These guard dogs thought to be owned by Genghis Khan and Lord Buddha are very rare and only found outside Tibet or in the homes of the super rich. The 11-month old, 180 pound dog you see above called Big Splash [Hong Dong in Chinese] was recently purchased by an unknown millionaire for $1.3 million dollars. According to the news report:
Mr Lu said the details of the sale were confidential, but revealed that the buyer, who payed 10 million yuan (£945,000), was a multi-millionaire coal baron from the north of China.
“I could see he loved the puppy, or I would not have sold him,” he added. “The buyer told me he thought he was a good investment. As a male dog, he can be hired out to other breeders for as much as 100,000 yuan a shot. He could recoup his money in just a couple of years.”
Before the sale, the world’s most expensive dog was another Tibetan Mastiff, named Yangtze River Number Two, who was sold in 2009 for four million yuan. Upon its arrival in the central city of Xi’an, Yangtze River Number Two was chauffeured to its new home by a motorcade of 30 black limousines.
Only 30 limos!? Cheapskates.
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Thats one expensive bitch! I want one!!!
That is a cool looking dog, but the dollars to buy one woah.