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Old 01-24-2013, 03:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Nat Geo new show 'Alpha Dogs' Good or Bad for WLs?

I gotta admit when I saw the first trailer I got a knot in my stomach.

The show is about Von Liche Kennels located in Indiana training police and military dogs.

How will this affect Malinois and GSDs? Will it cause more of the 'macho' I want a 'bad' dog effect? Will it drive up the price for working line dogs and Malis more due to increased demand for the breeds?

I don't want to pre-judge but historically this sort of attention has not bode well as popularity seems to increase problems within breeds. As my trainer said this week (he knows some of the trainers in the show too) anyhoo as he said 'there goes the Malis'.

The kennel starring in the show is advertising that they are now increasing their kennel capacity size to 500 dogs.

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