PSA: DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE !

I've seen A Dog's Purpose and probably this one too, and I agree. Good, but have the tissues ready.

I refuse to watch any movie where the dog dies. That’s why I love doesthedogdie.com

Years ago, I got cornered into watching Eight Below, having no idea what it was about. Talk about traumatizing. And I had recently lost one of my dogs. That movie still gives me nightmares.

I love that Does The Dog Die website! I use it for books mostly, and it has saved me from continuing a book where it turns out the dog does die.  

And, I think I'll pass on this movie. 

I loved the movie! I read all the books by W Bruce Cameron so I sort of knew how the movie would go. I thought the dogs were great and it really did follow the plot of the book. Yes, heartbreaking. But one I'll watch again and again when I come across it.

Ever since I saw Old Yeller as a child, I’ve had a policy of no dog movies, even if the dog doesn’t die. I have been known to start crying if anyone even speaks the words Old Yeller. 

I refused to read that one as a novel with my class. I also got really choked up at Charlotte's web and skimmed that part as a read aloud. Where the Red Fern grows? No way.

I feel like Phoebe on Friends where she finds out how book Old Yeller ends and get a bit dramatic. 

I love that there is a site to let you know if a dog dies in a movie. I didn't know there was such a thing.

I'm still traumatized by the cartoon I saw as a kid, "Snoopy Come Home," and can remember the theme song and everything. Cried and cried that Snoopy was lost. Can't do anything with dogs dying or getting lost or sick. Nope!

What a sweet movie! I always love a good tearjerker, especially those with happy endings. I'd love to know how they made this movie. I'm guessing "Big Kitten" was all computer generated? The scenes on the frozen pond had me literally LOLing. And I'd love to know how they trained the dog to walk on 3 legs at the end - she was a good actress!

Overall, this movie is way more sweet than sad. Yes, there are sad parts, but in the end, all is well. The stories of who the dog meets, human & otherwise, along the course of the story really are well told. This is the kind of movie my kids & I would have watched on our Friday night pizza & movie night years ago. Instead, I texted my 24 yr old & told her she has to watch it. My son, now that he's 20, nope, wouldn't like it. His 8 yr old self however would've been right there on the couch with me!

I’ve been using doesthedogdie.com for over a decade. Super grateful that site exists.

We watched A Dog’s Purpose shortly after my dog died. I made an on the spot decision because I felt pressured. Everyone was already seated in front of the TV and they kept telling me “you’ll like it”, “it’ll make you feel better”.

They were so very WRONG! Watching a movie about a reincarnated dog living with several families did nothing to comfort me. I’d just lost my 18 year old dog that I’d had since he was a puppy and I was grieving. When my boyfriend got home after work he immediately questioned the movie choice. Then he sat there holding me because my eyes were swollen from crying. He also drove my bike home that night because I couldn’t look at the empty basket without bawling. I still miss my dog.

A gentleman from work highly recommended Hachi as a great family movie. So, we all sat down and watched one Sunday afternoon. We all cried and vowed NEVER to take another recommendation from him. Cried ugly.

Saw this meme and thought of this post:

"I can't watch a movie where a cat or a dog dies but I will watch a serial killer documentary where 27 people are murdered to relax me."

I don't watch true crime stuff but I'm sure some of you do.