Animal Abuse On The Set of "A Dogs Purpose"

[RAMROD 96,581]

Just now, Omar Vela said:

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."

 

Right?

It is just so much overreaction when none of abuse spotted if people can judge fairly.

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

Didn't want to see this movie anyway, but now I definitely won't. "Abuse" might be a strong word, but that was definitely a poor choice on the filmmakers part. 

[Lextyr97 17,659]

20 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

 

Stop overreacting  

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[ryanripley 86,575]

PETA calls for A Dog's Purpose boycott over video showing alleged abuse

The filmmakers behind A Dog’s Purpose have come under fire after a video surfaced showing a trainer apparently forcing one of the film’s animals into turbulent waters.

In the video obtained by TMZ, a German Shepherd is seen clawing at a pool’s edge and trying to run away as a trainer attempts to force the dog into the rushing water. The site reports that the scene was shot for the movie in Winnipeg, Canada, in November 2015.

Off-camera, someone can be heard laughing at the dog’s resistance. “You just got to throw him in,” the person says.

The dog eventually got in the water, but almost immediately became submerged. While it’s unclear if that was part of the film, someone off camera begins yelling “Cut it!” as crew members race toward the animal.

PETA has condemned the video, saying in a statement: “PETA is calling on dog lovers to boycott the film in order to send the message that dogs and other animals should be treated humanely, not as movie props.

Read more here: http://ew.com/movies/2017/01/18/dogs-purpose-peta-boycott-video-alleged-abuse/

You find the video on the EW article on the first link on the first mention of TMZ  

it's kinda hard to watch, is PETA right for once?

[Anastasia 6,093]

Yes, I can't watch the video but I trust your description. What kind of person does that to a dog 

[Yo GagaGaga 6,541]

good. I hope it sells less than Lotus's opening week, if that's possible

[ryanripley 86,575]

Just now, Yo GagaGaga said:

good. I hope it sells less than Lotus's opening week, if that's possible

 

drag ha sis!!

[Daenerys 5,826]

1 hour 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*

Yes my dogs struggle to take a bath in calm water in a tub. Where as there are 8 motors running, rapid water in that pool or wherever they filmed. Call me over dramatic or over reacting. The dog gave clear signal that it didn't want to do it and was man handled in the process. It doesn't understand anything but to know through basic primal  instincts to keep itself away from what it sees as danger. If they had such an issue with it they could have easily found a replacement dog for the scene, but they didn't. The back lash is deserved. Sorry. 

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

Lol as much as everyone likes to drag PETA, they come through on a lot of issues. 

[gagaisitalian 3,573]

Holy crap I'm so upset. I was so excited for this movie being a dog lover. But I guess I will be saving my $10.50 by not seeing it and I can just stick to reading the book I bought in middle school.

[iCpro 14,846]

PETA's actually protesting the right things for a change 

[Morphine Prince 96,187]

I was looking forward to this movie. 

Will not be giving them my money by seeing this at a theater or renting it. 

Disgusting. 

[RAMROD 96,581]

23 minutes ago, GodofLove said:

Yes my dogs struggle to take a bath in calm water in a tub. Where as there are 8 motors running, rapid water in that pool or wherever they filmed. Call me over dramatic or over reacting. The dog gave clear signal that it didn't want to do it and was man handled in the process. It doesn't understand anything but to know through basic primal  instincts to keep itself away from what it sees as danger. If they had such an issue with it they could have easily found a replacement dog for the scene, but they didn't. The back lash is deserved. Sorry. 

 

 

 

[pink sushi 4,351]

19 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

I was looking forward to this movie. 

Will not be giving them my money by seeing this at a theater or renting it. 

Disgusting. 

Download it off Pirate Bay. 

[phobiafied 105]

F*cking yikes that video was even harder to watch than I expected it to be. Some of the comments on the TMZ page are atrocious as well.

 

I pirate most every movie I watch anyway, but I'll be skipping this one now.