RIGHTO: Netflix‘s new series Dogs hit the streaming giant on Friday and without any factual evidence, I’m going to boldly assume a fair few people smashed that play button purely because of its title.
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Based on the trailer alone, the six-part docuseries looks like a beautiful feel-good study of the bond between dog and human – and look it is, but what they didn’t warn you about is how bloody emotional the episodes are.
Don’t get me wrong, the show is undoubtedly about dogs but it’s also about the very best and worst of life in every setting regardless of race, religion, and social standing.
It’s like Humans of New York but with floofers.
In six episodes we travel the world from Italy to Japan, Syria to the United States and though every single story is unique, they all have one thing in common – an unfailing and boundless love for dogs.
In episode two, we journey between Berlin and Syria as Ayham – a Syrian refugee – attempts to smuggle his husky Zeus out of war-torn Damascus. The intense episode takes us through the work of numerous people who, despite knowing the very real dangers of their operation, forge ahead to try and reunite Zeus with Ayham.
In episode three you watch as an ageing ten-year-old golden retriever named Ice (because he loves to play in the snow) loyally accompanies his fisherman hooman Alessandro in San Giovanni. He may wander off during the day but he always returns when Alessandro calls his name to set off on Lake Como.
Despite the many tears shed, there are still plenty of ridiculous moments throughout the series that will make any dog-lover watching think: “Christ that’s extra, but yeah fair.”
On Twitter, people are feeling it big time.
https://twitter.com/dkos07/status/1063628817095258112
Me after the first 10 mins on each episode of @netflix‘s Dogs. pic.twitter.com/VP9pdViAou
— Pras (@prasetyoh) November 17, 2018
I just watched the first four episodes of Dogs on Netflix and I am so emotional. each story is so beautiful and truly touching. I need to go to Lake Como to meet Ice
— Dana (@danadsgn) November 17, 2018
Our world is messy and scary and terrible and wonderful and we have so much to learn. Dog lover or not, everyone should take the time to watch @netflix Dogs. Its a true masterpiece that shows if we all acted a little more like Dogs the world would less terrible and more wonderful
— kelsey.🌲 (@kelsmcconnaha) November 17, 2018
Two episodes into the Netflix show Dogs and am blown away by the stories being told. Despite the name, it’s the most human thing I’ve seen in a really long time. It’s a dazzling beautiful devastating happy-cry-inducing floofy accomplishment.
— Eva PenzeyMoog (@epenzeymoog) November 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/covinskie/status/1063652879339278336
im literally halfway through the second episode of the dogs documentary on @netflix and ive already cried my eyes out pls go watch it and fall in love w these dogs
— alex ☾ (@alexxhoustonn) November 17, 2018
Dogs on Netflix will give you a full-blown, cathartic, ugly cry, sob fest yet somehow will make you feel pure and warm inside 🐶😩😍😭
— rachelle (@rachellee_marie) November 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/chasen_steph/status/1063655899561160705
You wanna feel every good or depressed feeling in the world? Watch dogs on Netflix. Good shit!
— Ex foo (@0fficialsodapop) November 17, 2018
I watch murder shows without even flinching ,45 seconds into “Dogs” on Netflix and I’m emotional .
— Vinny Guadagnino (@VINNYGUADAGNINO) November 17, 2018
Watched episode 1 of ‘Dogs’ on Netflix and cried more tonight than I have the past 5 years of my life. Not sure I can handle the rest of the episodes.
— Emily Kretz (@MK8901) November 17, 2018
I’ve literally cried at the first three episodes of “dogs” on Netflix so that’s my Friday night in a nutshell
— Meghan (@Macklemegg) November 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/kineticphil/status/1063559752645570561
6 minutes into the new Dogs series on Netflix. Already crying.
— Kezia Lynne (@KeziaLynne) November 17, 2018
Even the critics are frothing the series hard.
Indiewire shared these thoughtful words: “As bad as the world may seem to have gotten, dogs never seem to lose faith in humanity, and judging by the two-legged subjects seen in “Dogs,” maybe people shouldn’t lose faith in humanity either.”
They also gave the series an overall A-.
Daily Beast wrote: “At its core, Dogs is a show that will make you feel a little better about everything, at least for an hour or so. And if you don’t have one already, it’ll make you want to go out and pet the nearest good boy you see.”
And Vanity Fair wrote: “For all its careful storytelling and deeper meaning, the show still feels like a balm for withered souls. But its primary draw is its earnest storytelling—never manipulative, never syrupy. Yes, there’s fluff on the surface—but at its core, Dogs is good.”
Dogs is available on Netflix, now.
P.S In case you were wondering.
Our six-part dog-umentary is now streaming — and since so many of you asked, I felt it was important to tell you this: NO DOGS DIE IN ANY EPISODE OF DOGS pic.twitter.com/UP605dwchB
— Netflix (@netflix) November 16, 2018
