them.
He hates wearing it,
but he's gonna keep wearing
it until he accepts it.
Isn't that right, boy?
Let me ask you
something. Is this...
Is this what you wanted
to do with your life?
I wanna tell stories that move
people, that make a difference.
You probably do
tell good stories.
You're a real good talker.
Really? Really.
Oh.
Yeah, I'm told I'm
also brainy and refined.
And pretty.
Well, I better get back
to ''roll over'' school.
No! No! Heel! Heel!
Beethoven, no!
Stop! Bad dog.
Doggy, doggy, stop.
Don't. Don't. No!
No.
That's going in the movie!
Glad I could help.
Maybe he's just stupid.
There's no stupid dogs, Eddie.
You don't understand.
Nobody understands. This
dog is off his rails,
and no amount of whispering is
gonna bring him under control.
We must learn what
Beethoven wants.
What he wants?
What Beethoven wants?
All he wants is food.
Food, food, food!
You see that?
You see that? That's
all he cares about.
That's not true.
He cares about us.
Listen, the producer says I
have to take it from this nut.
I do not have to take
it from you, young man.
Billy is right.
Beethoven cares about you.
He longs for you to
welcome him into your pack.
My pack?
Your family.
Whoa, whoa, hold on, he
is not part of our pack.
I mean, he is not
part of our family.
My family is not a pack.
Three puppies, a kid and a
father, that's a pack, Dad.
Would you just
do your homework?
Look at your pack, Eddie.
They want you to lead.
I am an animal trainer.
I'm not a pack leader.
This isn't a pack.
And Beethoven, I'm sorry,
but this is just a movie,
and you are just a prop.
All I can say,
it's never the dog.
Yeah. It's never the dog, Dad.
Hey! Eddie! Eddie!
Remember how funny it was
when Beethoven and the
puppies ate all your shoes?
Vividly.
I just added it into the
movie. It's hilarious.
It's not hilarious.
It's really annoying.
And I wish that you would just
stop using moments in my life
where that dog
makes me miserable
and just putting
it in your movie.
But it's funny.
It's not funny.
It's not funny to me.
What's the matter with you?
That dog!
He doesn't listen. He
doesn't do what he's told.
He wrecks everything.
And then he gets
praised for it.
You know, yesterday, l tried to
teach him to roll over for four hours.
Just to roll over!
And he won't do it!
He misbehaves. You
put it in the script.
He's just a dumb dog.
He's more than that,
and you know it.
Oh! He's got you fooled, too.
You call yourself a writer?
All you do is, you
follow him around
and write down the
messes that he makes. Wow.
He doesn't have me fooled.
He's made this movie better.
And I'm following him around
because Beethoven's got
something that people like,
something they wanna see.
He's got heart, something
you could really use.
So I'm the bad guy
now? Really? Me?
It's okay, Beethoven.
He doesn't mean it.
Billy?
Yeah, Dad?
Billy, I need some help
with this. Where's the dog?
I have to train him for this new
scene we're shooting tomorrow.
Listen. ''Beethoven
walks into the room
''carrying George
Newton's slippers,
''drops them at his feet,
lies down by the couch,
''and sweetly rests his
head on the rug.'' Come on!
Beethoven is never
going to do that.
Whoa.
Lisa is scary good.
She wrote exactly
what just happened.
She is pretty good, isn't she?
You really love that dog, huh?
Not as much as
I love you, Dad.
That's my boy.
Hey, Pete.
So they're not gonna need
Beethoven for a couple of hours
if you guys wanna just
hang out in the trailer.
Cool. Later, Dad.
Hear that, Beethoven?
We have two hours!
Let's go to the park.
You know that reading the dictionary
doesn't make you look smart.
''Famous: to be known far
and wide, popular, beloved.''
So?
Excuse me, Mr.
Criminal Mastermind,
but it might be a tad
problematic to kidnap a famous dog
in the middle of a studio
lot in broad daylight, Bones.
Look, look! They're
leaving