But you can buy man's best friend - for a cool $1.5 million. That's the price a Chinese business tycoon paid for a purebred Red Tibetan Mastiff named Big Splash, now the most expensive dog in the world. 16 мар. 2011 г.
What is the highest price for a dog?
Case in point, a Red Tibetan Mastiff named Big Splash is the most expensive dog ever sold. His new owner shelled out some $1.5 million to take home a then 11-month-old, 180-pound puppy.
Who paid 1.5 million for a Tibetan mastiff?
Meet Big Splash, the world's most expensive dog. A very, very rich man in China just bought the Tibetan Mastiff for more than $1.5-million. That's right, million. "He is a perfect specimen," Lu Liang, the dog's breeder, told the Telegraph.
Why Tibetan mastiff is so expensive?
"Pure Tibetan mastiffs are very rare, just like our nationally treasured pandas, so the prices are so high," said the dog's breeder Zhang Gengyun, according to AFP. One red mastiff named "Big Splash" reportedly sold for 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in 2011, the most expensive dog sale then recorded.
