Folks (1992)

Sarah, the playful family dog, is present in many scenes. When John falls out of a bunk bed on Sarah, she nips him in the leg. This scene was shot in cuts. using both a stuntman and the actor. Neither of them actually fell on Sarah. The dog responded to her trainer’s verbal commands when nipping at the actor’s leg. This is a game to the dog and she doesn’t actually bite. This is true another time when she nips at the actor. Again, when she pulls at the star’s pant leg, she is merely playing a tug-of-war game. This scene was filmed in cuts with the star and also with the trainer doubling for the actor. The dog responded to her trainer’s commands to “take it, take it”. When she growls she is also responding to her trainer’s verbal cues. Ultimately, Sarah saves the day when she rescues some valuable stock certificates that everyone else has overlooked. The dog ran A to B with the certificate in her mouth. On a family outing in a park they visit a petting zoo containing a lamb, a pig, chickens and a donkey. American Humane had not been informed of animal action in this film and therefore, did not monitor the animal action that was filmed in Chicago. We were contacted when some scenes were reshot in Los Angeles and had a representative on the set.