Without footage of the dog entering the water it's really difficult to pin down where actual cruel treatment begins. It makes me question TMZ's intentions but at the same time I don't exactly want to give that trainer the benefit of the doubt. As someone who's worked with dog trainers, it did seem like he was trying to coax the dog into the water on his own terms instead of by direct force.
The dog had no intention of ever going in that water, it's pretty damn clear. The noises being made by the fucking boat motors would have freaked it out, let alone being thrown in to rushing water.
1) That video was not that disturbing.
2) Filming of animals should be done with the utmost care for their safety and comfort.
3) The people in this video thought the dog would be fine once in water. Like most dogs are.
4) They made a mistake judging the power of the motors.
5) What was done to the dog was only slightly more harmful than people who try to bathe their cats.
6) I guarantee there are animal movies out there that have had more disturbed animals than this. That no one has batted an eye to.
7) I really doubt the makers of this film had intentions to hurt the dog.
1. Kinda was.
2 No shit.
3. Like most dogs are when in calm water, not rushing water near boat engines.
4. Again, no shit.
5. You can't be serious with this statement. Bathing a cat is in a fucking bathtub of calm water, not a giant pool near boat motors. I mean, really?
6. So because there's been worse done, this is OK? You're that person who tells someone about the starving kids in Africa when they don't want to eat something they don't like.
7. You'd fucking hope not, but who knows? The guy in the video is laughing the whole time.
Seriously I have no idea why some of you are overreacting. And to the people who were originally going to watch this movie, seriously? The movie looked like shit from the onset
Anyway the video isn't really as bad as everyone is trying to make it. They obviously aren't trying to endanger the dog. They made a mistake like most people often do
The way some people are talking about them and comparing them to Milo and Otis is honestly annoying and disingenuous. You know considering Milo and Otis had allegations of breaking a Cat's paw and actual murder. This is just them assuming a Dog can doggy paddle whilst they even show concern towards the end. Even the guy in Green in the first half doesn't just let the Dog sink into the water as he picks it back up over the ledge.
They even show concern towards the end, you know, when the dog they threw in strong currents is about to drown. Such humane treatment, such lovely people!
That dog was terrified the entire time it was inside and outside of the water and there was never a need to subject it to such treatment with the kind of VFX we have access to these days.