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'Executive protection' dogs now come with a $230000 price tag

For John Johnson, who owns a 15-acre estate outside Minneapolis, the price of his safety is well, priceless.

He bought his first protection dog after receiving threats while running a debt-collection company.

Now he has six including Julia, a three-year-old German shepherd, who could rip an intruder to shreds, but also nuzzle up to the family cat should she be required to do so.

She came with the eye-watering $230,000 price tag.

'She’s a top deal, she’s won awards,' Mr Johnson told the New York Times. 'She looks at you, she’s got the most beautiful face.'

For that price, you'd want her to iron a few shirts and make the tea.

'It’s a lot of money,' Mr Johnson admitted. 'It’s the speed, the smartness, the quickness - and you would not believe the roughness that she has inside.

'She’s like a little pit bull when she bites. She has that model face, and then opens the gums up and lets you have it.'

Mr Johnson is not alone. Celebrities, businessmen and those who can afford it are increasingly turning their backs on human security in favour of four-legged body guards.

Harrison Prather, top trainer and president of South Carolina-based Harrison K-9 Security Services, sold Julia to Mr Johnson and regularly parts with dogs for between $40,000 to $50,000.

He used to supply them to elite military units like Navy Seal Team 6, who themselves took Cairo - an all-seeing, all-hearing canine commando - to take out Osama bin Laden.

But then Mr Prather released a more lucrative market lay outside the forces.

'Either rich people discovered me or I discovered them - I can’t remember which happened first,' he said.

Mr Prather's dogs are trained in Germany for three years. They are then transferred to South Carolina for further training before being moved to a family home to test their child-caring - and cat nuzzling - abilities.

Julia moved in with November Holley, Harrison K-9 Security Services' vice president and head trainer.

'I’ve probably trained a thousand dogs, and she’s the best I’ve ever seen,' Ms Holley told the New York Times.

'The total package. Did absolutely everything you wanted, no questions asked. Good with kids, good with horses, good with cats. A perfect lady in the home.'

But she's also a lady killer on command.

When a faux intruder entered Mr Johnson's property for demonstration purposes it took just one word - 'Packen!', meaning seize in German - to send Julia, and her teeth, speeding across the well-manicured lawn.

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