Chopping onions

[Long Run]

I just saw the trailer for A Dog's Purpose. If you read the book, you know there should be a law against this.

[RayThom]

I just saw the trailer for A Dog's Purpose. If you read the book, you know there should be a law against this.

No, I haven't read the book. However, I smell more than dog poop with this future cinematic stinker. Next it will be "The Cat Herder."

[Lord Jim]

I smell more than dog poop with this future cinematic stinker.

[BoSoxGal]

I'll waste two hours of my life on that - much better than watching the news these days!

[Long Run]

Hardly a waste, but you may want to bring plenty of tissue (at the risk of a Gob interjection).

[Burning Petard]

Never heard of the book altho it is purported to be on the NY Times bestseller list in 2010. I am now reading it on my Kindle. I am a sucker for any dog book, beginning with the first one I read, 'Lad, A Dog' by Albert Payson Terhune. I quickly went on to read everything in the local public library by this author. However, I never did agree with Terhune that collies are the best of all dogs. I just went to Wikipedia and looked him up and found this "As a tribute to Terhune, the dog in A Boy and His Dog calls his master Albert. The 1969 novella was written by Harlan Ellison."

Whoa! Any body who ever read that story would very doubtfully call the name a tribute.

snailgate

[Gob]

Hardly a waste, but you may want to bring plenty of tissue (at the risk of a Gob interjection).

****Says nothing, looks innocent****

[wesw]

hey BP!

another albert payson terhune fan?????

a miracle!

Treve was my favorite, but I read all that our library had too....

[MajGenl.Meade]

a Gob interjection

Mind's-eye bleach urgently needed

[oldr_n_wsr]

I always liked "A Boy and His Dog".

[RayThom]

Oh, no, this doesn't look good.

[BoSoxGal]

I saw that story but was skeptical; here's another take on it:

(CNN)"A Dog's Purpose" author W. Bruce Cameron is defending the movie against claims of animal mistreatment after he said he viewed additional footage from the incident portrayed in a leaked, now-viral video.

"I have since viewed footage taken of the day in question, when I wasn't there, and it paints an entirely different picture," he said in a statement via a representative and posted on the novel's official Facebook page. "The written commentary accompanying the edited video mischaracterizes what happened."

On Wednesday, TMZ published a video allegedly from the set of "A Dog's Purpose" showing a dog in apparent distress while filming a stunt in rushing water.
CNN was not been able to independently verify the video's authenticity.
The video's release led to calls for boycott from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and caused producer Amblin Entertainment and distributor Universal Pictures to cancel plans for the movie's upcoming Los Angeles premiere event.
American Humane, an organization that ensures the safety and well being of animals used in film and TV productions, also placed an on-set monitor on leave following the unauthorized release of the video.
Cameron said he found the video "to be shocking because when I was on set, the ethic of everyone was the safety and comfort of the dogs."
Cameron said the additional footage from earlier in the day in question shows Hercules, the dog in the video, "joyfully jumping in the pool."
"When he was asked to perform the stunt from the other side of the pool, which was not how he had been doing it all day, he balked," Cameron wrote. "The mistake was trying to dip the dog in the water to show him it was okay -- the water wasn't his issue, it was the location that was the issue, and the dog happily did the stunt when he was allowed to return to his original spot."
At one point in the video released by TMZ, Hercules' head appeared to go under water and led one unidentified person on set to hurriedly call for the director to stop filming.
Cameron admits he "didn't like it when Hercules' head briefly went under water," but "there was a scuba diver and a trainer in the pool to protect him."
"[Hercules] loves the water, wasn't in danger, and wasn't upset," Cameron said.
He added: "On a movie where the mantra was the safety and comfort of the dogs, mistakes were made, and everything needs to be done to make sure those errors are not repeated. But the reason American Humane certifies that no animals were harmed during the making of the film is that no animals were harmed during the making of the film."
Amblin and Universal on Thursday had said their own "in-depth" review of the edited footage was taking place, but that they "continue to support this film, are incredibly proud of it."
"While we are all disheartened by the appearance of an animal in distress, everyone has assured us that Hercules the German Shepherd was not harmed throughout the filmmaking," the companies said.
"A Dog's Purpose," based on the book by Cameron, follows the story of a dog named Bailey (Josh Gad) over five decades as he experiences multiple owners and forms and "finds the meaning of his own existence" in the process, according to press materials.
Cameron, who is also co-wrote the film, questioned the timing of the video's release.
"If the people who shot and edited the video thought something was wrong, why did they wait fifteen months to do anything about it, instead of immediately going to the authorities?" his statement said.
He added: "I celebrate animal rescue and am proud of the values that show up in 'A Dog's Purpose.'"
The movie is due in theaters January 27.
CNN's David Daniel contributed to this story.

