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Dating agencies help dogs find partners
By Li Fangchao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-11-07 05:32

HARBIN: Two-year-old Huahua seemed to know that it was an important day for her.

She had just taken a comfortable shower and was trotting briskly along in a good mood. She even had a pink ribbon pinned into her hair.

It was the day to find her future "groom." How exciting that would be.


The owners are happy when they find a suitable partner for the peg dogs at a pet clinic in Yongchuan, Chongqing. Pictured taken on November 7, 2005. [newsphoto]
"My whole family, especially my daughter, likes Huahua very much, and if possible we want to look after her children," said Han Yue, a resident in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, and the owner of Huahua, a white Beijing poodle.

"That is why we have brought her here with the hope of finding her Mr Right," she said.

"Here" is a new kind of pet matchmaking business that has emerged at a time when the city is enjoying a burgeoning pet industry.

Zhao Wei, owner of Harbin New Star Pet Hospital, carefully took down Huahua's name, age, breed, hair colour, weight, even her hobbies and, finally, a snapshot of her cool pose.

"Just like matchmaking for people, we need information to find her match," Zhao said.
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