And you thought buying a purebred lab was expensive.
In what might be the most expensive dog sale ever, a 鈥攐r $1.9 million鈥攆or a Tibetan mastiff puppy on Wednesday.
He acquired the one-year-old golden-haired mastiff at a 鈥渓uxury pet鈥 fair Tuesday in China鈥檚 eastern province of Zhejiang, according to the .
“They have lion’s blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff studs,” the dog’s breeder, Zhang Gengyun, told the paper. Another of his red-haired pups sold for six million yuan, he added. 聽
Tibetan mastiffs, which are聽, bear a passing resemblance to lions鈥攊f you squint. They鈥檙e now a prized status symbol among China鈥檚 elite, causing prices to skyrocket. 聽
The animal sold on Wednesday is reportedly 31 inches tall and weighs nearly 200 pounds. That鈥檚 a lot of dog, although maybe not enough to warrant $1.9 million.
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