A Dog's Purpose [Blu-ray]

As I started to watch  A Dog's Purpose  I will be honest in that I did not know what to expect, I Just Heard of this movie a few days ago and then I get an e-mail from Amazon about New movies, when I opened the e-mail up the first and only thing I saw was the picture of the Dog. So I to watching it right away, I Laughed, I cried, I laughed, this movie had me on a Roller Coaster kind of a ride and through out the movie I kept thinking about my Dog Thor Who Passed away about 13 years ago in my arms, He was first Dog an Akita (picture Attached) you knew when he was walking or running with his BIG paws Thumping and is it at the end where I broke down. If only I thought to my self, I now I have a Jack Russell and he is my shadow, where I go in the house he is right behind me can't tell how many times I turned around and tripped over him, just like Baily in the this movie but he was much bigger. Where my Little White Gate Jack Russell is much smaller and quieter, and yes Just love your dog and live through his eyes, just roll with it if they do something they should not or get rambunctious, they just happy to be with ya and around ya and yes Play with ya. I learned the hard way and took things much to seriously with (Thor) was always working 50 to 80 hours a week and hardly took the time to really love and enjoy his company.And that is why this movie really hit home for me, It hit with a lot of What if's? I read in another review that there's book this movie was made from, I know there is no way a movie can be like a the book it would hours long and no way that people would sit through it, yet I feel they did a fairly good job compressing the book version down to a movie of this length, that is if the movie is base on a book? Even towards last few minutes and the very end it was so telling at what was going to happen, I could see it coming a mile away, but even with that in mind I can't fault the way it was done for time, some may say that it was rushed to get to the ending but at one hour and forty minutes, its a good length for a movie of this kind. I sure did like it and enjoyed it, I know that I put a fair amount of my own of life as Dog owner and lover, but it just mirrored things for me just a little bit with the silly things my Dog does and that is what this movie will do for Dog Lovers if you think about it after watching this movie, I'm sure many will find themselves thinking about their dog and what they have done.When I started watching the movie, my younger daughter "20 yr old" and I actually got in a bit of heat discussion, she started talking about how she saw "A / few" video(s) on you tube that the dogs were abused when making this movie. I paused the movie and had her show me what she saw, and so I took doing my own research that she failed to do, and It turned out that the video is not even two minutes long and a well known animal rights group started recruiting people to boycott this movie, and without the context of what was being shown in what looks like a short cell phone video clip. The truth is the trainers were told to something completely different from what the dog was trained for and it seems like either the producers or directors wanted to change things up. And when you have a dog trained for weeks and some times months then in mid stream you put that same dog in a completely different situation that it never trained for it will not want to or have a hard time doing so. So it turned out that is exactly what happened after reading the public statement from the company that was hired to work with and train the dogs, NOW this is something that I do know and understand very well.I spent many hours days and weeks training my dog(s) it's not easy and you have to take the time and make the effort to know when to push the training and when not to, not to mention once the dog is trained it will follow it's training, "keep in mind police and military dogs" they take the dogs from just about under 1 yr old and start working with and training them, and once they are certified to go in the field and ready to work at whey were trained for, they could be 2 + yrs old. And it's even longer for seeing eye dogs, not all or every dog will buck or change on the fly from it's predetermined training and that is what they tried to do and failed it, once they knew that they went back to what the dog was trained for, at this point I'm talking about the police dog part of this movie and it did involve water. And NO the dog did not get hurt in the water, it did just what it was trained to do and very well I might add, the dog did what I never saw a dog do or ever heard of doing, It really amazed me because I don't think I would have the courage to do what the dog did from where it did from it, well as it was shown in the movie that is.Lastly I would like to ad a little bit more of my story, when my younger daughter was born, with my wife home with my older special needs daughter and I was at work from 8 am to around 9pm or 11pm on many nights, my dog "Thor" slept under the bassinet of my younger daughter for around two weeks. And I never thought of even training him to do that he just did it, as told to me by my wife, not to mention on one occasion when I was very tired and dozed off on the sofa, my wife in the basement doing laundry. She had locked the from outer daughter, but some how my older special needs daughter took it upon herself to take "Thor" for a walk with he leash mind you and Thor stayed with never pulling or trying to run off, he stayed with her they walked side by side for a block and half, until my wife saw she was gone the front outer door open, and at this time "Thor" was about a yr and half old mind you.So, yes Dogs will amaze you, Daze you, make you laugh, make you cry, make you angry, frustrate you, but they will always Love you unconditionally, when you have good or bad days, and they will know and will always brighten your day when you least expect it. And surprise you when you least expect it, and this what the movie does, show you from the dogs eye view of what they could be or might be thinking or wanting to do to make you happy and give you love with licks on your face and at times right after they just finished grooming them selves and I will it at that, on that point that is. And keep the meat sticks well above the dogs head, I / we learned this a few times when our "White Gate" Jack Russell snatched a piece of food right out our hands when we least expected it, yes they can be very sneaky that is for sure.So When you watch this movie, remember to love and care for your dog, but on the same hand remember where is it and or doing as you watch this movie, because while this movie will make you laugh and and even shed a tear and give you a new view of how dogs look at you and want to be with you and love you, Well at least that is how I looked at it, with a hole new perspective. Sit back and enjoy the movie with the family.

This movie explaines it all, absolutely love it! Lost my dog Nov 22 and now I understand the journey

Love this family movie

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I've watched this movie twice. the second time it hit me the worst. I just lost my oldest child 11/16/22. I am a mom of 4 who raised her kids to love and respect my Lexa (golden doodle) she was the oldest sister my fav child and I cant begin to explain how much I miss her.

One of the best films I've ever seen even if i normally don't like dramas. This one is perfect

A greta movie that is going to hit the feels everytime. Everytime including each portion of the movie individually. I recommend a watch buddy(human, pet, or plushie is up to you), a box of tissues, and ice cream. Follows the book well, inclusing some harder themes to translate from page to screen. Definitely watching the second one soon.

My daughter and I loved this movie.

Me encantó la presentación además me llego con Slipcover!Una gran película para todos los que amamos a nuestros perros.

Lloré, como debe de ser. El producto llegó en tiempo y forma.

Me encantó

かわいい犬たちの姿、どの犬に生まれ変わっても飼い主を思う気持ちなど、愛犬に照らし合わせて、涙があふれました。また、カナダの美しい風景が観ていて大変心地よかったです。

こころが揺さぶられる映画でした。愛犬がより愛おしくなりました