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Jan 01, 2016breemu rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
NOT for children. Some great depictions of the mundane of caring for a pet. But also a troubling film, and a little creepy. The attitudes regarding animals, and the author's obsession with having his dog experience sex (perhaps because of his own utter lack of it?) along with his complete lack of forethought for the puppies it would inevitably produce. In spite of all the time (and much of the film) spent trying to get his dog laid, and his pride at having "saved" Tulip from what he deemed an unhappy life, he in turn abandoned all her puppies to quite likely the same fate, or worse. In the end, even with all the rather fun and lighthearted animation, it was really just a very sad commentary on how one pet owner's own neurosis and complete self-absorption (in this case a disdain of people for not meeting his standards of perfect servility, and the resultant fixation on Tulip as the "ideal friend" in their stead) turned a young and rambunctious but highly trainable, intelligent and sensitive German Shepherd into a stressed out, dangerous animal who knew her role, really, was just to keep other people away from the author. The whole sordid mess was summed up pretty early in the film by the only veterinarian that could handle Tulip (and the same can be said about many dogs and their owners), "Tulip's a good girl, I saw that at once - YOU are the trouble".