中國(guó)新“寵”：小小熊貓狗惹人愛(ài).

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　　中國(guó)新“寵”：小小熊貓狗惹人愛(ài)

　　China’s hot pet trend? Dogs primped to look like pandas

　　It’s 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.

　　“Ten years ago the natural instinct of a Chinese person was to eat a dog,” he told London’s Metro newspaper.

　　“Now we are like Westerners and want one as a companion. The cute breeds like French bulldogs and Labradors were the favourites, but now it is the panda dog.”

　　Actually, Hsin Ch’en is being disingenuous. The panda dog is not a separate breed of pooch at all, but rather a chow which has undergone a lot of cosmetic tomfoolery to make it resemble a panda.

　　He went on: “I perfected the technique here and now it is spreading across the country. With a bit of carul grooming and coloring, 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.

　　“There are no chemicals or cruelty involved. But the price of the dog does rise significantly because of the amount of grooming that goes into it. People don’t mind paying the extra, though — they like the fact that heads turn in the street and they can tell their friends: ‘I have a panda dog.’”

　　據(jù)《紐約郵報(bào)》5月14日?qǐng)?bào)道，中國(guó)的寵物商店里出現(xiàn)了《魔豆傳奇》的主人公!事實(shí)上，這是一種酷似國(guó)寶大熊貓的狗，最近，這種熊貓狗十分流行。

　　在中國(guó)的寵物商店里，這種熊貓狗遭瘋搶，很快便售罄。

　　在中國(guó)西南部四川省成都市，一家寵物店店主陳先生表示，中國(guó)的新興中產(chǎn)階級(jí)想要可愛(ài)萌人的狗當(dāng)寵物養(yǎng)，已經(jīng)無(wú)法滿足他們的要求了。

　　“十年前，中國(guó)人提到狗時(shí)，他們的自然本能是吃狗肉?！标愊壬嬖V倫敦地鐵報(bào)。

　　“現(xiàn)在我們有點(diǎn)像西方人，都想找個(gè)寵物做伴。這種可愛(ài)的狗看著類似法國(guó)斗牛犬和紐芬蘭獵犬，是顧客們的最愛(ài)。但它現(xiàn)在是‘熊貓狗’?！?/p>

　　實(shí)際上，陳先生沒(méi)有說(shuō)出實(shí)情。熊貓狗并不是雜種狗的另外一個(gè)品種，她的真實(shí)身份是一只松獅犬，經(jīng)過(guò)美容之后，使得這種狗看起來(lái)像熊貓。

　　陳先生還說(shuō)：“我完善了美容技術(shù)，現(xiàn)在，這種技術(shù)正遍及全國(guó)。經(jīng)過(guò)一些仔細(xì)的修飾和上色，松獅犬就輕而易舉地在兩個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)變身為熊貓狗。

　　“在變身過(guò)程中，沒(méi)有涉及任何的化學(xué)物質(zhì)和殘忍行徑。由于多了美容的這道工序，熊貓狗的價(jià)格確實(shí)飛快上漲。不過(guò)人們并不在意，他們更喜歡街上的高回頭率，好向朋友們炫耀：“瞧，我有一只熊貓狗?！?/p>