Here you go.
- Thank you. I'll only be a moment.
Would you like a lemonade?
- Oh, no, I'll be fine. Thank you.
- All right.
Well, Beethoven,
how are you doing? Huh?
Lookin'good.
Lookin'good.
Beethoven, this
is gonna hurt you...
a lot more than
it hurts me.
But it's a great
benefit to mankind.
Put some of this here.
- I'm gonna get those bones.
- No, I get some!
You get the next.
Okay, that'll do ya.
All right now.
- No!
- Emily, what's the matter?
Come on,
you big stupid mutt!
Help! Help!
George!
Oh, my God!
Help, somebody!
Help!
Good boy. Good boy!
Beethoven! Beethoven!
- No!
- Get off him.
Beethoven!
Beethoven.
Oh, my gosh, Beethoven!
- Why'd he do that?
- My gosh, look what he did!
- Are you all right?
- Well, I don't know.
- What happened?
- He just lunged at me!
That's not true.
I saw you hit Beethoven.
- Emily, please.
- Why would I? I patted him on the head.
It's possible that
from a distance the child...
Liar!
- Emily!
- I'm sorry. Everything's all right.
It's very natural the child
would want to defend her dog.
- Let's call an ambulance.
- No, no. I'll take care of it.
I'll take care
of this myself.
I'm terribly sorry.
He's never done anything
like this before.
Once an animal crosses the line
and attacks a human being...
you can rest assured
he'll do it again.
Of course, next time
it could be one of your children.
I'm very, very sorry.
Let me help.
Mr. Newton, we have
a real problem here.
The law is very clear when
it comes to dealing with this.
Unless you bring the animal
to my office immediately...
I'm afraid I'll be forced
to press charges.
I'm, I'm so sorry.
I don't want anything
to happen to Beethoven.
Dad won't believe us
'cause he hates Beethoven.
He's always
hated Beethoven.
Dad has Beethoven!
Wait, wait!
Stop!
Stop! Daddy!
Wait! Wait!
My dad had to take our dog
to the vet to be put down.
I hated him for it.
Now I'm doing it myself.
I know you won't believe me,
but I don't wanna do this.
You understand.
It's not your fault.
- Mr. Newton.
- Dr. Varnick.
I know that you're doing
the right thing.
I hope so.
Follow me.
Come on. Come on.
How is your arm?
Oh, it's fine, fine.
- 37 stitches.
- I'm so sorry.
Do you want the collar
and tags?
- Some people like to keep them.
- Yeah.
Do you mind?
I have the bad wing.
Come here.
Come here.
I'm sorry.
You were my dog too.
Sad state of affairs.
Sad state of affairs.
Come on, boy. Come on.
Come on, boy.
In you go.
There you go.
All right.
Magnificent.
George Newton.
We're gonna have to charge you
for a day's boarding...
becauseJimmy, who handles the
lethal injections and disposals...
he doesn't work today so we're gonna
have to hold the dog overnight.
Should we bill you?
Dog killer!
- Nice dog, huh, Doc?
- He's perfect for the animal experiment.
Get everything ready.
I'll be by in the morning.
We'll do the test
on him first thing.
All right.
Nice doggie, good doggie.
Okay, close the door.
I've got him.
Come on!
Good doggie. Come here, doggie.
- Okay, I got him.
- Good, good.
- I got him. Come on, doggie.
- Not you! The dog!
Put him in.
Okay, you got him?
In the cage. Get in.
Shut up!
There.
Doc will work on him
first thing in the morning...
and then he's
one dead puppy.
Can we eat?
- Yeah. You hungry?
- Yeah. I'm hungry.
- What do you feel like?
- A chef's salad.
Did I do the wrong thing?
I don't know, honey.
Beethoven made
this house real.
He put the dents in it.
I know he slobbered,
and he smelled bad, but he loved us.
Even you.
I just hope your motives
were pure...
and you did this for
the safety of the kids.
Because I really hate to think
we sold Beethoven down the river...
for a piece of carpet
or a chance to sell more air freshener.
It had nothing to do with carpet
or air freshener. You saw what he did.
I know. But we don't
know why he did it.
Maybe the vet didn't hit him, but maybe
he