Channing Tatum's newest movie, 'Dog,' may induce swooning over the human-animal bond, but some experts worry it could lead to more abandoned Belgian Malinois, the dog breed featured in the movie.
, the self-proclaimed “Russian dog wizard,” told TODAY."They are anticipating behavior that dogs are not designed for and that is the root cause of the problems.""The average owner should not get a Belgian Malinois," Somma told TODAY, adding that the portrayal of Lulu acting like"a hellion" was accurate.“High drive, high anxiety, high work ability, requires a lot of physical and mental stimulations,” he said.
"After $50,000 to $100,000 dollars of training and thousands of hours of training, can become that. That is why the breed is so amazing," Somma said." the dog doesn’t come to your house knowing how to protect. Because they're untrained, that protection becomes a liability." "As a director of a busy, open-admission animal shelter and experienced Malinois owner, I can’t help but worry about the future implications surrounding new and inexperienced Malinois owners as a result of movies such as this," Lightning-Bingham said."Our shelters could very well see an increase in this misunderstood breed resulting in a burden on local shelters to find adequate placement.
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