[Burning Petard]

"At one point in the video released by TMZ, Hercules' head appeared to go under water and led one unidentified person on set to hurriedly call for the director to stop filming.
Cameron admits he "didn't like it when Hercules' head briefly went under water," but "there was a scuba diver and a trainer in the pool to protect him."

Too damn many 'animal lovers' who don't know the animals.

My last dog was a female German Wire Haired Pointer. Weighted 60 pounds and died at age 14 of brain tumor. This is a breed that is part of a type hunting dogs known as 'continental' Most of these breeds are from Germany or Poland. They typically are also called 'hard' meaning they do not respond well to traditional 'forced' training that hunters used for generations with American and English breeds. They have a great deal of natural abilities and training for the 'hard' breeds tries to exploit that natural ability. The GWP is supposed to be a generalist, good for hunting anything. Mine was--except she was lousy with rabbits. She also taught herself to swim, watching other dogs playing in a shallow creek with some deep holes. She also had no trouble actually putting her head under water and going down to retrieve stuff from the bottom in 6-8 foot deep water.

The account of the German Shepherd looks to me like the dog was over-trained to do particular things. It only wanted to jump in from one position. There must has been stuff on the other side that spooked the dog. Demonstrating to me the dog lacked self confidence and the dog's narrow trust of the trainer.

I bought a used copy of the book and found it just too sappy--seemed to me to be blatantly working an idea from "Art of Racing in the Rain'
by Stein. Now there is a book that has almost everything--dogs and sports car races. Just needed some international spies.

I am not looking to watch this movie. Not because of the way it was made, but the execution. I think it is probably a movie not worth my time in terms of my entertainment value.

snailgate

[wesw]

gosh, I d like to tell you about Tasha, BP.....

not enough time to type it all.....

she was a black, half lab who would retrieve until she died..., but was an excellent general hunter too, in the field.

I trained her with hand signals and if she saw me give the sit signal from a hundred yards away she would sit.

she climbed trees and fences (I taught her to climb a very old peach tree as she grew up), ran rabbits and would walk at heel... and would spot point at quail naturally

she was also the best Frisbee dog that I have ever seen, she could fly.... I clocked her at 35 MPH

my dog now is a good dog, half lab half border collie, smart as hell and all collie at heart, but no where need the athlete that Tasha was....

when I was researching dogs before I got cocoa, my current dog, I came across a breed called the Carolina dog, they are mostly yeller dogs (some are black), with a fish hook at the end of their tails.

they are amazing, and remind me of Tasha.....

Carolina dogs are thought to an indian breed that were set free or just left, as they ran free anyway, by their native owner s as they were kicked of their land.

they are found in a swamp, Greenbriar swamp maybe, I believe that there are still some running wild, but many were caught and are being bred and sold by serious breeders.

I believe that they still catch them now and then... they have mixed some with European dogs but not too much.

the main guy who started it all, wrote a lot about it

i think he is still alive....

i recommend googling Carolina dog to any dog lover

[wesw]

yeller dogs were still common around here when I was young, all the country folk seemed to have a yeller dog of some shape....

I believe that they were remnants and mixture of indian and European breeds...

the lower shore was one of the few places in the country where Indians and colonists integrated and
where the Indians remained in their original home areas and large numbers assimilated

the Indians from upper DE (lewes DE) suffered so horribly.....

The delaware Indians: A History by weslager is where I got a lot of info, it is a great scholarly type of book

also, mostly when I was younger, you could see it in the face and the hair of many folks around here. the population has increased greatly and the homogenous culture is mostly lost, some rural areas remain basically unchanged

[oldr_n_wsr]

At one point in the video released by TMZ, Hercules' head appeared to go under water and led one unidentified person on set to hurriedly call for the director to stop filming.

My dog (black lab) will go under water to retrieve anything I throw into the water.

I knew a dachshund that would stand on the dock looking into the water and when it saw a fish, dove in, swam underwater and sometimes even came back up with the fish in his mouth.

As long as the dog wasn't purposely "dunked", there was little danger or abuse.

[BoSoxGal]

There's a whole awesome book of photos called Underwater Dogs - many dogs love water!

[Big RR]

I've seen some of those pictures--I always thought they were photoshopped.

[BoSoxGal]

I think someone (Gob?) posted about the book here a while back, or I saw it on Facebook.

These images are the handiwork of award winning photographer Seth Casteel, who has captured the moment the water dogs break through the surface of the water to stunning effect. The result is a collection of over 80 portraits, as Casteel seeks to capture a unique side to man’s best friend. Here are a selection of those photographs including Rocco, who is a 7-year-old Boston terrier

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... steel.html

[Big RR]

You learn something evry day.

thanks BSG.