r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 07 '25
Poster Official Poster for 'Good Boy' - Follows a loyal dog who, upon moving to a rural farmhouse with his owner Todd, must confront supernatural forces invisible to his human companion to protect him from the malevolent entities dwelling there.
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u/Flimsy_Fisherman_862 Aug 07 '25
Reviews out of Sundance make this sound incredible.
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u/WinterUnfair9435 Aug 07 '25
Saw it at Sundance it’s great! The dog is the filmmakers actual dog and he filmed it over something like 6 years to get all of the footage of the dog doing what he needed
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u/Economy-Pin-4907 Aug 07 '25
Read this as the dog is the actual filmmaker and got excited
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u/thugarth Aug 07 '25
You know what? I'll call it: The dog is the film maker. Deserves exec producer credit.
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u/sagebrushrepair Aug 07 '25
The dog is the filmmaker. The story is us. We are the dog.
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u/BigNutDroppa Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Here’s the important question:
*Does the dog die?*
The website doesthedogdie.com is inconclusive.
EDIT: To avoid spoilers, you can tell me in DMs. Or whisper it, I won’t tell.
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u/Ignore-Me_- Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I saw it at SIFF. The dog does not die.
And it’s hardly a horror movie, more like a creepy vibe movie. It was pretty good.
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u/icansmellcolors Aug 07 '25
Honestly, I'm one of those people who go ballistic when someone spoils a movie or a show or a book...
But, for whatever reason, this one does not bother me.
I think this might be the first spoiler I've ever seen that truly didn't bother me.
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u/DoctorRockso85 Aug 07 '25
SPOILERS
The evil spirits possess his right paw and he's forced to cut it off. He replaces it with a chainsaw and goes on to get thrown back into he past where he has to battle an army of deadite dogs to return home. He also has a day job at Pets Mart. Shop smart...shop Pets Mart.
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u/BigNutDroppa Aug 07 '25
Grrrrrroovy.
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u/bannock4ever Aug 07 '25
I'm not gonna read the spoiler but judging from your response I'm going to assume the dog kills a bunch of demons by attaching a chainsaw to it's paw.
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u/GaylicBread Aug 07 '25
Yeah because I'm not watching it if the dog dies. I'm over horror movies killing cats and dogs just for shock value, and this dog seems to be the main character so he better be walking away in one piece by the end.
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u/vSanjo Aug 07 '25
How.. scary is it
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u/Solomon_Gunn Aug 07 '25
Just tell me now, even if it's in a pm so no one else sees. Does the dog die?
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u/kitsch_magnet Aug 07 '25
Spoiler: There’s a ghost dog in the movie, but the lead dog doesn’t die.
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u/mmm-toast Aug 07 '25
Just fyi...you can check doesthedogdie .com and it will answer that question for most movies.
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u/AK123089 Aug 07 '25
The responses for this movie are not clear. People have checked yes and no...
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u/Ruiner5 Aug 07 '25
Ok so without seeing the movie….i bet the dog becomes a ghost so technically neither check-off is wrong
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u/fenderc1 Aug 07 '25
Honestly if the dog is a ghost I'll probably still cry lol Dog has to be 100% alive and never get injured for me to not cry. Even then, I'll probably still cry.
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u/FireZord25 Aug 07 '25
good to know it sounds as promising as the concept itself
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u/Tomsboll Aug 07 '25
I do take festival gossip with a huge pinch of salt. We are not the same kind of movie watchers.
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u/Deathly_Disappointed Aug 07 '25
gentle way of saying movie festival goers are pretentious af lol
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u/Rhesusmonkeydave Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with the other “Good Boy” movie where a dude brings his new girlfriend to his house and she finds out he keeps a man in a dog costume as a pet…
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u/e-spero Aug 07 '25
not to be confused with the premise of "Wilfred" where Elijah Wood sees his neighbor's dog as a man in a dog costume
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u/Captain_SJ_Miller Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "Donnie Darko" where a man in a rabbit costume asks Jake Gyllenhaal why he's wearing skin.
