God save the puppies...
For the longest time I had an affinity for this film. I always appreciated the cross-species' interaction and harmless story. Needless to say, I am an owner of pugs and watched this with some alarm years later as an adult (especially the bear-wrestling scene). Now that I've gone online and seen these allegations of animal cruelty with the possibility of dead puppies and kittens, this movie has been ruined forever. Whether they're true rumors or not, the remotest of possibilities is a cankerous vexation to my soul now...you skeptical, IMDB b*stards.
"Well get out the crayolas and color me tickled pink!" -Ned Flanders