# How often does the dog die? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 27, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847 "2024-04-27T18:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/21 "2024-04-27T20:15:57Z")
I think there is a site for this called “does the dog die” about animals getting killed in film? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/22 "2024-04-27T20:18:01Z")
Oh. Lord. I forgot that one. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/23 "2024-04-27T20:20:41Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w7tqVEdyteg/maxresdefault.jpg "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (8/10) Movie CLIP - Backyard Dino (1997) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7tqVEdyteg) Dog barks at dinosaur. Dinosaur eats dog. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/24 "2024-04-27T20:23:35Z")
What a buzz kill. Don’t name your new puppy Buzz, guys 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/25 "2024-04-27T20:24:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Turner & Hooch_, the dog dies saving Tom Hanks. The knockoff version of this, K-9, had Jim Belushi. Except, although shot, the dog lives! ---
**Author:** ![Turki-lurki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turki-lurki/32/7168_2.png) [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/26 "2024-04-27T21:17:20Z")
Cried about Old Yeller. Cried about Sounder. Saw them both when I was over 30. Both great movies. Cannot speak for the general public, but I as an elderly southern cracker I consider movies where the dog dies to be relentless downers. My wife told me about a book she just read where the octopus dies. I won’t read it. If they make a movie of it, I won’t watch. Animals deserve to win in the long run… ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/27 "2024-04-27T21:26:44Z")
_Cujo_ doesn’t survive. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/28 "2024-04-27T21:32:38Z")
Chekov’s Dog. If a dog is shown early in the movie, the dog will die before the end. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/29 "2024-04-27T21:37:13Z")
I was just about to mention the Jurassic Park doghouse scene. Dogs don’t fare well in a couple of Wes Anderson movies. Snoopy the fox terrier in Moonrise Kingdom comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/30 "2024-04-27T21:42:06Z")
Surprised it’s been this long without a mention of John Wick. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/31 "2024-04-27T21:43:15Z")
In _All Dogs Go to Heaven_, a number of dogs die or have died. We even get a glimpse of doggy hell! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/32 "2024-04-27T21:44:07Z")
Which seems contradictory, given the title of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/33 "2024-04-27T22:00:11Z")
I know, right!? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/34 "2024-04-27T22:20:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Dogs don’t fare well in a couple of Wes Anderson movies. Snoopy the fox terrier in Moonrise Kingdom comes to mind. Anderson’s partner-in-crime Noah Baumbach _almost_ killed off a dog in **Greenberg**. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/35 "2024-04-27T22:20:59Z")
It all turns out alright by the end of Homeward Bound, but it still makes me cry just thinking about it. “It was too far. He was just too old…” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/36 "2024-04-27T22:54:39Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Surprised it’s been this long without a mention of John Wick. Post 11, obliquely. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/37 "2024-04-27T23:23:28Z")
Right. I avoid any book with a dog on the cover, or prominently mentioned. The Knife of Never Letting Go really ambushed me. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/38 "2024-04-27T23:40:58Z")
_A Fish Called Wanda_ does a triple canine delifeination. But it’s for laughs, so that’s okay. 😉 In checking on this I found a site sort of dedicated to this topic: [https://www.doesthedogdie.com/](https://www.doesthedogdie.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/39 "2024-04-27T23:53:24Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > In checking on this I found a site sort of dedicated to this topic: [https://www.doesthedogdie.com/](https://www.doesthedogdie.com/) Yup, came in here to mention that site. Not only does it tell you if a dog dies, but all sorts of other things people care about in movies (I check it for cat deaths and onscreen vomiting, which I’d prefer not to watch). I’m glad it’s there. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847/40 "2024-04-28T00:40:29Z")
I’ll mention Jurassic Bark. > **[Jurrasic Bark Ending.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3PWHxoT_E%2F)** > > This one hits me home pretty hard as a dog lover.. arghhhh im getting soft in my old age.-~- ~~-~~~ -~~-~-Please watch: "Destiny 2 - We Need 4 Player Strikes."... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847.md?page=3)