06.12.11
Tales from the artisans to the plutocracy
In case the underclass parasites get the idea to come for your stuff:
When she costs $230,000, as Julia did, the preferred title is “executive protection dog” …
Julia and her ilk have some of the same tracking and fighting skills as the dogs used in elite military units like Navy Seal Team 6, which took a dog on its successful raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.
In fact, Julia was sold by a trainer, Harrison Prather, who used to supply dogs to Seal Team 6 and the British special forces. But then Mr. Prather switched to a more lucrative market.
“Either rich people discovered me or I discovered them — I can’t remember which happened first,??? said Mr. Prather …
“She’s a top deal,??? Julia’s owner, John Johnson, said as she escorted him around the grounds of his 15-acre estate outside Minneapolis … Mr. Johnson said he got his first protection dog after receiving personal threats while he was running the Northland Group, a debt-collection company in Minnesota that he founded and eventually sold three years ago …