The Dog House Series 8

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Anyone watching?

Just watched episode 1

Tinker is so cute 🥰

I used to be a huge fan and it inspired us to get our rescue dog but I had to turn ot off after about 5 minutes.
its so completely contrived now and overtaken by the human sob stories that people have obviously been egged on to say/ exaggerate to create a ‘feel good’ it’s healing for us all story.

That poor child with diabetes having to sit and listen to her parents say how awful the diabetes is for her and them was uncomfortable viewing and shit all to do with them getting a dog.

A certain type of person thirsty to be on tv coupled with tv production crew with a formula/ agenda makes for a whole lot of fake nonsense that is nothing to do with the reality of getting a rescue dog.

Agree about the sob stories

But I still watch it for the dogs

Every person or family they feature had to have a "reason" or be "unusual" to appear on the show. And it feels manipulative. Why can't we have a few lovely people who want a dog?

Woodgreen rescues hundreds of dogs (and cats) every year, so it would be nice to see some ordinary stories.

I think, like most people, I watch for the dogs; not the stories.

I agree, I did watch for the dogs but the contrived story stuff was too much to bear for me this series, or maybe I was in a particularly irritable mood 😔.