We open to a scene of the Doge in an alleyway, cowering as stray dogs menace him. He wants only peace, warmth, a loving person, and a nice bone to munch-- but he has lost all hope of these things. Eventually the pack moves on and leaves him for dead. A flashback: his person smiling at him, his person giving him a table scrap, his person laughing and playing with him... 'Was I not a Good Enough Boy?' He wonders sadly.
Suddenly the flashback shifts; a red filter overlays the scenes. His person putting him outside for hours at a time; his person spanking him over and over for a small accident on the carpet; his person pushing him out of the still-moving car on a highway... 'No,' thinks the Doge. 'I /was/ a Good Boy. But he... /He was not./"
He licks his wounds, struggles to his feet, and begins his great journey. Throughout the movie he encounters many dangerous obstacles, including a sadistic dogcatcher, a mad raccoon with rabies, and a storm-tossed lake. But he does not give up
At last, he reaches a place he knows: the field near his house where he got to play fetch once, when his person was feeling kind. A song begins to play in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-KxsdWX9xE . The Doge has grown. He has become stronger, more tenacious, more jaded through his travels, and he knows now what he must do. This will not be a sweet and heartfelt reunion… This is revenge, pure and simple. He can survive on his own, but to move past his traumas, he must face his old master and defy him!
The Doge makes his way to his old house. His doggie door is nailed down; a cat sits washing itself in the window. At the last moment, he almost despairs… Until he hears his person’s car coming down the drive! He hides on the porch until they’re out of the car, laden with parcels, and suddenly goes barreling toward them yipping in what he hopes sounds like joy. When he reaches them-- CHOMP. Right on the leg. We do not hear the person’s scream.
Ah, that would be the life! I'm an anthropology student, actually. I do write, though-- a /lot/-- and would love to someday be able to make films! Thank you so much for your kind words! xD
Suddenly the flashback shifts; a red filter overlays the scenes. His person putting him outside for hours at a time; his person spanking him over and over for a small accident on the carpet; his person pushing him out of the still-moving car on a highway... 'No,' thinks the Doge. 'I /was/ a Good Boy. But he... /He was not./"
He licks his wounds, struggles to his feet, and begins his great journey. Throughout the movie he encounters many dangerous obstacles, including a sadistic dogcatcher, a mad raccoon with rabies, and a storm-tossed lake. But he does not give up
The Doge makes his way to his old house. His doggie door is nailed down; a cat sits washing itself in the window. At the last moment, he almost despairs… Until he hears his person’s car coming down the drive! He hides on the porch until they’re out of the car, laden with parcels, and suddenly goes barreling toward them yipping in what he hopes sounds like joy. When he reaches them-- CHOMP. Right on the leg. We do not hear the person’s scream.