Out On a Limb (1992)
Animal Action

The family dog, Dudley, is in a number of scenes. In one, Dudley eats some high blood pressure pills which he finds underneath the dining room table. What the dog actually ate was an empty capsule coated with edible flavoring. When a dresser drawer is pulled open a skunk is found sitting in the drawer. The dresser had a fake back which was open. The skunk was placed in the drawer just before the scene began. In a scene taking place in the woods surrounding Buzzsaw, a squirrel appears briefly on a log eating a nut as a drunk staggers up to the squirrel and talks to him. The squirrel is accustomed to people and just stayed on his mark eating the nut. While a couple are in the woods, they are unaware that a bear is behind them. When the bear stands up, they see him and run off, but the bear remains. The bear was responding to the food rewards and hand commands of his trainer. A cow standing in a field is seen briefly as atmosphere and fish in a tank-type aquarium are also seen briefly. Representatives of the American Humane Association were on the set during animal action which was filmed in both Northern and Southern California. In Northern California, AHA was represented by the Santa Cruz S.P.C.A