The Red Tibetan Mastiff is one of the rarest breeds of dogs. The dog is named The Big Splash was purchased for $1.5 million dollars, it’s name translates to Hong Dong in Chinese. Hong Dong, at eleven months, weighs 180 pounds. Red Tibetan Mastiffs can get up 286 pounds. Hong Dong’s breeder, Lu Liang, says that the dog is a “perfect specimen” and worth the price paid. The new owner can charge $10,000 every time Big Slash breeds, which is considered a reasonable amount. Which is a sound investment seeing as the offspring could later be sold for 1.5 million as their father was. It is rumored that Buddha owned one of these dogs. The Red Tibetan Mastiff gets it’s price in part for its exclusivity, rarely seen or bred outside of Tibet, and seldom seen out of China. In the last five years the price of a pup has gone from $5,000 to its current price of 1.5 million. The dog is to a Chinese new rich, is as BMW or Mercedes is to an American businessman; a status symbol.
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