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These two things are absolutely INEXCUSABLE and should NEVER have happened. As with the TMZ video that you saw, two things were evident: 1) the dog handler tries to force the dog, for 35 to 40 seconds, into the water when, clearly, he didn’t want to go in and 2) in a separate take filmed sometime later, the dog did go into the water, on his own, and, at the end, his head is submerged for about 4 seconds.
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Last Thursday, I went to Amblin’s office and watched all the film shot on the day in question, as well as saw video from the trainers and still photographs. He claims to have viewed the footage, admits that it shouldn’t have happened and says that the Humane society was on set as well. He opens with the “some of my best friends are dogs/I’m vegan” excuse but he sounds genuine about it. Finally someone associated with the film recognizes that the way Hercules was treated is unacceptable. The movie’s producer, Gavin Polone, has a new essay in The Hollywood Reporter. Bruce Cameron, tried to explain that Hercules just didn’t like that location and that it worked out fine later. Also, the co-screenwriter of A Dog’s Purpose, W. Even though they couldn’t shoot the scene they were forceful and cruel to the dog and no one stepped in on Hercules’ behalf. This was a poor excuse after we saw the handler shove Hercules in the water and grab him by the collar despite how much he resisted. Instead they issued a somewhat defiant explanation, stating that the German Shepherd, Hercules, was fine, that he had rehearsed that scene multiple times and he just didn’t want to do it that day, and that the scene didn’t end up getting shot at the time. That sounds counter productive, because they could have used that opportunity to say they were sorry and that this never should have happened. They also canceled the entire press junket. The film is out this coming weekend and due to the public outcry, including PETA’s call for a boycott, they made the decision to cancel the premiere. Last week TMZ posted a disturbing video of a German Shepherd on the set of A Dog’s Purpose being shoved and forced into a pool of churning water by a handler.