Animal Abuse On The Set of "A Dogs Purpose"

[CyanLights 15,574]

How do you guys feel about this?

http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/18/a-dogs-purpose-german-shepherd-abuse-video/

Video is in the link 

 Synopsis of the article:

"One of the dogs in the upcoming film "A Dog's Purpose" desperately resisted shooting a risky scene, but chilling footage shows filmmakers apparently forcing the animal into rushing water."

[Yo GagaGaga 6,541]

I want names

[RonnieGagz 4,300]

[Daenerys 6,076]

A Dog's Purpose. Not a Day to Remember... 

 

On Topic: I was really looking forward to watching this movie with me baby girl, Sadie but after seeing that footage I think I'll pass. 

[Werk 13,166]

Disturbing.

[Spyro 8,438]

31 minutes ago, CyanLights said:

How do you guys feel about this?

http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/18/a-dogs-purpose-german-shepherd-abuse-video/

Video is in the link 

 Synopsis of the article:

"One of the dogs in the upcoming film "A Dog's Purpose" desperately resisted shooting a risky scene, but chilling footage shows filmmakers apparently forcing the animal into rushing water."

This is from "A Dog's Purpose" not "A Day to Remember".

[SKANK 14,288]

I thought people might be acting overly sensitive, but after watching that video my heart sank.

[RAMROD 107,571]

*reads "animal abuse"*

*expecting to see gore*

*opens thread and reads article*

*watched "dogs "forced" to go into the warm water" like people usually do when their cats or dogs refused to shower or bath and need to be encouraged*

[Gaga Monster 13,001]

I won't be watching that movie and will encourage others as well not to

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1 minute ago, RAMROD said:

*reads "animal abuse"*

*expecting to see gore*

*opens thread and reads article*

*watched "dogs "forced" to go into the warm water" like people usually do when their cats or dogs refused to shower or bath and need to be encouraged*

Disgusting 

[RAMROD 107,571]

Just now, SUBURBIA said:

Disgusting 

 

Stop overreacting  

[Saint Hollywood 37,363]

i saw this on twitter  who must i protest against 

[Omar Vela 2,715]

3 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

 

Stop overreacting  

I thought the same but at the end the poor dog submerges and everybody it's like "cut!!! get him"  

[RAMROD 107,571]

Just now, Omar Vela said:

I thought the same but at the end the poor dog submerges and everybody it's like "cut!!! get him"  

 

Ya, prolly it was the currents too strong

[Omar Vela 2,715]

Just now, RAMROD said:

 

Ya, prolly it was the currents too strong

yup, not animal abuse...just poor choice of things in the set...they could have stop the motors right before the dog ended the scene.
Also:
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Hi yes, ACTUAL dog trainer and dog behaviorist here. Sorry to interrupt your pitchforks and torches fest but this article is extremely misleading and is presented as a shock actor rather then presenting an actual, studied opinion of the video.

If you watch the clip, which I did, there is a lot of subtle stuff going on. First of all, rushing water is scary to ANY sort of animal, let alone a German Shepard who isn’t really a water dog like a Lab. You can see how the trainer is constantly touching the dog gently on the side and loin. He is reassuring the animal while keeping a snug grip on the collar. (Which is a flat collar btw so it can’t really do any damage to the dog even with him holding it) He is also down on the animals level, 
not hovering above the dog. And if you look closely, you can see that this man is constantly talking to the dog, obviously reassuring the animal. Furthermore, this is a movie dog, they have dealt with all sorts of scary situations before. This is probably the very first time that this animal was introduced to this situation and I bet you money that if we saw more of the clip, you would see them repeat this process slowly and gently until the animal relaxed.

Finally, you see the animal try to pull away. Again, perfectly normal for an animal that is scared, 
but again, you see the trainer pull the dog back (not yank it sharply back or drag it back) and then place the dog in the water. The actual time in the water is extremely brief and you can see that the trainer doesn’t let go of the dog and immediately pulls the animal out again 
after a few seconds. Just like putting a child in the bath tub for a little bit, the trainer is establishing that the water won’t harm the dog and kept the training session brief. Convenient that the clip stops before it shows you the trainer rewarding the animal in some way, which I can guarantee you they did.

Finally, I will leave you with two things. One, if the dog was actually being abused it would be responding by trying to snap at the person holding the collar and the body language would be pure terror with the tail language and hackles. German Shepards are not scared to tell you when they don’t want to do something and this dog is no different. Two, there are so many laws and regulations in place to stop the abuse of animals in movies. There is ALWAYS a representative of these organizations on site during filming whenever there is any sort of animal involved.

Don’t spread misinformation and misunderstanding please. 
Just like your mom forced you to eat your veggies when you were young, sometimes working with 
animals means encouraging them to go into situations that is way outside their instincts."