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They’re black and white and huge in China – but they’re dogs: Panda ‘lookalikes’ are hit
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 12, 2014 | Julian Robinson

Posted on 05/12/2014 8:54:06 AM PDT by C19fan

It is panda-monium in pet shops in China as dogs that look like the country's unique and rare bears become all the rage. These dogs that look like pandas are selling out in pet stores across the country. In Chengdu city in southwest China's Sichuan province pet shop owner Hsin Ch'en cannot satisfy demand among the country's new middle class who want the cute dogs as pets.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: china; doggieping; dogs; pandadogs
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To: C19fan

Chows are cute to look at, but they can be very tempermental.
Sometimes Ginger Snaps!


21 posted on 05/12/2014 11:54:05 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: C19fan

‘With a bit of careful grooming and colouring it is easy to turn a chow into a panda dog in about two hours.

‘Then the look will stay with the dog for around six weeks and the owners bring them back for some touching up.

No thanks. I won’t have a dog that needs to see the stylist more often than I do. lol


22 posted on 05/12/2014 12:29:08 PM PDT by sheana
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