Maybe you, British, have a lot to complain about RSCPA… but you HAVE RSCPA.

In Portugal, my country, we have some people, here and there, trying to make their best to defend animals, too many times abused and abandoned. How I wish we had RSCPA!

So RSCPA was over-concerned… good! It shows they care, and are alert!

The dog was not injuried? I don’t know, I was not there to see. And RSCPA was not there to see, either. So, the doubt is reasonable.

Is it normal to see a dog act like that, even if trained? No, it’s not natural!

How was the dog trained to show fear? I will ask again… how was the dog trained to show fear?! With candy bars? Did any of those who raises the voice against RSCPA and in favor of VW ever thought about that? How does one train a dog to show fear?!

Is it good to sell an item using the image of a frightned animal? No way!!!
It doesn’t work for me, and VW just lost a potential buyer. Maybe it works for those who think animals are things to use and abuse, and say “how cute, first the dog is singing and now it’s shaking full of fear, how cute! (Hummmm, it reminds me the last time I whacked my dog…)”

Last, but not the least… don’t mix animals at the movies with animals at commercials! Animals at commercials are just an income for their owners… just like using little children to make money, pretending they are little stars. It is only a matter of money and vanity. No animal is confortable in an environment such as a video studio, with all the lights and stress.

RSCPA… did you really make a mistake? Thank you! It means you exist!!!

FMarta (Portugal)

GET A LIFE!

The dog is singing it is obviously FAKE!

When I go training up my kennels with my dog there is a dog just like this. He shakes and he is still happy!!

He is working, just like this dog.

With the comment that his tail is between his legs and his head down showing he is being abused
I have a dog and he is the greatest thing about me. When he is WORKING his tail is also between his legs and he is looking down towards the ground. I would NEVER abuse my dog! Ever!

They use a dog as the slogan is Polo Confidence.

I agree they don’t have to use a dog but a normal person doesnt sing out in a car and then when they go somewhere start mumbling and being scared. The dog attracts attention which is good buisness for VW. The dog is given confidence within a place he is used to and is scared when somewhere new and many people are like this but they dog manages to show this really well.

Just remember RSPCA. Concentrate more on the dogs that are homeless and abused rather than a dog that has its LOVING OWNER with it!

As usual the RSPCA via its animal liberation type element sees the use of a trained dog and the use of digitally enhanced images as animal abuse? What about as K9 Magazine rightly points out the ’staged’ reconstruction adverts of heroic RSPCA officials saving all manner of animals from evil humans, why is nobody complaining about those depictions of ‘abused’ animals, oh yes, I forgot the RSPCA is of the ‘do as I say, not as I do school’!

As usual they the RSPCA are wasting public donations and their own efforts on finger pointing when unfortunately at this moment in time there is a lot of finger pointing going on at the RSPCA for various matters such as failing to divulge evidence to the defence teams of people accused of animal abuse by a so called charitable organisation that seemingly operates as an enforcement agency for the government.

The RSPCA is also meddling politically as usual in the dangerous dog debate, why are they holding a seminar with a Chief Constable who does not even like dogs and the RSPCA proudly proclaim Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom as ‘outspoken’, wonder if the RSPCA is manipulating a political move to deal with dangeorus dogs and dogs in general? Even before this seminar is held I can guess what they will be after, one of the things that they the RSPCA and their ‘guests’ will be calling for will be some kind of dog registration scheme but do not think that it will be down to the RSPCA or police to enforce, it will be the councils who are not even represented on the list of speakers by the RSPCA.

Make your mind up RSPCA work on behalf of the people who give you money for the protection of animals or become an official enforcement arm of the government. You cannot be a charity and also work for the government, which one is it? if your going to do more governmental enforcement type work get rid of your ‘charity’ image. The RSPCA desk types who rarely operate in the frontline betray the inspectors who work so hard!