The paw-fect 入り口: Dancing poodles dressed as ballerinas welcome 訪問者s to the world's most bizarre pet show

A pair of pampered poodles spring up on their hind 脚s to 成し遂げる an ぎこちない dance and welcome 訪問者s to the world's wackiest pet show.

This is the three-day Pets Cultural Festival extravaganza in Hangzhou, 資本/首都 of east 中国's Zhejiang 州 where everything you can imagine, and a lot you can't, is 利用できる for your four-legged friend.

中国 is now home to some of the most obsessed pet lovers in the world and owning a dog, 特に an expensive rare 産む/飼育する, is a 抱擁する status symbol.

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Paws for applause: Two poodles stand up on their hind legs to welcome visitors to the annual Pets Cultural Festival in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province

Paws for 賞賛: Two poodles stand up on their hind 脚s to welcome 訪問者s to the 年次の Pets Cultural Festival in Hangzhou, 資本/首都 of east 中国's Zhejiang 州

Devotion: China is now home to some of the most obsessed pet lovers in the world, where owning a dog, especially an expensive rare breed, is a huge status symbol

Devotion: 中国 is now home to some of the most obsessed pet lovers in the world and owning a dog, 特に an expensive rare 産む/飼育する, is a 抱擁する status symbol

The show's スローガン is 'a 相互の zone for pets and 居住(者)s' but humans were 明確に taking a 支援する seat and letting their furry friends take centre 行う/開催する/段階.

Immaculately-groomed pooches, dressed in 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の outfits, 匂いをかぐd out the very 最新の in designer pet 従犯者s.

の中で the items on sale was a bewildering array of dog 着せる/賦与するs with something for every size and 形態/調整 from the tiniest Chihuahua to the burliest St Bernard.

A golden retriever has a good sniff of a winner's trophy after being voted best in its class
Dancing poodles greet guests at the 2012 Pets Cultural Festival  in Hangzhou, China

A golden retriever has a good 匂いをかぐ of a 勝利者's トロフィー after 存在 投票(する)d best in its class while the dancing poodles continue to strut their stuff

Fashion statements: Pet owners dote over their small dogs dolled up in a selection of outrageous outfits including doggie jeans and even a doggie Union Jack T-shirt

Fashion 声明s: Pet owners dote over their small dogs dolled up in a 選択 of outrageous outfits 含むing doggie ジーンズs and even a doggie Union Jack T-shirt

A pampered pooch tests out the latest in designer dog beds while its chums model the latest wacky fashions

Pedigree chums: A pampered pooch 実験(する)s out the 最新の in designer dog beds while its friends model the 最新の wacky fashions

The festival 誇るs eight zones inlucing a sports centre, make-up street, movie room, pets club, knowledge 場所/位置, clinic and even a pets 主題 park with its own ‘water world'.

訪問者s can wonder at more than 40 types of small animals from all over the world at the 'rare animal show' while a 削減(する) puppy 競争 drew the (人が)群がるs at the sports centre.

With a 抱擁する 量 of pride at 火刑/賭ける - impartial 審判(をする)s were brought in from Hong Kong to 裁判官 the fittest and the most beautiful dog.

The organisers held a 一連の several パネル盤 discussion and lectures to educate both pets owners and 非,不,無-pet owning 居住(者)s.

As an example of just how obsessed some rich Chinese people have become with pets, last year a coal baron splashed out an astonishing £1million on what is believed to be the worlds most expensive dog - a rare red Tibetan Mastiff.

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Agility test: Judges look on as a pet owner attempts to walk her curiously-dressed companion up a see-saw

Agility 実験(する): 裁判官s look on as a pet owner 試みる/企てるs to walk her curiously-dressed companion up a see-saw

Lapping it up: A immaculately-groomed Afghan Hound draws the admirers at the festival in Hangzhou, China

Lapping it up: An immaculately-groomed Afghan Hound draws the admirers at the festival in Hangzhou, 中国

Off the rack: A salesman shows off his bewildering array of brightly-coloured dog clothes

Off the rack: A salesman shows off his bewildering array of brightly-coloured dog 着せる/賦与するs




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