The earliest documentary record of the Tibetan mastiff comes from the travelogues of the famous world traveler Marco Polo.

In 1257 A.D., Marco Polo came to China alone and encountered Tibetans and "dogs from Tibet" for the first time in Sichuan Province.

He commented on this large fierce dog: "The body is as big as a donkey, galloping like a tiger, roaring like a lion, and the appearance is dignified." ”

It is precisely because the Tibetan mastiff is so imposing that Marco Polo also became the first foreigner to own a Tibetan mastiff.

And among the folk, there is also a legend of "two mastiffs fighting one tiger, one mastiff fighting three wolves".

In Qinghai and Tibet, the brave and loyal Tibetan mastiff is regarded as a tengu by the nomads.

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But because of this, these somewhat exaggerated statements have been used by some well-intentioned people, who have used many means to fry the Tibetan mastiff on the altar.

In recent years, there have been many, many myths about the Tibetan mastiff.

In 2007, a giant mastiff named Bill was rated as a national A-level Tibetan mastiff at the exhibition because of its shoulder height of 83 centimeters, weight of 230 catties, plus its front-page standard, rich coating, four thick and strong, and tiger's back and bear waist.

For this reason, Bill immediately doubled his value, and was called to a sky-high price of 30 million, even if he was found to breed once, the price would be millions.

In 2012, this myth was shattered again.

At the 2nd Northern Tibetan Mastiff Boutique Expo, a Tibetan mastiff named "Amazing Beast" was rated as "China's first mastiff".

Compared with Bill, the Shocking Beast is as tall as 91 centimeters at the shoulder and weighs more than 100 kilograms, looking as powerful as an ox and as strong as a lion.

According to the owner of the beast, when the mastiff was 8 months old, someone was willing to bid 30 million yuan to buy it.

Therefore, when it became an adult, it asked for a higher price than Bill once was.

There are many, many more similar myths.

At a Tibetan mastiff exhibition in Tongxiang, Jiaxing, a mysterious buyer from Qingdao, said to be a real estate businessman in his fifties and sixties, sold two Tibetan mastiffs for 18 million yuan, both from a mastiff park in Hebei.

Soon after, a pure red Tibetan mastiff from Qingdao was sold for a sky-high price of 10 million.

This is not an asking price, but a real transaction price.

In 2013, the sky-high price of Tibetan mastiffs was broken again.

At the 10th China Changchun Agricultural Fair, an iron-clad gold Tibetan mastiff named Overlord was 2 years old and weighed 170 pounds.

According to Mr. Yang, the owner of the overlord, he bought the overlord for 18 million yuan before, and it is recognized by the industry as the best Tibetan mastiff, so he directly asked for 50 million.

It's insane.

Chinese people have a bad habit, that is, to go crazy together, something, as long as someone hypes it up, and it is profitable, then it will swarm up.

Under the influence of some people, the pet class began to fry the Tibetan mastiff together.

When the Tibetan mastiff was at its hottest, it was common for an ordinary Tibetan mastiff puppy to sell for 350,000 or even 100,000.

A little better condition could be as high as millions.

People who raise and sell dogs are crazy about it, and players are crazy with it.

In Xi'an, after a sky-high Tibetan mastiff was bought by a local tyrant, on the day he returned to Xi'an, it is said that the dog owner dispatched thirty Mercedes-Benz to pick up the airport.

This movement is even greater than the arrival of the head of state.

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Obviously, this is definitely hype.

And it's a little too hyped.

After the heat, some people began to calm down.

They began to reflect: Is the Tibetan mastiff really worth such a sky-high price?

Obviously, it's not worth it!

In Qinghai-Tibet, the birthplace of the Tibetan mastiff, herders regard the excellent Tibetan mastiff as a tengu, but they refuse to spend money on it.

They believe that spending money to buy a Tibetan mastiff is a blasphemy against the Tibetan mastiff itself.

Therefore, according to Tibetan customs, if someone falls in love with a Tibetan mastiff, they will go directly to the dog owner to ask for the dog, and after obtaining the consent of the dog owner, they will pick an auspicious day, and then go to the door to pick up the dog in a grand manner.

After taking the dog into the home, it will be treated like family.

This is the correct attitude towards the Tibetan mastiff.

True dog lovers raise Tibetan mastiffs, not because of the huge benefits it contains, but simply by preference.

Unfortunately, this is not the case in the mainland.

If it's just simple hype, it's just a lot of people, but many people slowly fire this kind of dog for the sake of profit.

As we all know, if a Tibetan mastiff wants to sell at a high price, it mainly depends on two aspects, one is to look at the coat color, but to see whether the figure is tall and mighty.

Regardless of the coat color, there is no other solution to this except the selected breeder.

But being tall and powerful can cheat.

In order to make the young boil look tall and mighty, in line with the industry's good appearance of the head and large bone mass, some breeders began to use female mastiffs to cross breeding young mastiffs with large dogs such as the Caucasus.

As a result, some mastiffs look tall and mighty, but they lose the good qualities that Tibetan mastiffs should have.

The real Tibetan mastiff has a fierce, decisive, fierce and stubborn temperament and temperament, they are intelligent, loyal to their master, in their consciousness, mission is more important than life.

But those "Tibetan mastiffs" that have been crossbred out, some mastiffs will become roaring, manic, and difficult to tame, and some mastiffs are as timid as pugs, and strangers go up to kick them, and they don't even dare to bark.

A good dog breed was ruined.

Anything, once hyped up, the bubble will burst.

Slowly, everyone found that the Tibetan mastiff they bought was either frequently hurtful and difficult to tame, or manic, like to scream, disturb the people and attract complaints, or stupid as a pig......

Slowly, more and more Tibetan mastiffs began to be abandoned.

Since 2012, the Tibetan mastiff industry has entered a cold winter.

Puppies that could have been sold at a high price were given away and no one was willing to ask for them, and some of the once sky-high Tibetan mastiffs were also reduced to hot pot raw materials, and more Tibetan mastiffs were abandoned, which became a serious social problem.

The Tibetan mastiff fell off the altar like this.

"In my opinion, this Tibetan mastiff called Black Panther is not a native Tibetan mastiff, it should be a hybrid offspring, so it will be so irritable, difficult to train, and probably has a low IQ. ”

Lei Junyi, who has had a lesson in blood and tears, made a conclusion to the black panther.

Mi Li shrugged.

In that case, she didn't have the heart to help with this.

But at this moment, her phone rang again, and an unfamiliar voice appeared on the phone.

"Teacher Mi, right, I beg you, can you come over and have a look first? If the panther is really taken away and disposed of, it will probably be put into the hot pot! Anyway, this is also a life!"

Rice grain: "......"

This dog is a life, and the lives of those who are bitten are not worth anything?

But the other party's attitude was so sincere that she didn't know how to refuse for a while.

"Let's go and have a look, if it really doesn't work, then leave! I feel that this dog's nature is not bad. ”

Lee Bo began to help with nice words.

Now the rice grain can't refuse anymore.

She looked at Yang Mu worriedly, I don't know if this time, the almighty Yang Mu still has a good move.