Can't they leave the poor breed alone??

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Though it would be nice if Disney put a message at the end advising people to be responsible about getting a dog and if they do get a dog to go to a shelter, I'm frankly not going to condemn a movie studio for making a movie about Chis. Even if they are funny looking Chis (they do have to pick from the canine actors available).

Its a movie. It looks kinda funny. I'll probably rent it.

Its terrible that every time there is a movie/TV show/ad campaign/dog show winner, people go out and buy the breed from mills. That's true. But I'm not going to blame the studio/company/dog show for that, unless they have in some way actively advocated puppy milling. They have a right to make movies, shows, events about dogs, and I like to watch such things and so does much of the country. Frankly, Disney can't be responsible for nitwits who want Chihuahuas . . . though a letter campaign asking for a note about responsiblity after the credits might be nice.

And they often do use rescue animals that have been saved by trainers. At least one of the stars of Snow Dogs was a rescue.

As for movies about mutts . . . there are a few out there . . . but clearly, the joke here is that the star is a Chihuahua . . . from what I can gather, that's the whole point.

Exactly.
Yeah there probably will be a chi rush, but that's always gonna happen. Does this mean companies should stop making movies about dogs? i don't think so.
I just hope if people have the sense to go to a shelter or reputable breeder.
Frankly it's not the movies or Disney that sicken me, it's just naive people who will buy from BYBs and such.

Plus there is plenty of movies i can think of with mutts in them!


However, that point about the 'chihuahuas' in the film not looking like proper chi's is true, they look more like these...

The Podengo Portugueso Pequeno (Small Portuguese Hound)

What's up with that?