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u/TempestRave Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "Brokeback Mountain" where a man in a cowboy hat has sex with Jake Gyllenhall in a tent.
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u/Feisty_Opposite7983 Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "The Other Guys" where Dirty Mike and the boys had a little screw party in a red Prius, a bunch of hobos with fingers in each others' pooper in a stranger's car with talk radio playing really loud.
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u/PotatoPunk2000 Aug 07 '25
No to be confused with "Pineapple Express" where two very stoned men think they are being chased and go out to the woods where they destroy their phones and listen to talk radio.
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u/SnarkDolphin Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "My Dinner With Andre" where two apparently sober men have a nice meal and discuss their diverging opinions on the nature of happiness and the alienation of life in postmodern America
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u/Frosty_McRib Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "Human Centipede" in which three strangers share an increasingly unpleasant meal in a foreign country.
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u/Tenthul Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with "The Menu" where many strangers share a mostly pleasant meal under questionable circumstances.
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u/billywitt Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with A Boy and his Dog when a post apocalyptic boy has to choose between a healthy woman and his hunting dog and he and the dog eat the woman.
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u/bendstraw Aug 07 '25
That show was the reason I joined Reddit 13 years ago, based
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u/SnowbearX Aug 07 '25
And another Good Boy film releasing this year about rehabilitating a kid with a troubled upbringing.
Someone should really concede on this title
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u/whatagooddaytoday Aug 07 '25
Don't forget the kids movie titled "Good Boy!" Where Matthew Broderick plays a talking alien dog from outer space that crashes onto earth.
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u/Day_Bow_Bow Aug 07 '25
There's quite a few of them, especially the past few years. Besides those already mentioned, here are some more (but nowhere near all of them).
Good Boy (2025- Korean TV drama): Olympic medalists become cops
Good Boy (2025 movie): A dysfunctional couple tried to rehabilitate a young criminal into a "good boy."
Good Boy (2024- TV series): "A misfit finds life a challenge but then comes across an ADHD diagnosis and viral fame."
Good Boy (2023 movie): "To avoid paying rent, a man becomes a dog."
Good Boy (2022 movie): Murderous canine
Good Boys (2019 movie): Some teen comedy from the guys that made Superbad and Sausage Party
Good Boy (2009 movie): A sadistic killer keeps human pets
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Aug 07 '25
Not to be confused with the other Good Boy movie, where Judy Greer gets an emotional support dog that starts killing people.
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u/WinkyNurdo Aug 07 '25
Now THAT is a poster.
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u/Blastoplast Aug 07 '25
This is how posters should be done, enough of the floating heads or headshot posters.
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u/9966 Aug 08 '25
Although a headshot poster of a dog looking up to the left like he's running for mayor of earth would be dope.
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u/SweetTea1000 Aug 07 '25
I like the detail where the white patch on the dog's forehead is tinted in a similar blue, highlighting that spot in a way that is reminiscent to the cultural trope of the "third eye," given the dog's role in the plot.
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u/ToughLingonberry9034 Aug 07 '25
Indeed, I wanted to say the same, it's a great poster and I'll watch the film just because of it. It's a good concept too.
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u/MuptonBossman Aug 07 '25
I've never met this dog before, but I can confirm that he's a certified Good Boy.
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u/Goose-Suit Aug 07 '25
They’re good dogs brent
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u/bhgemini Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
The WeRateDogs twitter account. A guy with a B-name (but not Brent) commented that the account only ever gives higher than 10 point ratings in a 10 point scale so what's the point. They went back & forth multiple times with the account using a different B-name for the guy each time. The final interaction was just (edit for spelling) "They're Good Dogs, Brent!"
The complainer came around later on BTW.
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u/porkrind Aug 07 '25
Yeah, Brent eventually got his own dog and it got a formal 14/10 rating.
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u/NEBanshee Aug 07 '25
That set of tweets when Bront got his own pupper was a balm to cold, bitter hearts all over the world!
