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The world's most expensive dog!

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Summersoon · 18/03/2011 10:26

Now I know that not that many of you probably read German but I thought that some of you dog owners might be amused to see photos of the world's most expensive dog - a Tibetan Mastiff (not sure if that is the correct English name) - which has been sold to a Chinese coal tycoon for 1.1 million Euros!!

He is an 11-month old male, supposedly weighs 80kg Hmm and likes eating chicken and beef, as well as sea cucumber and abalone. He looks very cute on the picture (try clicking through) but 1.1 million Euros!!

www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,751560,00.html

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Vallhala · 18/03/2011 10:45

Wow! What a beauty!

I suspect that there's a higher price to pay than mere Euros though, in the form of heart disease, short lifespan and eye problems. :(

sowhatis · 18/03/2011 10:52

He is gorgeous, sadly totally out of my price range!!! I have a bull mastiff and he costs enough to feed!!

Why the face @ 80kg? My BM is nearly 70kg, he is a particularly large dog though!

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Summersoon · 18/03/2011 10:58

But he is only 11 months old - actually, I don't know enough about dogs, perhaps he is now fully grown. Then again, perhaps he is not, hence the face!

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LucyInTheSkyWithAntiHistamines · 18/03/2011 11:24

Vallhala, TMS are one of the longer lived of the giant breeds, averaging 10-12 years and have no real genetic health issues. The breed club in the UK insists on hip scoring and eye testing...hip scoring is advisable in any breed, especially larger ones but the eyes testing is only to identify any potential issues are there are no known problems currently. No known heart complaints either. I hope to have one in future so have done a bit of research.

People do have some inexplicable tendency to overstate the weight of large dogs for some reason so I'd take the 80kg at 11 months old with a pinch of salt (even a particualrly huge example wouldn't be at it's full weight by 11 months and 65-70kg is more normal for adult males). I have a giant breed and people often ask me their weight and then tell me about their sister's neighbour's milkman's dog of the same breed which weighed 18 stone or more... Hmm

Ridiculous amount of money, though...fools and their cash, eh?

Madsometimes · 18/03/2011 11:54

One of my park friends has a Tibetan Mastiff. He is beautiful, but I'm fairly sure she did not pay that kind of money for him. He has an eye for the ladies, and saunters up to any female, large or small. The owner says they are addictive, and she wants another one.

Vallhala · 18/03/2011 12:30

Lucy, that's a classic example of me being over-tired and not applying thought to the matter, sorry. I spend so much time dealing in the more common dogs in rescue that I forget that the rare breeds are going to have the good fortune to have less likelihood of poor breeding standards/backyard breeding etc. D'oh!

It's a rare breed which lives as long as up to 12 years at that size, isn't it? (Or am I mistaken there too?). :)

I can see why you're taking an interest in the breed. I want one too! I have a soft spot for giant breeds and am contemplating running off with the young and incredibly docile Newfie who lives at the bottom of my road. :o

Do you think that my Landlord would notice if I squeezed him in with my 2 GSDs and my Lab?

LucyInTheSkyWithAntiHistamines · 18/03/2011 15:55

Newfies are my breed Smile. I'm sure your landlord would be so blinded by his handsomeness that he wouldn't care at all Wink

With advances in veterinary treatments and techniques, it's becoming a bit more common for some of the giant breeds to live beyond 10 but that's more about management of conditions like HD and heart problems rather then not having the propensity for them in the first place. One of the things that attracts me to the breed is their health status...and, as you say, the fact that they are as yet untouched by puppy farmers so much easier to sort the wheat from the chaff when looking for one.

That said, Newfies, with all their problems, are my first love and there will always be one (or 2 or 3) in this house but I like the variety of having a couple of breeds together and there will be room for another when my current rescue crossbreed shuffles off this mortal coil (which hopefully won't be for a good few years yet).

BooyHoo · 20/03/2011 00:25

wow, just flicked through those pics. i love pics 4 and 5 (love massive dogs) but pic 8 is scary!! are that dogs eyes normal?

LucyInTheSkyWithAntiHistamines · 20/03/2011 10:13

That pic of the blue great dane must have been photoshopped.

Pic 8, I believe, is of the poor specimen that had the dubious honour of holding the World's Ugliest Dog title or something like that. If I recall correctly, he has cataracts (or similar eye condition) that makes his eyes look like that.

BooyHoo · 20/03/2011 13:16

thank lucy. the great dane does look MASSIVE!!

CherryMonster · 20/03/2011 13:56

that great dane is massive!!!! and that chinese crested looks like the zombie dogs from i am legend, horrible!!!

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