EXCLUSIVE: My wife wants to spend her last days on the hunt: Dog The Bounty Hunter tells DailyMailTV of wife’s cancer battle as he reveals plan to put drug-addict fugitives in rehab instead of prison
- Bounty Hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman, 61, spoke to DailyMail TV about his wife Beth Chapman who was recently diagnosed with stage four lung cancer
- Dog said: ‘She has told me repeatedly that if these are her last days on earth she wants to spend every moment with me on the hunt’
- He revealed Beth’s chemotherapy for throat cancer led to her spitting up blood, withering down to 140-pounds and losing her golden locks
- He said Beth, 51, is this time opting for a different treatment through a professor that has been easier on her body
- Dog is setting up ‘Naked, Addicted and Afraid’ rehab program for drug addict criminals he has caught as a prison alternative to stop them re-offending
- The program takes between 40-65 days and is based at Treatment Alternatives, in affluent Boca Raton, Florida. Facilities include a large swimming pool
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Bounty hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman spoke exclusively to DailyMail TV about his wife Beth after she recently discovered she had lung cancer.
Dog and Beth have been reality show stars since 2004 when the first series of ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ was broadcast.
Beth, 51, fought throat cancer in 2012 but doctors have now found stage four cancer in her lungs.
Dog, 66, told DailyMail TV, ‘My baby has cancer and she is fighting like hell. I have cried a lot over this because Beth is my everything.
Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman, pictured with wife Beth Tuesday night in Los Angeles, said of her: ‘She has told me repeatedly that if these are her last days on earth she wants to spend every moment with me on the hunt’
‘Despite all of the obstacles I have overcome, this is by far the biggest test of my life and mark my words, I will not let her die.
‘She is my rock and my bodyguard. I will do everything I can to keep her here.’
Dog said Beth’s chemotherapy for throat cancer led to her spitting up blood, withering down to 140-pounds and losing her golden locks.
He said Dog Beth is this time opting for a different treatment through a professor that has been easier on her body.
Dog said: ‘If this were me, I would be a big sissy. But not Beth. She is still hitting the ground running with me. Beth is determined cancer won’t slow her down.
‘In fact, I am so amazed by Beth’s strength and positive attitude.
‘She has told me repeatedly that if these are her last days on earth she wants to spend every moment with me on the hunt, living life to the fullest and enjoying the time we have left together.
‘The best part of my job is having her by my side on every journey. I can’t imagine a day without her and think deep down inside she is always concerned for my safety because she wants to the security of knowing I come home to her every night.’
Bounty Hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman (above) speaks at rehab facility Treatment Alternatives in Boca Raton, Florida where he is setting up his ‘Naked, Addicted and Afraid’ program
In a scene from WGN America’s new show ‘Dog’s Most Wanted’, debuting in May, Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman (far right) is seen catching fugitives. Wife Beth is pictured far left
The ‘Naked, Addicted and Afraid’ program takes between 40-65 days and is based at Treatment Alternatives, in affluent Boca Raton, Florida
Dog revealed to DailyMail TV he plans to put drug-addicted fugitives he captures into a luxury rehab program he is calling ‘Naked, Addicted and Afraid’ to save them from prison.
He said he is partnering with addiction experts at Boca Raton, Florida-based Treatment Alternatives to set up the program for the people he has caught – and intends to take it nationwide.
Dog, 66, told DailyMailTV: ‘We need to break the cycle of seeing drug-addicted people get out of prison and re-offend just to get another fix.
‘I have spent my 40-year career catching people like these. The cycle needs to end right now.
‘Jailing people who only committed crimes to feed their drug addiction, putting them in prisons where they can continue getting high on the black market, makes no sense.’
The program, paid for either by the participant’s health insurance or state grants, takes place at the luxury facility in one of Florida’s most-affluent areas and boasts a large swimming pool.
The program takes between 40-65 days and is based at Treatment Alternatives, in affluent Boca Raton, Florida. Facilities include a large swimming pool
But Dog stresses program members will find it tough going.
He said: ‘My facility program is not the soft option. Dealing with addiction for these people will be one of the toughest things they have ever had to endure.
‘I hope courts will see the facility I am setting up as a sensible alternative to general incarceration. It will first be based in Florida but I would like to set up similar facilities nationwide.’
Explaining the ‘Naked, Addicted and Afraid’ facility program, Dog said: ‘Once they are tracked down by my team, the fugitives will be brought to the Treatment Alternatives facility.
‘It is going to be a 40-65 day program aimed at weening addicts off of drugs by enrolling them in classes that will aid them in getting clean and sober.
‘A team of counselors, doctors, nurses and psychologists will begin putting them on the new path they must stick to. Trying to escape and make a run for it is not an option.
‘I spent six months looking for the right facility to work with, where the costs were affordable and it was a clean, safe and encouraging environment.
‘When I use the word ‘naked’, it is because when you are coming here, you have to peel away the layers and completely expose yourself so you can take the first step towards recovery.’
‘My goal is to give people a natural high.’
Dog says his philosophy comes from real life experience.
‘People do drugs because it provides a pleasure they feel they can’t get anywhere else.
‘But they can get the same satisfaction from things such as getting a job, having a family, meeting someone special, taking care of a pet, the foundations and reasons that make people feel validated.’
Dog and Beth are starring together in the new reality show ‘Dog’s Most Wanted’ which debuts on WGN America in May.
Dog and Beth are starring together in the new reality show ‘Dog’s Most Wanted’ which debuts on WGN America in May.
Dog says WGN America has committed to ten episodes and five shows have already been shot.
He said: ‘On one level the series will seem similar to my original program. Beth and I are still going coast to coast capturing people on the lam.
“However, in this installment, we are upping the level of intensity on how we capture these fugitives, the level of their crimes and where we will find them because these folks are more dangerous than anything you have seen in seasons past.
‘Basically the stakes are higher to get them behind bars.’
As well as his rehab program and new television series, Dog also revealed he is starting a 30-minute weekly podcast called ‘Agents of Recovery’ with addiction expert Scott Jones.
Dog said: ‘The objective here is to start a conversation about how one can become an addict, the symptoms one can look for and then open up the floor for a q&a with listeners.
‘It is so vital for me to connect with my fans especially since 85% of the people I have captured have gone on to do amazing things with their lives and that is something I want to continue pushing.’
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