Eyewitnesses report that the dog wanted to go back in the water. “During the last scene, handlers immediately assisted the dog out of the water, at which point he was placed in a warming tent and received an examination that found no signs of stress. “The dog was selected for his love of the water, and had been professionally trained and conditioned for the water scenes over the course of six weeks, using positive training techniques,” the news release from American Humane states. It says the dog was not forced to swim in the water at any time. The minute-long clip showed a trainer trying to put a resistant German shepherd named Hercules into a turbulent pool and the dog scrambling out.Ī subsequent scene showed the dog becoming submerged in the water for several seconds as trainers shout “Stop!”Īmerican Humane says the investigation confirmed preliminary findings that the two scenes shown in the edited video were filmed at different times and that the first scene was stopped after the dog showed signs of stress.
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A video that appeared to show a frightened German shepherd being forced to swim during filming of A Dog’s Purpose was misleading, according to the watchdog organization that certifies that “no animals were harmed” during TV and movie shoots.Īmerican Humane says in a news release that an independent, third-party investigation into the film, which took place in Winnipeg in 2015, determined the video was “deliberately edited for the purpose of misleading the public and stoking outrage.”
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