On 22 August, a video by a friend of the Internet reported that a Mexican hairless dog had been seen at the Shanghai Asian pet fair, with a tattoo of a “left blue dragon right white tiger” wearing gold chains and small watches.
According to the netizens, the dog owner called the dog anaesthesia all the time, and the tattoo didn't hurt.
The video was quickly distributed on social platforms, prompting online discussion, "The tattoo doesn't mean anything to a dog!" There are also netizens who believe that the handing over of pets is suspected of abusing animals and who condemn the lack of basic respect for the way the dog owner treats animals and ask the organizers to respond and take measures.
Journalists called the host of the Shanghai Asian pet fair, and the host staff indicated that they had been informed and had restricted access to the premises with a tattooed dog in order to avoid adverse effects.
The journalist contacted Mr. Lu, the tattooer for the dog, who said that last year the owner of the dog had found him and that his Mexican hairless dog had a low sense of pain, and had repeatedly asked the dog to write a pattern that could be permanently preserved. "He says the dog is like his child, and he'll look better after the tattoo." Mr. Lu himself did not think that it was an animal abuse, but was concerned that the dog could not recover well after he was tattooed. The tattoos were carried out in the pet hospital that the dog owner had himself sought, and the dog was given an anaesthesia by the doctor at the pet hospital, without pain. He also stated that he was more careful to make himself and that the items used were one-time consumables and were destroyed. Mr. Lu said that the matter was fermented online, discussed by many netizens, and aware of the gravity of the matter, he would issue an open letter of apology for the harm he had inadvertently caused to the pet.