‘World’s most expensive dog’ sells for £4.4MILLION

THE SUN

THE world’s most expensive dog has sold for a whopping £4.4million – and one of its parents is a wolf.

An Indian dog enthusiast dropped the eyewatering sum, equivalent to 500million rupees, on a “wolfdog” called Cadabomb Okami.

The pricey pooch is a cross between an actual wolf and a Caucasian Shepherd – thought to be the first of its kind.

The new owner is S Sathish, 51, a renowned dog breeder from Bengaluru in southern Karnataka, India, who owns over 150 different breeds.

Touted as the rarest dog in the world, Okami was born in the US and sold through a broker in India in February.

At just eight months old, the pup already weighs a staggering 75kg and stands at 30 inches tall.

Sathish, who is president of the Indian Dog Breeders Association, said: “He is an extremely rare breed of dog and looks exactly like a wolf. This breed has not been sold in the world before.

“The dog was bred in the US and is extraordinary. I spent 50 million rupees on buying this pup because I am fond of dogs and like to own unique dogs and introduce them to India.”

Caucasian Shepherds are muscular, fluffy dogs native to cold countries such as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and parts of Russia.

They are incredible guard dogs, so often used to protect herds of livestock from wolves on mountainsides.

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