A dog sitting on a tire
This Svalinn-trained protection dog costs $150,000.

According to New York Magazine, there's a new status symbol dog for the very rich. It's not a Goldendoodle (or any doodle mix) — or even anything you can fit in a purse.

It's a guard dog—specifically, a guard dog trained by Svalinn, a Montana-based breeder and training outfit that specializes in "protection dogs." (Its website says it avoids the negative connotation of the term "attack dog.")