Reel Dogs

Tag: Wild dogs

  • Dog of the Wild

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    ✯ Heroes of the Northwest ✯ Since the first major Hollywood movies casting dogs in the starring roles, like Baree, Son of Kazan (1918) and The Silent Call (1921), the dog of the wilderness concept became ubiquitous with dog movies and canine movie stars. Strongheart, Rin-Tin-Tin, Peter the Great, and nearly all of the early…

  • Dingo

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    The wild dog of Australia, the dingo is not known for acting abilities. Feelings against them run high in their native land, as exemplified in the few films in which they appear, where they are sheep-chasers, human-hunters, and even baby-killers. The only hero dingo ever in a live-action feature film, Buckley’s Chance (below), is not…

  • Coyote

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    The coyote is one of North America’s most persecuted mammals, relentlessly hunted, trapped, and poisoned to this day. They are also one of the most adaptable and intelligent. In the 1960s and 1970s Walt Disney Pictures made a series of coyote films with their animal trainers’ socialized coyotes which highlighted both this persecution and unique…