HBO - One Nation Under Dog

[yellowumbrella]

www.hbo.com/#/documentaries/one-nation-under-dog-stories-of-fear-loss-and-betrayal

Is anyone going to be watching this tonight (premiers at 9E/8C)? I'm going to try, but will probably end up

[mrsjrd23]

yeah I don't think my hormonal pregnant self can watch it. It apparently shows several minutes of gruesome footage of dogs and puppies being euthanized.

I don't think I can handle that.

[hobs209]

OMG OMG I just turned it on a few mins before the euth scene. There are no words. I ugly cried through the whole thing.

[yellowumbrella]

Jun 18, 2012 20:44:38 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

OMG OMG I just turned it on a few mins before the euth scene. There are no words. I ugly cried through the whole thing.

My H is watching from another state and we're chatting via FB. I turned off the tv during that part and he let me know when it was over.

I only saw the first 10 seconds and it was too much.

[josieposy]

What method are they using to euthanize in the footage?

[hobs209]

Jun 18, 2012 20:52:43 GMT -5 josieposy said:

What method are they using to euthanize in the footage?

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

[yellowumbrella]

If you can manage to just watch Part 3, it's making me cry for the opposite reason.

This guy is a rescuer and is an absolute SAINT! He took in two dogs that were going to be euth'ed and now they're adopted and adorable and loved.
ETA: The beginning of part 3. Looks like the second half is about a mill.

[hobs209]

Oh I'm still watching. I was so happy he took the baby with mange.

I hate people so, so, so much.

[josieposy]

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:52:43 GMT -5 josieposy said:

What method are they using to euthanize in the footage?

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

Ugh. Yeah I'll be skipping that part. Thank God for DVR.

[redheadbaker]

<------ suddenly glad she doesn't have HBO

[SallySparrow]

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:52:43 GMT -5 josieposy said:

What method are they using to euthanize in the footage?

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

My initial reaction to reading that was "Fuck that shit". I am normally all for people knowing what they support re: animal welfare. I watch depressing documentaries all the time. I cannot and will not watch that. It will make me hate people.

[hobs209]

Jun 18, 2012 22:51:02 GMT -5 SallySparrow said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

My initial reaction to reading that was "Fuck that shit". I am normally all for people knowing what they support re: animal welfare. I watch depressing documentaries all the time. I cannot and will not watch that. It will make me hate people.

It was worse than I thought it'd be. I knew about gassing, but actually seeing it... it was so bad. I'm glad I really know how it goes down though. Outside of that, the documentary was pretty good. I definitely think it's worth watching.

[mrsjrd23]

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:52:43 GMT -5 josieposy said:

What method are they using to euthanize in the footage?

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

Just this description is way too much for me. I'm crying from reading these two sentences. People are assholes.

[patches31709]

Jun 19, 2012 0:00:20 GMT -5 mrsjrd23 said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

Just this description is way too much for me. I'm crying from reading these two sentences. People are assholes.

Yes I have tears in my eyes just from thinking about it. There is no way I could handle watching/listening to that.

[bubsy]

(I am just a lurker but needed to talk about this it was so terrible.)

What was with the Rhodesian Owners and it was weird that every single person in the neighborhood was a doctor. I know affluent neighbors like that exist it was just funny. If those dogs had been another specific breed they would not have been alive after the first bite, definitely not given chance after chance with their irresponsible owners.


And then.

I turned it off after the gassing. I don't think I will ever be the same after seeing and hearing that. I really wanted the guy doing it to say something afterwards like it made him sad, or he was so sorry.

[calico]

Shit. Why did I open this thread AND then go read the linked letter? Now I'm sitting at my desk with tears running down my face and my makeup is getting jacked up.

Awsome. I'm so brilliant.

[bubsy]

I am not sure how to quote yet.. but anyway.

I don't blame the shelter worker at all, he is just cleaning up a problem created by others and he doesn't get to decide how it's done.

It was just so traumatic to watch, like it was supposed to be and it felt so weird to me that nothing was said.

[simpsongal]

OMG, I should not have read that letter. I'm glad he wrote it, but it makes me sick and sad at the same time. I #()!&#*^% hate people sometimes. I need to hug my little mutt.

[ndolehan]

Jun 18, 2012 22:16:58 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

<------ suddenly glad she doesn't have HBO

:Y:

One of the above posted about screaming and I almost broke down just reading about it....

I can't even watch the commercials where the want you to donate money to various shelters.

[foundmylazybum]

Popping in:::

A few things:

I watched the entire thing. I was stunned during the euthanasia scene. MH and I watched it together--and had NO IDEA that is how it happened or what it looked like. Honestly at first mh thought the crying was the dogs--being scared but it's not--I'm not trying to be graphic, but I find the responses even in this post to be very interesting. Even rescue people (as evidenced in this post) don't want to experience that. It's too much for our systems to handle.
When I watched "The Cove" for the first time, the part I really cried at was when the guy walked into a meeting and showed the dolphin slaughter to politicians--and stood on the street so people could SEE what was going on. It's a dirty secret that b/c it's so overwhelming we can turn away, turn it off, ignore it...but he put it out there...after I watched the euthanasia scene--I wished that every single shelter in the US would show that scene--because TELLING someone "This is what happens" isn't enough. It made an indellible impact on my brain...

I wished that everyone who comes into shelters could see it--and then have simple "Can do" solutions to help out--Spay and Neuter, foster, a low cost class to help with behavior problems so you don't turn your pet in, support if you are struggling...so THIS doesn't happen.

I also wished they talked just a little bit to the guy who had to do the gassing...but in a way the fact that they didn't was also impactful. It was...obvious that this was a hard job. Anyone who is NOT a weirdo has to be affected by doing that job.

The other parts of the documentary were excellent:
The people in part 1 with the Ridgebacks--were a hot mess. It was strange. I took away that the entire line of dogs had some sort of poor breeding in the social line--

I found other parts very uplifting. The lady who ran her own shelter--helping the dogs, the guy who took the last chance dogs--some of the facts: spay and neutering had reduced euthanasia rates in some areas by something like 50%. It was amazing.

I wished they focused just a little more on--the emotional impact of working in shelters.

Overall, despite being difficult to watch...I highly recommend strapping on the big girl panties and watching it.

[Heisenberg]

Jun 18, 2012 22:51:02 GMT -5 SallySparrow said:

Jun 18, 2012 20:55:29 GMT -5 hobs209 said:

Gassing. They show the entire process. You can hear the screaming.

My initial reaction to reading that was "Fuck that shit". I am normally all for people knowing what they support re: animal welfare. I watch depressing documentaries all the time. I cannot and will not watch that. It will make me hate people.

Same here. Like, I've watched so many docs on wars, the holocaust, genocide in africa, middle eastern struggles with no problem. I had to turn off this doc at the gassing scene. I couldn't do it. Poor dogs. I truly hate people sometimes.