Reel Dogs

Tag: family movies

  • Australian Shepherd

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    The Australian Shepherd is the Sancho Panza and Dulcinea of the movie dog world. The sidekick or love interest, there only to support the main dogs or humans. Although there are hardly any starring roles for Aussies, fans will be glad to know they are prolific in Hollywood and beyond, including famous canine stars of…

  • Cocker Spaniel

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    Page under construction! With apologies to American, English, and Working Cocker Spaniel fanciers, they must all share a page here on Reel Dogs simply because not all the leads we get describe which breed is featured in a given film. In older movies, the lines also blur, when the English and American types where not…

  • American Bulldog

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    The American Bulldog stepped in during the early 1990s to help fill the gap left by the gradual vanishing of bully breeds represented as family-friendly companions in film. While Pit Bulls and Staffordshire Bull Terrier types were one of the gold standards of canine actors since the 1910s, the American Bulldog updated this look,  as well…