The most spoiled dog in Japan
Meet Merumo, Japan’s most spoiled dog:
Merumo, a 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is a top model for dog magazines in Japan. Since she is a model, she is given special treatment such as two expensive haircuts a month, but the pampering doesn’t end there. A reporter visits the apartment where Merumo lives to discover the following luxuries:
- The apartment has a special security system that won’t allow visitors to take the elevator to that floor without an invitation.
- Merumo doesn’t like being hot, so her owner bought marble flooring for the living room. (estimated cost: 3,000,000 yen)
- She drinks out of a silver Gucci dog bowl.
- When leaving the house, she can ride in a Luis Vitton carry bag (236,250 yen).
- When going for a walk, she can wear one of several brand name dog collars and leashes: Hermès (65,000 yen + 85,000 yen) or Gucci (69,300).
- Merumo’s owner rents another room in the apartment building just to store all of Mermo’s special clothing. Merumo has a fancy kimono (80,000 yen), 10 fur coats (one costs 180,000 yen), and a whole bunch of other stuff. (Total cost: about 3,000,000 yen)
In the next clip we get a look at the meals Merumo eats:
Mermo’s owners run a dance school and have no children. They just have Merumo and two cats, so they spoil them as if they were children.
Since Merumo is pretty old in dog years, her owner is determined to give her the finest foods. A typical meal consists of premium vegetables special ordered from a department store prepared alongside some expensive Matsusaka beef (2,500 yen for 100 grams). The humans of the house eat cheap vegetables and chicken from the local grocery store.
Merumo’s owner justifies the money she spends by comparing Merumo to a child. Many parents spends large sums of money to send their children to college, so why can’t she spend a similar amount buying dresses and fancy food for Merumo?
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A furry animal wearing furry coats. HA!
“Merumo’s owner justifies the money she spends by comparing Merumo to a child.”
Sure she is a pretty lucky owner. Too bad it won’t last long. I hope she’s saving something.
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God I hate stuff like this, really pees me off. IT’S A DOG! NOT A CHILD! A DOG! It wants to go outside and roll in the mud, sniff other dogs butts and chase ducks, not sit on its ass in a carry bag all day!
and don’t even get me started on dogs in clothes, when other dogs see them you know what they are doing? laughing, dogs in clothes are ridiculed by other dogs for the sad sad dogs they are.
See stuff like this and it makes me want to berate the owner until they cry, little harsh I know but it’s one of my pet peeves I guess.
So yeah, in conclusion, lame.
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HA! You said pet peeves! Funny! I mean punny!
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Some dog need cloths so you shouldnt say that about clothes. Like my toy poodle he shivers when ever he goes outside when it is wintertime.so stop being so arrogant.
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“Merumo’s owner justifies the money she spends by comparing Merumo to a child. Many parents spends large sums of money to send their children to college, so why can’t she spend a similar amount buying dresses and fancy food for Merumo?”
Um…because the educated child goes on to make a living and can support their parents later on in life?
Money spent on a pet is pissed away the second the pet dies, which unless it’s a land tortoise, will be many many many years sooner then it’s human owners.
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This is my feeling also.
The difference between the dog and a child is that the child actually has a future. Also, parents who do spend so much on their children’s education do it for the sake of their children and not to indulge themselves or impress/shock other people.
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Welcome to La-La land where people think dogs are children. And sometimes we wonder why groups like Al-Qaeda hate modern civilization. I think now I know.
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ditto. I threat pets like family but not to this POINT! I wonder what does the dog think about this. OH OH I know, if it could speak it would probably think “Kill me now”
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Holy Crap!
everyone chilax
its not your money she is spending, she can do what she likes to her dog
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They may have the freedom to spend her money as they choose. However if you want to talk about social responsibility then it’s impossibly to justify any benefit to their actions as it wastes food resources as well as their own resources on an object that will give nothing back to society. The dog will die and will no doubt be given a lavish funeral. Perhaps their money would be better spent supporting other opportunities or causes–maybe animal rights or a pet food store would be something these people are interested in.
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a dog will never be a child, but she is a fool, (or maybe she did give birth to it) these people make me sick, they always think its ok to bring their mutt in food places wheree the sign on the door clearly states No dogs for health reasons…and they think everyone wants to see and adore their dog, they just have low self asteem, not everyone love dogs and a lot of people have fear of dogs or allergies.
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Since the dog was or is still a model and show dog she would be earning money, plus some of that stuff could be prizes or gifts and not all bought and paid for out of the owner`s pocket.
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Uoo i jus play a gothic an lolita game demo last night then see this dog with those frills. wwwwwww
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You guys are being way too harsh on this lady. The way I see it is it’s her money, she can do whatever the hell she wants with it. As the owner says in the video, she’s not really bothering anybody else by spoiling her dog so just substituting your anger for jealousy.
Dogs have preferences too. Believe it or not, some dogs LIKE wearing clothes. Especially dogs that don’t adjust to extreme weather as well. Just bear with it and look away.
@VonSkippy – Not all children support their parents when their older. It’s more of an asian thought process. And the dog is making money for its owner, it’s a model.
It’s her money she can do whatever she wants. So what she loves her dog. I’m sure if this video was about a guy who treated his car to expensive hot waxes every week and filled it with designer upholstery, you’d all feel a lot less irked.
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I think a lot of people are turned-off by the amount of “excess” in this story. The owner could just as easily be shopping at Seiyu or Ito Yokado for one 10th of the cost, buying regular dog food, and cheap dog accessories.
She chooses to spoil her pet to excess. IMO it’s a waste when the money from one of those leashes could easily feed a starving village, provide them with clean water and education for a year!
There’s a lot of waste and excess in this world, while most of the world’s population is starving and living in poor conditions.
That’s what is wrong with this woman! She needs a reality check.
She’s not hurting anyone, but she’s not helping either.
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If she wants to spoil the dog, she could at least do it right. That’s an awfully unbalanced diet for a dog, they don’t need the veggies like we do.
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It’s none of my business how one would spend her money but it irritates me a lot to see things like this. Apparently the owners probably aren’t aware of famine and poverty in developing nations. The dog bowl alone can probably feed an entire school of children for 2 weeks.
I just find it an eyesore to my conscience that’s all
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“Merumo’s owner justifies the money she spends by comparing Merumo to a child. Many parents spends large sums of money to send their children to college, so why can’t she spend a similar amount buying dresses and fancy food for Merumo?”
the answer here is so simple, because dogs dont love you back and they dont contribute anything to society XD
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HOW DARE YOU SAY A DOG DOSE NOT LOVE YOU BACK OR CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO SOCIETYI KNOW THAT MY BABY CHIUHAUHA LOVES ME YOU CAN TELL IN HER ACTIONS AND ALSO HER LOOK TO ME THAT THERE IS LOVE AND MY GREAT DANE IS A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DOG SO MANY DOG CONTRIBUTE THIS DOG IS A MODEL SO ALL THAT LOOK AT HER BOOKS SHE IS CONTRIBUTING TO YOU REALY SHOULD ALL THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK YES WE HAVE STARVING PEOPLE BUT WE DONT KNOW IF SHE DOSE NOT HELP THEM ALSO AND IF YOU GET RICH AND WANT TO DO THAT WITH YOUR MONEY BY ALL MEANS PLEASE DO WE AS A WHOLE HAVE NO PLACE TO SAY WHAT SHE DOSE WITH HEEEERRRRR MONEY AND MANY PEOPLE LOVE THERE ANIMALS LIKE A CHILD IT IS THERE CHOICE JUST BECOUSE THEY DIE SOONER DOSE NOT MEAN WE DONT GET HAPPINESS OUT OF THE TIME THEY WERE HERE WITH US JUST REMEMBER THIS IS NOT YOU OR YOUR MONEY AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SO MEAN OR QUICK TO JUDGE WE DONT KNOW EVERYTHING JUST THIS FEW MIN. PICE
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Yeah it’s her money and she’s not hurting anyone.
A dog couldn’t care less if it was drinking from a plastic container or a Gucci bowl, as long as there’s water in it. A dog eats, pisses, shit and sleep.
But I can’t help wondering if she does have a child. Spoiling a child, like she spoils her dog, with such ridiculous excess is detrimental to a child’s development. A child will grow up to be a fully fledged, functioning adult and member of society.
What will a spoilt child, who has someone always cleaning after him/her and has someone to wipe their ass for them, grow up to be? i’ve met a few…..
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It is kind of excessive what this lady buys her dog, but as long as they are using their own money to buy this stuff then no one should have no problem.
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It’s not her job to feed the poor, quite frankly. And if the government confiscated all of her wealth and gave it to developing nations, she’d be broke and the money would soon be gone.
…and the hungry, developing nations would remain poor. Generally people are in poverty around the world because of oppression…I don’t see spreading more of that around as a solution to their problems.
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Oh please, like any of you are going to stop spending money on your video games and computers and turn it all over to starving people in third world countries. She has a hobby and she can afford it, and the dog is obviously a happy one. Any dog owner can tell just by looking at it. So get off your high horses, because really, they’re all just Shetland Ponies (and people in third world countries could be eating them).
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maybe a Chinese or Korean family can find the dog and cook it for dinner.
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damn, I found this comment somewhat very distorting as someone from Canada might have felt if he or she read “maybe a Canadian or American family can find rifles and shoot the hell out of the dog’s ass”
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OK NOW YOU ARE GETTING RACIEST AND I DONT CARE IF YOU IN YOU SCREWED UP MIND THINK IT IS RIGHT YOU JUST NEED TO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is just obscene. Do you guys remember this homeless guy who died last year? In the last pages of his nikki, he was begging for something to eat…
And this happened in Japan, not in a third-world country with no water or electricity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/asia/12japan.html?ref=world
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