Continuity mistake: It is clear throughout the movie that the dog that plays the character "Lou" changes from a male to a female. You can tell in different scenes when Lou is standing up, it's a male dog, and when Lou is laying on his back, belly facing up, it is a female dog.
Cats & Dogs (2001)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Lawrence Guterman
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum, Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Perkins, Miriam Margolyes, Alexander Pollock
The team of dogs save the world from the team of evil cats. Lou decides to stay with the Brodys instead of going to the secret agent training academy for dogs. Mr. Tinkles is going to live with the German nanny that he hated so much and is being dressed in many different comical, outfits much to his dismay.
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Lou: I've never met a stray.
Ivy: Actually, I prefer "domestically challenged."
Question: In one scene where Lou is talking to Ivy about Butch she says that someone really hurt him once. What did she mean by that? Did Butch have an owner who was mean to him or abandoned him?
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Answer: Butch was abandoned. It's never stated but it's implied.
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"Okay, well, here's lesson number two: we help them. We work for them. We tolerate that stupid boochy-boochy baby talk. And for WHAT? So that when they go off to college, they can dump you off with some old lady who can't throw a ball without so much as breaking her HIP!" Pretty sure this counts as being abandoned.
As I said, it's never stated outright but it is implied.
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