A Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever gazes lovingly at its owner's flannel shirt, who often finds them sleeping or walking with it. On Christmas Day, the owner gives the toller their own shirt.

Belgian Malinois Hollywood superstar Channing Tatum is making a return to the box office after a five-year hiatus, starring in and co-directing a movie that puts military working dogs in the spotlight. The MGM movie “Dog” is about the relationship between Army Ranger Briggs (Tatum) and Lulu, a Belgian Malinois military working dog.

Belgian Malinois Channing Tatum stars as Briggs alongside Lulu the Belgian Malinois in the movie "Dog".

Lulu - played in the film by three Belgian Malinois dogs named Lana, Britta, and Zuza - shares a name with and is loosely inspired by the relationship between Tatum and his late, beloved pitbull-Catahoula mix who passed away in 2018.

The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News, "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do.

The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News, "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do.

What Is the Inspiration Behind "Dog"? While "Dog" isn't based on real events, it's clear that Lulu's passing inspired Tatum to make the film.

Rest easy, dog lovers: The canine at the center of the movie Dog does not die. In fact, when co-director and star Channing Tatum set out to make the film with longtime friend and Magic Mike collaborator Reid Carolin, they ruled out doggy deaths from the jump. "We love dogs over here," Tatum tells EW.

Production. The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News, "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do.

However, by the end of Dog, Briggs not only decides to keep Lulu but also writes a poem about how she's changed him and made him better. This would have been completely out of character for Briggs at the beginning, but the ending of Dog is indicative of just how much he's changed.

Genetic evidence suggests that dogs descended directly from wolves (Canis) and that the now-extinct wolf lineages that produced dogs branched off from the line that produced modern living wolves sometime between 27,000 and 40,000 years ago. The timing and location of dog domestication is a matter of debate.

The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News, "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do.