https://yufeizhou.com 2026-03-04 daily 1.0 https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image01.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery01/9203ebb7.jpg I conducted half of my PhD fieldwork in the Tibetan grasslands, where pastoralism constitutes the primary livelihood. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery01/a98f89db.jpg In these Tibetan pastures, I examined how pastoralists employ their guard dogs to protect livestock. Since the late 1980s, these dogs were commoditised and rebranded as the “Tibetan Mastiff” in Chinese and global markets. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery01/c66cf3b8.jpg The other half of my PhD fieldwork took place in Tibetan Mastiff breeding farms in China, where pastoral guard dogs are transformed into commodities and instruments of reproduction. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery01/1d580eca.jpg In these breeding farms, I learned about how Tibetan Mastiff enthusiasts not only use their dogs as status symbols and profit tools but also take intensive care of them. Guard dogs do not guard anymore, but have become objects of owners' guarding. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery04/59d16e39.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery04/6816d229.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image06.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image07.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery05/33d718ed.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery05/0fa74c13.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery05/69e2821b.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery05/0a90ddcf.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery03/c940231b.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery03/a2411f3c.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery03/2b2644f2.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery06/5c041b78.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery06/665e743d.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow03-e8e353ec.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow03-0cafd8eb.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow03-478e4d68.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow03-9ccd6cfa.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow03-5a2143fe.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery08/ff56432d.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery08/c66ad0c2.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-7fe7b7f4.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-018f1b9c.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-d5ff4ea3.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-c7b3a912.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-f8ec2a4b.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/slideshow01-d5008d9f.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery10/59fbf586.jpg A Tibetan Mastiff roams the snow-capped grasslands of eastern Tibet, accompanying pastoralists on a visit. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery10/0dcde6ea.jpg A Tibetan Mastiff at a breeding farm in northern China, admired by a guest through its enclosure. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery13/c606f089.jpg A just-born pup is suffocated by amniotic fluid. The human breeder has to immediately suck all the queasy liquid out of its mouth and nose to save it. I am doing my PhD fieldwork on the ambivalent values and human-dog ethics in the Tibetan Mastiff Fever. https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery09/683a59f8.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery09/1297a95f.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery09/4c7a32e2.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery02/cd3493ee.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/gallery02/ff8b6b10.jpg Untitled https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image04.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image05.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image08.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image09.jpg https://yufeizhou.com/assets/images/image02.jpg