The Chinese owner of the world’s most stylish dog has spent £28,000 on the pampered pooch’s beauty regime.
With flowing locks a model would be proud of, Kevin Chan’s glamourous three-year-old Afghan Hound AJ Nirvana Battle turns heads wherever he goes.
Mr Chan, who is a marketing director based in Beijing, has spent 100,000 yuan (£11,600) so far on grooming equipment and coughs up 4,500 yuan (£525) every month on bathing products to keep his pup’s pristine floor-length mane perfectly preened.
The glamorous pooch is seen waving his smooth and shiny sliver locks back and forth in a video while strutting elegantly like a model.
The Hong Kong-born 29-year-old spends six to eight hours a week brushing the hairy hound and claims Battle is the most beautiful animal he has ever seen.
‘The moment I decided to take Battle home, he was already the most beautiful dog in the world,’ Mr Chan said.
‘He is a family member now, so I don’t mind spending time and money on him.’
Battle needs to be bathed regularly every seven to 10 days – it takes six to eight hours to bathe and groom him every time.
‘I do all the grooming myself and have spent about 100,000 yuan (£11,600) to date on grooming equipment. I spend another 4,000 yuan (£465) to 5,000 (£582) yuan on the best bathing products every month.’
Afghan hounds were born as models and have their own unique characters, Mr Chan added.
‘I don’t style him deliberately, I just follow my heart,’ he said.
‘I always tell people I didn’t choose the dog – but he chose me. Therefore I have to try my best to give him the best treatment.’
Mr Chan adopted Battle almost three years ago, and has started the beauty routine since.
Every day, he sprays a nutritious solution on the pooch’s fur to smooth it before letting it sink for about a minute.
Then, with a bristle brush, he gets rid of any knots in the mane by using talcum or baby powder to remove tangles.
‘When Battle was younger, it would take me two hours every day to groom him, but now I only have to do this for an hour a time,’ he said.
Mr Chan has even bought a camera and taken up photography lessons so he can share the best photos of his pampered pet on social media.
He also said it takes him a couple of tries to comb Battle’s coat properly for ‘the nicest shots’.
‘I began to film and shoot him from the first day I got him because I wanted to document every single moment,’ he added.
He said that people have given interesting reaction when they see Battle.
‘Some would ask: “Is it a dog or a sheep?”‘ he said. ‘Others would say: “It must be very expensive to keep him.”‘
But most of the time, they would compliment how pretty Battle is and snap a photo with him.
