This red Tibetan mastiff is quite a looker but the question is whether it is a $1.5 million looker. Big Splash (or Hong Dong in Chinese) was purchased by a Chinese coal baron for 10 million Chinese yuan.
At 180 pounds, that is over $8300 a pound. He is fed an organic diet of tripe, boiled fish heads, powdered egg shells, code liver oil and raw bones. The article below says that Marco Polo described the Tibetan Mastiffs in the 13th century as “tall as a donkey with a voice as powerful as that of a lion.”
It is good to see, while coal miners in China continue to be killed by the dozens in accidents due to poor working conditions, coal barons are able to buy pets for $1.5 million.
Source: Daily Mail
OMG! that’s a huge amount of money which can already feed people who were victims of calamities and starving people due to poverty… than just spending it with a “dog”…who will in 24 hours just eat,sleep,sit,run,walk and bark then if you’re so “lucky” bite you instead of being grateful for feeding him..lol..
tsk,some rich people just dont know where to spend their billions,to be able to brag it…they want fame to the point of making themselves look absurd…i wonder if there’s a “World’s most expensive brain FOR SALE” would they think to buy it? to show off how rich and brainy they are?! 😀
OMG! that’s a huge amount of money which can already feed people who were victims of calamaties and starving people due to poverty… than just spending it with a “dog”…who will in 24 hours just eat,sleep,sit,run,walk and bark then if you’re so “lucky” bite you instead of being grateful for feeding him..lol..
tsk,some rich people just dont know where to spend their billions,to be able to brag it…they want fame to the point of making themselves look absurd…i wonder if there’s a “World’s most expensive brain FOR SALE” would they think to buy it? to show off how rich and brainy they are?!
OMG! that’s a huge amount of money which can already feed people who were victims of calamaties and starving people due to poverty… than just spending it with a “dog”…who will in 24 hours just eat,sleep,sit,run,walk and bark then if you’re so “lucky” bite you instead of being grateful for feeding him..lol..
tsk,some rich people just dont know where to spend their billions,to be able to brag it…they want fame to the point of making themselves look absurd…i wonder if there’s a “World’s most expensive brain FOR SALE” would they think to buy it? to show off how rich and brainy they are?! 😀
And there are those who wonder about where the phrase and sentiment behind statements like “Eat the rich” come from.
Tomdarch,
Well said! I am guessing that a tidy profit was turned here!
We had a wonderful canine family member for 8 years, a St. Bernard named Molly. St.’s were originally bred from the Mastif family, and in addition to being beautiful, gentle animals they are lovable ” lap dogs “. That being said, I paid $500 for my Saint 10 years ago….which I though was outragous….I can’t imagine anyone spending that amount of money on a pet!!!
The trick isn’t to breed a dog that’s actually worth US$1.5 mil. The trick is to find/convince the guy who has $1.5mil that the dog is worth that…
Holy cow. That is one big ass dog. I don’t think it is ugly, but that is a lot of cash for a dog. I am guessing that the sea food part of the diet may be organic, but not the normal diet for a dog from Tibet!
I’m reminded of the American CEO who had to have the gold plated toilet in his office bathroom … plumbers and dog breeders can obviously spot a mark coming a mile off …
And What would Maury, moar, roam have to say….he can spend his money anyway he wants….regardless of how many people he has killed in obtaining that wealth…the deaths were probably the fault of the workers for not paying attention….then Rockafeller would have said the same…..what about the Railroad Barron’s…oh yes…the Chinese were expendable….
When you have that kind of money, you look for ways to spend it. Me? Nope, I’d go to a shelter. Besides, while I love dogs, this one, IMHO, is kinda ugly.
Not that this guy would care…but you can donate to the Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support fund.