Pet Meds is running a commercial where some lady holds what is obviously a stuffed, battery operated puppy in her arms, and then she has the nerve to act like she buys veterinary supplies for it on Pet Meds (!). Look, I know some dogs look disgusting and slobbery on camera, sniffing butts and licking balls and such, but is this really an excuse to go the lazy route and make an ad with a fake dog? I guess they’ve been watching so many movies with out-of-control CGI that they feel like it isn’t real unless it’s fake, at least on screen! So now we’re treated to the fake puppy? Really?
Okay, I know the dog is real, but it totally looks like a stuffed animal, doesn’t it? And seriously, what self-respecting dog would look like that anyway? It’s probably hogging the bathroom all day long blow-drying its hair all the time, so why would any woman want one like this anyhow? I guess just because it’s cutesy to an annoying degree, huh?
But won’t this scare all the male dog owners away from calling 1-800-PetMeds? You know, all the men who buy dogs to help them meet the ladies? Because this commercial affirms that all the attractive women who would be out walking dogs will have those annoying yippy lap dogs like Paris Hilton always has, right? Any surely nobody is worth putting up with that! So then no more men will ever buy dogs because of this ad, and Sarah McLachlan will have to make twice as many sad dog ads just to try to get them all adopted, right? And it will be all PetMeds’ fault! Oh, the caninity!
Here’s the stuffed spot:
And just because you asked nicely, here’s that animal abuse ad with Sarah McLachlan that makes everyone say: “No! Don’t show the dogs!”:
