【正文】 put the detailed information is not easy for this paper. So there are some defects and shortings are inevitable. At the same time I also do as possible as I can to make this thesis more reasonable. 4．The image of dog in Chinese and western culture Phrases and expressions about dog in Chinese vocabularyIt is known that words or phrases always can reflect the certain culture of a nation. In other words, it is the thought of people and their attitude to what they know, what they meet, they think and treat. Of course in people’s mind, everything disgraceful must have something with dog and these expressions are made naturally, just as following expressions: 狗膽包天，Someone who is monstrous ，Shamelessly to seek personal gain. 狗急跳墻，A cornered beast will do something desperate. 狗拿耗子，多管閑事。 too meddlesome。狗屁，Horseshit, ，A person who offers bad advice。 villainous ，hired thug, ，A wretched sequel to a fine ，Pour out a flood of invective against ，be damned snobbish, act like a ，dogeatdog, dog ，Snarl and snap at lv Dongbing。 a filthy mouth can’t utter4 decent language。A meat bun thrown at a dog by no means retrievable. [9], 《歇后語(yǔ)100》。 for another thing, dog is humble and obsequious. The majority of these appraisals are derogatory. The image of dog in Chinese cultureChinese people always think dog as a terrible animal which is inferior to others. So in Chinese culture, dog always stands for a bad image a good for nothing but barking too much. The most important is what dog is cruel to strangers before his master. People are tired of dog and maltreat this animal generation after generation. Why people hate dog so much? There are some reasons.First, A dog is cruel to strange people while obedient to his master. This is a truth that dog always makes troubles to someone he does not know. Maybe that is his nature that whenever a stranger appear around his master’s house he always wants to keep the person away and always thinks the stranger may does harm to his master’s family such as thief, robbery and intentional destroy. For himself, he always tries his best to protect his master’s everything from being approaching and touching. So sometimes he threatens or warns the stranger, sometimes even bites fiercely. Meanwhile, a dog often attaches to his master faithfully and does whatever his master wants him to do no matter when and where. Second, a dog is always barking too much. In his opinion, making everything clear to his master is his duty or responsibility. Of course this also a main reason why people like keeping dog for watching houses. At night, if he can hear any noise, he may bark loudly for a long time. And a dog in China is always sitting or lying in the front of his master’s house, so a dog often keeps barking in order to remind his master of something bad or gives the warning to make his enemies dare not close to the house. And at this moment his loud barking always makes people feel boring and annoying. Third, dog likes making love everywhere. Other animals always do as dogs but unfortunately only dog because the typical disgraceful one. In spring, this is the special season for most animals, including dogs. At the time a dog is easy in heat, looking for his mates for sexual intercourse in heat period. When they do that, they don’t care of humans and just do it everywhere, most of time on the road or around houses. For animals, that is natural and necessary, but for human being, they think, they think a dog is always likes mating. However, when other animals do that, people always can tolerate. Last, dog likes eating dirty food even human’s waste. Instead, the move es at a time when the popularity of dogs as pets is soaring in China — the result of higher ines, greater personal freedom and changes in family structure. But despite this newfound popularity, dogs in China remain caught somewhere in an awkward middle ground between man39。s a mon sight to see pampered, manicured pooches frolicking with their doting owners just a few feet away from a restaurant where diners chow down on stewed dog meat. Nowadays Chinese like and keep dog as pet above all in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing. According to market research firm Euromonitor International, the percentage of dog owners in China increased from 5 per cent in 1999 to 15 per cent in 2004. The pany estimates that dog and cat food sales in 2004 reached RMB billion, a hefty increase of some 13 per cent over the previous year. Beijing alone currently has some 300odd pet care and products shops. At the sybaritic Royal Canine store next to the city39。s Stadium, customers patiently wait in long lines to give their pets a full dog beauty treatment, including shampoo and blow dry, manicure and gum cleaning. The cost is about $1225, depending on the size of the dog, in a country where the average monthly wage is still only around $120.[3] \ interesting, the First China National Dog Show is the first international dog petition approved by the national administration authority. The show will be a national prehensive dog gala with a variety of items like pets and pet products, popular and fancy dog cultural activities and in addition pure blood ratification. [4] Western words or expres