‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ canceled after 8 seasons break on dog the bounty hunter

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& 13; 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star Duane (Dog) Chapman in a Mexican jail cell in 2006. The reality-show bounty hunter had been arrested on charges including illegal detention.

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

A&E canceled "Dog the Bounty Hunter" on Monday after eight seasons of chases, takedowns, religious lectures and family squabbles — and occasional legal headaches for the network.

The reality series followed mullet-sporting Duane (Dog) Chapman as he ran his family bounty-hunting business and wanted men and women ran away from him.

In 2006, Chapman, his son and another bounty hunter were arrested on charges of illegal detention in the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico. Luster had fled the country while on trial on charges he raped three women. Charges against the three bounty hunters were eventually dropped by a Mexican court.

One of Dog's collars, Hoang Minh Phung Nguyen, sued Chapman and two of his sons last year, claiming a 2009 arrest that they instigated led to his firing, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported.

Those two sons, Duane Chapman 2nd and Leland Chapman, later left the show — and stopped talking to the rest of the family. Dog's daughter Lyssa was arrested last year in Hawaii after allegedly cursing and banging on doors in a residential neighborhood.

"Dog the Bounty Hunter," though, had a healthy start in the ratings in what turned out to be its last season. The show's January premiere drew 2.9 million viewers, the series' highest start to a season since 2006, according to A&E.