When it comes to pets, most people will spare no expense to be sure their pet has a good life, but one Chinese businessman has done one better and spared no expense in making sure he has a good pet.  An unnamed Chinese businessman from Northern China has opened his pocketbook wide in search of a pet, and he’s picked up what may be the most expensive puppy I’ve ever seen.  An 11-month-old Tibetan Mastiff named Hong Dong, or Big Splash, sold for a staggering $1.5 million dollars.

“When I started in this business 10 years ago, I never thought we would see such a price,” said Lu Liang, the owner of Laoshan-based Tibetan Mastiff Garden in Laoshan, where the dog was bred.  “We have spent a lot of money raising this dog, and we have the salaries of plenty of staff to pay.”

Well, if you can say anything about a dog that fetches $1.5 million, it’s definitely going to pay a lot of salaries.  Still, the dog may be a bargain in the long run.  Apparently Big Splash is a perfect specimen of his breed, which is famous both for its size and its skill as a guardian, so that $1.5 million may become merely a down payment.  Tibetan Mastiffs can fetch stud fees of up to $15,000 per session.  With that kind of potential profit, I imagine Hong Dong is going to live off of nothing but $197-per-pound ham.

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