War Lions of Gesar, a kennel of Zang Shi - 藏狮

07/03/2026

The female Tibetan Lion dog in the video passed away. I asked the owner, the young man from Qinghai, but he didn’t respond. It’s such a pity—he provided excellent living conditions for the dogs. How could it have died? The Chinese texts on the video is, if translated into English, "Carpe Diem".

06/03/2026

惊蛰（Awakening of Insects）

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Spring has arrived, and the flowers are blooming. That popular travel vlogger is about to continue his travel through Tibet. This is the custom-made cart he has created for his Tibetan lion.

03/03/2026

All images of the Large Tibetan Lion Dogs from before the 21st century, including 9 photographs and 1 video, with the exception of the several ones that were transported from China to the United States by Americans. Additionally, there is a color photograph on paper, but it is uncertain whether it was taken in the 1990s or the 2000s.

All of these 10 images were taken by Westerners before 1949. I find it strange—from 1949 all the way to 1999, with so many aid-Tibet cadres and PLA soldiers, did no one leave behind any images of the Tibetan Lion? Was this breed really that rare? My friends in India and Nepal, do you have any images of the Baan Gaddi/Hupso and Jhuse Kukur from before the 21st century?

02/03/2026

The reason the group owner of our Tibetan Lion Dog discussion group did not invite this travel blogger to join might be that the group owner believes this blogger is merely using Tibetan Lion Dogs as a tool for publicity, rather than truly loving dogs. I have actually always supported him, after all, he promotes Tibetan Lion Dogs in his own way and is also making an effort to learn about them. He bought a female Tibetan Lion Dog last year, but it later disappeared. I have seen a video he posted showing a pair of Tibetan Mastiffs attacking a smaller dog—I don't know how it ended. In these videos, seeing one Tibetan Mastiff being bitten by that Tibetan Lion Dog truly pained me deeply. People may create gimmicks to attract viewers, but recently, Tibetan Mastiff bloggers on the Chinese internet, represented by that "Tibetan Mastiff Uncle," have been fond of staging "accidental fights" to gain attention, and they have already been criticized by many viewers who genuinely love Tibetan Mastiffs.

28/02/2026

Qinghai, China.

26/02/2026

Think about it: dogs are essentially wolves. Their biological classification is exactly the same, and there is no reproductive isolation, proving they are the same species. The genetic difference between wolves and dogs is even smaller than the variation between some wolf populations. However, have you ever seen a long-haired, bearded wolf? No. This shows that such long-haired and bearded traits are features that are ill-suited for survival in the wild and have long been eliminated. Yet, they have been preserved in domestic dogs because of human care, which removes survival pressures. Long-haired and bearded dogs can be found in southern China and the Indochina Peninsula, while nearly every type of Eurasian shepherd dog has its own variation of long-haired, bearded breeds. Therefore, studying primitive long-haired and bearded dog breeds, such as the Large Tibetan Lion Dog and the Xiashi Dog (rather than selectively bred pet dogs), is a highly meaningful endeavor.

24/02/2026

That travel blogger leased a very large courtyard to keep dogs in Linzhi/Nyingchi (the lowest-altitude city in the Tibet Autonomous Region). I really envy the surroundings there very much.

23/02/2026

It was filmed by Uncle Tibetan Mastiff, an online celebrity, in the pastoral areas. I think this one, if not for the fact that it was in its shedding period (the video was indeed shot last summer), is not a Tibetan Lion. The small bit of long hair on its chin is not uncommon among Tibetan Mastiffs.