsem Rinpoche
The million-pound mutt: Red Tibetan Mastiff becomes world’s most expensive dog
By Daniel Bates
They say money can’t buy love – but £1million will get you man’s most expensive best friend. A red Tibetan mastiff has become the priciest dog in the world after being sold for 10 million Chinese yuan, or £945,000 or US$1.5m.
Big Splash, or Hong Dong in Chinese, was bought by a coal baron from the north of China .
And it’s lucky his new master is a multi-millionaire, because the hefty price tag doesn’t factor in Big Splash’s diet – enough chicken and beef to fill a growing 180lb dog, spiced up with Chinese delicacies such as sea cucumber and abalone.
His owner will need a big house too, as adult Tibetan Mastiffs have been known to weigh as much as 286lb, or more than 20 stone – the same as a sizeable rugby player. However, the typical weight for a fully grown Tibetan Mastiff is around 13 stone.
But according to breeder Lu Liang, Big Splash is a ‘perfect specimen’ and the extravagant price for the 11-month-old is completely justified. He said: ‘We have spent a lot of money raising this dog, and we have the salaries of plenty of staff to pay’ – adding that the new owner could charge almost £10,000 a time for Big Splash to breed with a female.
The high price paid for the dog is a sign that the red Tibetan mastiff has become a status symbol in China , replacing jewellery and cars as a way for the super-rich to show off their wealth. Not only is red considered a lucky colour, but Tibetan mastiffs are thought to be holy animals, blessing their owners’ health and security. Tibetans believe the dogs have the souls of monks and nuns who were not good enough to be reincarnated as humans or into Shambhala, the heavenly realm.
Owners of the breed have included Queen Victoria, King George IV and Genghis Khan – who supposedly took 30,000 of the dogs with his ar my in his bid to conquer Western Europe .
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These days there are only around 300 Tibetan mastiffs in the UK , and puppies sell for a more reasonable £850 to £1,000.
James Pally, a Tibetan mastiff breeder from Pantymwyn near Mold in Flintshire, North Wales, said: ’They are very smart and they think for themselves and can sense danger very acutely. Tibetan mastiffs were originally used to guard the livestock and they are very good with other animals and they love children. I have six of them and if you don’t give them enough attention they sit in front of the TV.’
The title of most expensive dog in the world was previously held by a Tibetan mastiff called Red Lion, who was valued at £915,000 last year.
Extracted from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366517/Red-Tibetan-Mastiff-Most-expensive-dog-sold-nearly-1m.html
Dear Rinpoche,
Thank you for sharing with us this post to remind us, once more, to what lengths we, humans, will go to protect our health and wealth and for our security.And all this is just to feed the mind’s projections of this red Tibetan Mastiff as the ‘protector’!On top of that it is also to boost one’s ego, as the dog is also a status symbol!
The astronomical sum of money spent on this dog would be better spent in feeding and taking care of all other dogs, especially strays, because they are equally important to us as fellow earthlings and also as our mother sentient beings.
A red Tibetan mastiff has become the priciest dog after being sold for 10 million chinese yuan, or stg945,000-, or US$1.5million, said to be bought by a coal baron from north China. Such spending is also said to be a status of symbol in China, replacing jewellery and cars for the super rich. Another similar example of the super rich showing their unconditional love for their pet as extracted under the kindness of Rinpoche’s blog come in the form of a far more extravagrant way how the super rich can really care for their pet animals. A german shepherd dog known as Gunther the IV became the World’s richest dog, when he actually received an inheritance from its father, Gunther III, another German Shepherd, which received an inheritance from its former ownner, Karlotta Liebenstein, a German Countess. It seemed Gunther IV has even bought a miami villa from Madonna. Thanks to its Trust Fund, he is worth US$372million right now! The saying that every dog can have its day, how true it can be according to karma.
It is really amazing that these days people are really willing to spend huge sum on the things they want. Not surprisingly the most expensive dog price tag could be broken and a new higher price will be paid for another dog.