And no TV show on animals or any earthly species should be taken literally-but “Dogs 101”, “Cats 101” and other such programs do encourage people to look at dogs and cats as pets/companion animals rather than just some convenient sort of livestock or dangerous semi-domesticated creatures, and to at least explore the characteristics of individual breeds-maybe on at least one of a thousand websites where that can be done.
When they did their ep on Ibizan Hounds, they did *not* mention that -only- people -very- experienced with “primitive breeds” should even dare consider getting one.
Their needs are so far beyond and different from “normal dogs” that any dog purchased by novices after that show aired is probably dead from “misadventure”, by now.
When Bunny won the Westminster BOG and made it to the BOS ring 2 years in a row and put the breed in the limelight, the demand for Ibizans sky-rocketed and breeders were forced to tell those who thought they’d “just die if they didn’t get one!” the cold hard facts.
Some breeders [the greeders, specifically] did sell dogs to novices and we had an insane amount of them get abandoned and/or turn up shortly after in kill shelters.
I spent a fortune in supplies creating artwork for auctions held to rescue those dogs.
Dogs 101 often preforms an immense disservice to the breeds they feature by “omitting” harsh but necessary truths.