Summer – dog days are
already on. It is a dog’s life…
and there are dogs like the subject matter of this post valued so high. Dogs
- one of the most adored pets – the domestic dog in all likelihood is
the first of the animals to be domesticated and used as companion in
hunting in earlier days. Dogs are touted to be very loyal to its
masters and are stated to be man’s best friend. Dogs can be scary especially when they chase you (in the late
hours of the day)… there are many dogs loitering on roads – free ranging
dogs that are not contained. You see a great dane here
a great dane
Heard of
Mastiff ? – a large dog known for its size and strength. Any molosser, including bulldogs, Great Danes,
mountain dogs, pit bulls, and even small dogs such as the Boston terriers are considered "Mastiff" in this broad
sense. This post is all about the red
carpet being rolled out to the two pups – one to be picked up in a Rolls Royce and another will travel in a Range
Rover from Bangalore airport !!
A few months
back I had posted on a Chinese millionaire. China’s boom-to-bust luxury
landscape is strewn with devalued commodities like black Audis, Omega watches,
top-shelf sorghum liquor and high-rise apartments in third-tier cities. Some
are the victims of a slowing economy, while others are casualties of an
official austerity campaign that has made ostentatious consumption a red flag for
anticorruption investigators. There were
however to be
exceptions as the 18th month
old rare Tibetan Mastiff dog named Yangtze enjoyed ! A Chinese millionaire by name Wang visited
the remote border region between Tibet and western Qinghai province; she reportedly owned a Tibetan Mastiff bitch
and was in search of a mate, which reportedly was bought for £350,000 – a
whooping Rs. 3.28 crores. In many ways
high breed dogs are considered ‘status symbols’ too. Of course, experts were to point out the price was overbearing and not
the market value !!
If a Chinese
do, can Indian be far behind. This man Satish in Bangalore had by far expensive
Tibetan Mastiff worth 65 lakhs ~ decided to go overboard with more expensive
Korean Mastiff.
Not one, but
two Korean Dosa Mastiff pups, bought by
the president of the Indian Dog Breeders' Association, joining the list of the
most expensive ones. Dog lover and breeder Satish S, who lives in Bangalore in Karnataka,
is importing the pups from China for Rs 10m (£104,472, $149,800) each and is
according them a royal welcome to the country.
The Korean Dosa
Mastiffs, also called Mee Kyun Dosa, have their origin in South Korea. The
heavy-built, wrinkled dog looks fearsome, but it is a gentle breed that gets
attached to its master fairly easily. The dog gets along well with children and
also with fellow pets; though they do not mingle easily with strangers.
“This is a dream come true, I wanted this dog
for over 20 years,“ said Satish, who has over 150 dogs, a combination of rare
and big breeds, at his farmhouse in Kumbalgodu, and has been in the business
for over 25 years. “After a long and exhausting search, I finally got good
news. I was in touch with a breeder in China whose Korean mastiff littered
recently. I'm importing one female and one male pup,“ he said.
Korean Mastif – dosaworld.com photo
“It is one of
the rarest breeds, known for its heavily wrinkled body. The body is so wrinkly
that even its eyes are barely visible,“ he said. The pups are on their way to
Bengaluru, with a day's rest to break their long and strenuous journey. They
were put on a plane from Beijing to Bangkok, where they rested on Monday, and
will arrive on Wednesday morning.
It is March –
most salary earners are remorsing that they could not save what they had
earlier declared and hence would end up having a higher tax cut, meaning a
lesser salary – and you get to read news like these.
With regards –
S. Sampathkumar
22nd
Mar 2016
News source :
Times of India.
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