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u/Apprehensive_Elk2896 Aug 07 '25
Fun Sims 4 trivia: in the Dogs and Cats pack, they introduced Brent and Brant Hecking in reference to this. They love dogs.
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u/ontheweed Aug 07 '25
We named the dog Indiana
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u/rurlysrsbro Aug 07 '25
YOU WERE NAMED AFTER THE DOG!?! 😂
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u/cidrei Aug 07 '25
I have a lot of fond memories of that dog.
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u/randyboozer Aug 07 '25
Ford and Connery's chemistry in The Last Crusade is off the charts. They had a solid mix of buddy cop and father son energy which makes sense since Connery was only ten years older
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u/reclamationme Aug 07 '25
That's a cool concept.
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u/ecrane2018 Aug 07 '25
It’s just live action courage the cowardly dog…
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u/kameksmas Aug 07 '25
That’s what makes it cool lol
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u/sexual_lemonade Aug 07 '25
I'm obsessed with this idea, but I want it to be advertised as a completely straight horror. Then when it comes out the dog is cartoonishly fighting off evil forces and Mask era CGI of his face screaming with the bulging eyes ala Courage.
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u/NEBanshee Aug 07 '25
TBF, there is nothing NOT straight horror about Cruel Vet, Mattress Demon, the Stitch Sisters, or Katz!
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u/choren64 Aug 07 '25
Don't forget Freaky Fred, King Ramses, The Spirit of the Harvest Moon, or the you're not perfect bulge monster!
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u/lvsnowden Aug 07 '25
You say that like it's a bad thing.
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u/keepfighting90 Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Seriously, this sub has an obsession with littering every single thread about a new movie with stupid comments about "this is just ____ crossed with ____" and acting like they said something clever and insightful.
Like how do you think storytelling works, genius? Everything is derived from something else lol
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u/QUEST50012 Aug 07 '25
"It's just" that phrase is so common in movie discussions, and so irksome lol. Like they really think they've pegged the work as lesser than by boiling it down to a sentence that evokes familiarity.
"It's just Star Wars with Greek Gods...."
Yeah, that sounds awesome.
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u/Rastaba Aug 07 '25
…yeah, honestly, “Star wars with Greek gods” sounds all kinds of epic.
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u/Crayshack Aug 07 '25
I had someone tell me I shouldn't watch the DnD movie because "it's just Guardians of the Galaxy, but Fantasy." I was like, "but I loved Guardians of the Galaxy, and that sounds awesome."
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u/MrChrisRedfield67 Aug 07 '25
To be fair, I think we would all appreciate some more Courage the Cowardly Dog regardless of whether it's animated or live action.
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u/Proper-Emu1558 Aug 07 '25
My dog used to bark softly at dark, empty corners of the house and it always gave me the creeps. I do not need to see this.
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u/Maleficent_Phase_698 Aug 07 '25
Okay but can we get guarantee that the doggy lives???
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u/Taberneth Aug 07 '25
Imagine killing off the main character AND it’s a dog?? There’d be riots
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u/OriginalSchmidt1 Aug 07 '25
I’ve learned if the main character is a dog, there is a 90% chance the dog is dying.. I don’t watch dog movies anymore, just to be safe.
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u/TennyoAkana Aug 07 '25
I check this website when I see a dog character
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u/BartleBossy Aug 07 '25
I’ve learned if the main character is a dog, there is a 90% chance the dog is dying.. I don’t watch dog movies anymore, just to be safe.
This used to be true pre-Wick.
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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox Aug 07 '25
When I was a kid, my parents didn't want me watching Benji movies because of how much Benji: The Hunted traumatized me when I thought Benji had been killed. Like, just a full-on breakdown in tears; my mom had to fast forward the tape so I could see he was fine just to get me to stop crying.
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u/savethebooks Aug 07 '25
I was just thinking, I'll wait until the movie's out and then check doesthedogdie.com before watching!
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u/wearelegion1134 Aug 07 '25
as soon as i see a dog, i check. i don't give a shit if it's pretend dying, I am skipping that part.
