A pet cafe in southern China's Chengdu is facing criticism after dyeing six Chow Chow dogs to make them look like pandas.

The video shows the Chow Chows sitting down as a girl called their names.

The pet cafe opened a new business to let customers dye the dogs and charges 1500 Yuan (£165) per dog.

The cafe owner Mr Huang said the six panda dogs who he bought from another place and brought them back to Chengdu were very popular among the customers.

Huang said the hair dyes were all imported and organic, while the cafe had professional workers to dye the fur for dogs now.

However, the panda dogs caused controversy on Chinese social media. Some netizens found the panda dogs are cute and commented on Weibo "I like the cafe owner's idea. The dogs become cuter. What breed is that? Please give me one!"

But others said: "I feel sorry for the dogs. Why did they dye the fur for them?

"Even if you dye the fur for the dogs, they are still dogs, they cannot become pandas. The dye is not good for them, we cannot hurt them just because we think they will look prettier."

近日，成都一家宠物咖啡馆开设新业务：可以为你的爱犬染色，染成熊猫的样子，每只宠物收费1500元。在店内，有6只已经成功“变身”的松狮犬，店里的顾客更喜欢叫他们“熊猫狗狗”。宠物咖啡馆负责人黄先生透露，大约一个多月前，店铺从外地引进这6只“熊猫狗”，很受顾客喜爱。他还介绍说，6只松狮犬和染料都是引进的，现在他们自己有给狗狗染毛色的专门人员，可以提供染色服务。