“These dogs are HUGELY expensive, then the $250,000.00 to train them!!! “
Why does it cost a quarter of million dollars to train them? If I do pay that amount, will the dog do my taxes, drive my car and install apps on my phone?
I just saw a report on training one of these dogs the trainer said the cost was $250,000.00 and the dogs could work for 8 years then they are turned over to a place for kind of deprogramming and put up for adoption!! After the dogs are retired it is hard to get them to NOT want to work takes a special owner AND the adoption agency screens the people wanting to adopt these dogs to the enth degree!! When the dogs get used to being retired they are wonderful pets EXTREMELY protective of their owners and new family!!! Shepard’s don’t usually have a long life span so after all of this the dog probably wouldn’t be with their new family for a long period of time that would be difficult for the adopting family!!! Some Shepard’s are retired early because of hip problems, the Belgian Malinois don’t seem to have the hip problems the same as Shepard’s do!!!