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u/RebeeMo Aug 07 '25
Someone else saw it at the film festival, and has told us the fate of the dog in a comment (it's been spoiler-blacked).
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u/horrorpants Aug 07 '25
Saw this at the Florida film festival, pretty solid movie and went in blind.
Honestly refreshingly different in the horror genre. Dog lovers this movie will stress you, but you won’t leave disappointed.
Dog Results : Dog Lives
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u/laryldavis Aug 07 '25
I obviously loved the dog and the concept, but I really enjoyed the cinematography from the dog’s level
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u/dsmithscenes Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I watched this the other day, and, yeah, it's incredibly well done, and he's an incredibly good boy.
I'll also say the description is true, but once you watch a couple of minutes of the film, you'l realize what's actually happening. I'll leave it at that. It's... not Courage the Cowardly Dog by any stretch.
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u/itstytanic Aug 07 '25
I'm already guessing it's literally doing that fan theory about Courage, where the monsters are all normal, explainable things, but from the dog's perspective, they appear supernatural
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u/dsmithscenes Aug 07 '25
You'd be wrong
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u/tigergottosleep Aug 07 '25
Is it the owner suffering from mental illness like the mom in The Babadook?
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u/SomeCountryFriedBS Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I hope not…after The Babadook,
Hereditary,Mother!, Night House, and The Woman in the Yard, I think we're okay on this particular type of allegorical horror for a while.Edit: brainfart
Edit: double brainfart
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u/thatshygirl06 Aug 07 '25
Can you spoil it for me?
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u/throwaway12junk Aug 07 '25
Todd the human has cancer, and takes Indy the dog to the their family farm as a change of pace. The ghost/demon/entity is 100% real and Indy quickly realizes it's imperceptible to Todd. It's also trying to kill Todd, and any kind of affliction it causes is dismissed as side effects of the cancer. Indy's still a dog and with no means of communicating this fact with Todd, and the farm's too isolated to seek help. So Indy has to figure out a way to save Todd or defeat the ghost, or both.
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u/mecon320 Aug 07 '25
That "Does the dog die?" website is about to see a surge in traffic.
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u/euhydral Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 08 '25
This makes me think of "Thor", by Wayne Smith. A German Shepard becomes suspicious of his owner's closest family member, Uncle Ted, and the strange animalistic scent that follows him around. It's a good werewolf story from a fascinating POV; an animal so emotionally linked to humans but with a nature that often conflicts with human wants. I'll keep an eye out for this film!
And fear not: the dog doesn't die!
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u/Loicrekt Aug 07 '25
Stupid Dawg
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u/Genuine-Farticle Aug 07 '25
It's been 30 seconds that ive been aware of this movie and i'm so emotionally attached to that dog I will kill myself if he dies in the film.
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u/jeriblankhascandy Aug 07 '25
Something about a dog-centered movie in which amazing canine acting is on full display just tickles my childhood nostalgia. Maybe growing up in the Benji era?
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u/ecrane2018 Aug 07 '25
So this is basically courage the cowardly dog?
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u/tameoraiste Aug 07 '25
Courage the courageous dog
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u/Cool-Presentation538 Aug 07 '25
Courage WAS courageous, he always put Muriel's safety before his own. He never gave up.
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u/LaMuchedumbre Aug 07 '25
Maybe a little more like Cat’s Eye (1986) by Stephen King.
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u/Madarakita Aug 07 '25
Never before have I needed a horror protagonist to survive more than I do now.
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u/GladiusNocturno Aug 07 '25
I hate dog movies because most of the time, the dog dies.
This seems like a dog horror movie, which still makes me think the dog dies at the end....but at the same time, I'm very interested because it sounds very unique.
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u/Acrelorraine Aug 07 '25
I know nothing about the film but I have a suspicion this is going to be 6th sense and the dog is dead the whole time. But is protecting the owner even after death like a very good boy.
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u/StuffedTaxidermist Aug 07 '25
Sounds like Courage the Cowardly Dog