Dog Guidance Blog

I watched Marley & Me on a DVD last night, and I must say that I enjoyed it. Marley & Me was a comedy with famous actors, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Kathleen Turner. However, the star of the movie was a Labrador named “Marley”.

In fact, 22 Labradors played the part of Marley in the film. One of them was called Rudy, who had been rescued from a shelter with 24 hours left to live.

Marley was a the cheapest puppy from a litter of Labs.  John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) were a married couple who bought Marley. It did not take them long to find out the neurotic behaviour of Marley. Marley ate and chewed everything in sight, including a necklace, telephone and answering machine.

Marley was bought by John to prevent children coming onto the scene too soon, but children did eventually come. The children fell in love with Marley, just like their parents… although there were some testing times for all.

John used the adventures of Marley as a topic for his column, which became quite a success.  It seemed that Marley helped the marriage and family relationships, even though he was so mischievous.

There were many laughs in the film, including the dog training school scene played by Kathleen Turner and the total bad behavior Marley displayed.

If you love dogs, then I feel that you would love watching Marley & Me.

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