# Please tell me Echo got a home! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682 "2008-02-07T16:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/1 "2008-02-07T16:03:10Z")
I keep seeing this Pedigree commercial with a dog, Echo, in a run at a shelter. As David Duchovny talks about all the dogs that don’t get adopted from shelters Echo is laying quietly at the back of a run and then jumps up and runs to the front of the kennel as two people stop and look at her and then walk away. She continues to watch them with this happy look on her face but it subtly changes to a more confused look as the people don’t come back. Okay, so maybe I am anthropomorphizing but you can almost hear the dog’s thinking processes; “Hi! Are you talking me home?!” “Um … where are you going?” “You’re coming back, right?” “right?” … “Hello” “Anybody?” And dammit I get teary every time I see it. I am a Veterinary Technician and have been for about 25 years. I work with animals all the time, I have rescued many dogs and cats over the years and helped find them new homes. I’ve seen many others that could not be adopted out but I cry at that darned commercial! So I had to know if Echo got adopted or is a professional dog actor they used for the commercial so I did a search. Apparently I wasn’t the only one worried about Echo judging by the hits I got on google for “echo pedigree commercial dog”. Anyway, I found a couple comments saying that Echo was adopted in November. But I just saw the commercial and got teary again. That dog needs to get an Oscar or something. I can’t watch videos on my dial up but google says [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODC5e3AEa8) should be the one I am referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/2 "2008-02-07T16:08:03Z")
There’s a worse one with Sarah McLachlan singing, and lots of pictures of abused/neglected pets, and then she goes into her pitch for donating to the Humane Society to help save all of these animals. It’s a pretty long commercial too, maybe a minute or so, and I always get a lump in my throat when it comes on. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/3 "2008-02-07T16:10:32Z")
That Echo commercial also brings tears to my eyes every time, even though I _knew_ that dog would be adopted the second the commercial hit the air if he wasn’t an actor. And that Humane Society commercial with Sarah McLachlan singing? I can’t even watch it, it’s so heartbreaking. But I also want to run to my phone every time it comes on (which is a _lot_ on BBC America, unfortunately) and donate to the Humane Society. Why do they have to make such effective commercials, darn them?!? \ ETA: Yes, I saw one report that Echo was adopted Nov. 3 from a shelter in Los Angeles, and is now with a loving family. Whew!! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/4 "2008-02-07T16:13:36Z")
Sorry, it was the ASPCA. [Here’s the commercial.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYocy_DN60) And you’re right, I think I’ve been catching it on BBC America as well. The one I linked to is two minutes long, no wonder it feels like a long commercial! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/5 "2008-02-07T16:20:26Z")
**Wile E** - Last year Pedigree ran similar ads - "My name is Oliver, and I’m a _good dog! And I just want to go home._ Darned ads make me tear up just thinking about them. And make me wonder if maybe I could make a space for a 6th dog (I can’t). StG ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/6 "2008-02-07T16:22:37Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] **Wile E** - Last year Pedigree ran similar ads - "My name is Oliver, _and I’m a good dog! And I just want to go home._ Darned ads make me tear up just thinking about them. And make me wonder if maybe I could make a space for a 6th dog (I can’t). StG [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’ve seen other commercials and they tear me up, too, but this Echo one really gets me verklempt because that darn dog just emotes so well. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/7 "2008-02-07T16:25:10Z")
I’m pretty sure she’s an actor dog, or at the very least is the pet of the cameraman or something. That’s what I tell my daughter at least. She goes into schmoopy mode and wants me to go adopt her. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/8 "2008-02-07T16:26:08Z")
They took Echo to a farm. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/9 "2008-02-07T16:26:34Z")
**Wile E** - I know - she’s lying there all calm, then she perks up and sits in front of the kennel door, her ears perked, and almost quivering with anticipation, but trying to be the _best dog ever_ so they’ll pay attention. And they just walk on by. Heartless humans! And then she looks so sad and confused. She’s much better an actor than Rin Tin Tin or Lassie or Kevin Costner. StG ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/10 "2008-02-07T16:37:27Z")
The Echo commercial makes me tear up, too, but it’s definitely not as bad as the Sarah MacLachlan one. That one actually makes me sob uncontrollably and now when it comes on I have to change the channel. I think that one’s harder to watch because many of the animals have obviously been abused. Great, now I’m thinking about the one-eyed doggie and trying not to bawl. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/11 "2008-02-07T16:46:17Z")
**yellowval** - Actually, it doesn’t take much for those pop-eyed dogs to lose an eye. My neighbor’s shih-tzu did sort of spontaneously. I look at that dog that reminds me of my Afghan hound pup and just want to bring him home. I see these ads and want to take them all in, but with 5 rescued dogs and 4 rescued cats (and two horses), I’m financially maxed out. StG ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/12 "2008-02-07T16:47:10Z")
The dog in that commercial looks like my dog Geddy. I’m at work right now, but I will have to post a pic some time. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/13 "2008-02-07T16:59:30Z")
It doesn’t make me sad, it pisses me off. If people would just spay or neuter their pets, and not buy from puppy mills, the problem would be solved. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/14 "2008-02-07T17:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] It doesn’t make me sad, it pisses me off. If people would just spay or neuter their pets, and not buy from puppy mills, the problem would be solved. [/QUOTE] Yeah. ☹ The second dog my family had was adopted from the Humane Society as an 11-month-old. She was some kind of odd spaniel mix - more than likely someone didn’t spay and neuter, and she was one of the litter. We discovered she was gun-shy. We also learned that she had been beaten when my mom came into the backyard with something in her hand, and our dog, seeing her at a distance approaching with a visible item in her hand, began cringing as if to hide in the grass and whimpering loudly. She was terrified. We suspect someone had figured a mixed-breed spaniel would be a good hunting dog, found out she was gun-shy, and beat her in response. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/15 "2008-02-07T17:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] It doesn’t make me sad, it pisses me off. If people would just spay or neuter their pets, and not buy from puppy mills, the problem would be solved. [/QUOTE] THIS! THIS! THIS! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/16 "2008-02-07T17:17:44Z")
[Here’s what I found.](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080128122152AAboz5H) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/17 "2008-02-07T18:57:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Sorry, it was the ASPCA. [Here’s the commercial.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYocy_DN60) And you’re right, I think I’ve been catching it on BBC America as well. The one I linked to is two minutes long, no wonder it feels like a long commercial! [/QUOTE] AAAAAGH! Why did I watch that 10 minutes before I have to go to a meeting??!?? All those poor little one-eyed kitties… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/18 "2008-02-07T19:58:23Z")
Those commercials make me feel guilty. I have two dogs and even though I give them both a good home, I doubt I could take care of three dogs adequately. And I don’t want to turn into one of those crazy hoarder people. So I guess two mutts is my limit. I wish I could take more. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/19 "2008-03-12T19:00:40Z")
Yay! A new commercial shows that Echo did indeed get a new home and is running around, trying to play with the cat, running around, smiling a lot and running around. Happy, happy dog! And I cry when I see that commercial, too! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682/20 "2008-03-12T19:08:26Z")
Echo is a better name for a duck, really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-echo-got-a-home/436682.md?page=2)