Comments on: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Meet the star!

By: Sophiette

Sophiette — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:01:05 +0000

Beautiful dogs. Deerhounds are the best!

By: janice

janice — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:36:22 +0000

i was thrilled to see the beautiful deerhound cast as Padfoot, but i thought an IWH would have been even better for effect. i think the added size/thickness would have been more fitting based on the mental image one gets when reading the book…

By: Kyla

Kyla — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:39:03 +0000

Having grown up with a Deerhound, I immediately recognized the sleek, gracefulness of the dog on-screen even though the color was not what I’m used to. But that mystery has been solved. I have since adopted a Greyhound but the Deerhound is never far from my heart so I was thrilled to see him in a story I love.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:06:43 +0000

This is amazing.

I LOVE Harry Potter and when I saw that dog in the movie, I was all like, “Is that a Scottish Deerhound?!” Because I love Scottish Deerhounds, they’re one of my favorite dog breeds. But in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, Padfoot was SO NOT a Deerhound…and in the books he isn’t either. He’s just a big, black dog, and most people, including me, probably imagine him as a more wolf-like one. I was pretty sure the dog in the movie was a Deerhound though, and figured hardly anyone else would realize that. I’m GLAD they did that, but it surprised me a lot.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:26:54 +0000

I couldn’t tell in such a brief clip whether it was a IWH or Deerhound either, so glad we cleared that up. Me a IWH fan from way back and would say that a wolfie would be a better match against a werewolf but agree that both breeds are magnificent.

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:55:20 +0000

They are BOTH such magnificent breeds!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:23:50 +0000

I, too, am owned by a herd of Irish Wolfhounds. This does absolutely nothing to diminish my excitement over Padfoot being portrayed by a Scottish Deerhound. An excellent casting choice. To be honest, I could not tell if Padfoot was a Deerhound or a youthful, yearling Wolfhound while I was watching the movie clip. Does not really make any difference to the magnificance.

By: Lisette

Lisette — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:34:59 +0000

Being an Irish Wolfhound owner and lover, I was just as excited to see that gorgeous Scottish Deerhound as Padfoot in the Order of the Phoenix!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:59:11 +0000

What a pity they had to dye a deerhound. Our Ailidh is naturally black, has exceptional star quality and is a great TV & movie fan (favorite series: Dog Whisperer, movie: Duma the Cheetah). If Sirius Black gets reincarnated in Deathly Hallows… I think I’ll get her an agent.

By: straybaby

straybaby — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:47:47 +0000

Comment by Antonio — July 15, 2007 @ 8:13 am

Dalmatians from responsible breeders are still the same as they were before the movie. The breed’s reputation took a major hit with all the poorly bred Dals out there, but the breed club and the core of the breed stood strong and worked hard to fix the damage (to both the dogs and reputation) Thankfully, their popularity is way down. Hopefully the ones needing rescue will drop even more down also. Still too many out there :(

I’d say what happened to Dalmatians is a prime example of why we need to protect the breeds and those who breed responsibly.