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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all. Another sequel, ''A Dog's Promise'', was released in 2019.
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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's Hannah's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all. Another sequel, ''A Dog's Promise'', was released in 2019.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Clarity is ''not'' fond of her given name for obvious reasons and prefers to go by her initials CJ instead.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Gloria, CJ's mother. She never quite seems to understand or care that other people have feelings and that they matter except in relation to getting what she wants.
* KarmaHoudini: Gloria lives to be an astoundingly ripe old age, implied to be in her eighties or nineties, and CJ even kindly puts her in a good hospice center so she can have a good end to her life without pain, which she most certainly doesn't deserve. The only slight comeuppance she gets is having dementia but all it does is enhance the traits that already made her such a heinous, bitter bitch throughout the whole book already.
* LoveDodecahedron: The brothers in the third book engage in this to an almost comic degree. They keep dating and falling in love with the same women, breaking up with them, and dating them ''again.'' One of them even lampshades this as he points out the ridiculousness of the situation. By the end of the book, it's all resolved, but not before a lot of do-see-doing with their several partners has already been done.
* KarmaHoudini: Gloria lives to be an astoundingly ripe old age, implied to be in her eighties or nineties, and CJ even kindly puts her in a good hospice center so she can have a good end to her life without pain, which she most certainly doesn't deserve. The only slight comeuppance she gets is having dementia but all it does is enhance the traits that already made her such a heinous, bitter bitch throughout the whole book already.
* LoveDodecahedron: The brothers in the third book engage in this to an almost comic degree. They keep dating and falling in love with the same women, breaking up with them, and dating them ''again.'' One of them even lampshades this as he points out the ridiculousness of the situation. By the end of the book, it's all resolved, but not before a lot of do-see-doing with their several partners has already been done.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: A major part of the plot. The dog is reincarnated multiple times.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: A major part of the plot. The dog is reincarnated multiple times.many times throughout each book. By the end of "A Dog's Promise", it also turns out [[spoiler: humans can do this as well, as Bailey's machinations with the family he's focused on allow Ethan, his master from the first book, to be reincarnated as a new baby at the end of the book as well.]]
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* ShipperOnDeck: Bailey is one for Ethan and Hannah, and Trent and CJ.
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* SeenItAll: By the end of "A Dog's Journey", Bailey has been through so many lives and experienced so much he's completely zen. Nothing surprises or makes him react with extreme emotion. It's because of this trait the nuns realize he's the perfect therapy dog for those in hospice.
* ShipperOnDeck: Bailey is one for Ethan & Hannah andHannah, and then Trent & CJ in the sequel.
* TheSociopath: Todd from the first book might be one. There is something decidedly....off about the kid. He tortures animals andCJ.sets fires, which are two of the three main criteria that fit serial killers in their childhood. He also shows DisproportionateRetribution, trying to kill a whole ''family'' by setting their home on fire simply because of how he and Ethan butt heads.
** Gloria is implied to be one in the second. Her one goal in life is to get what she wants when she wants it and she doesn't care who she has to step on to get it. This sadly includes her own daughter CJ. Her treatment of her includes emotional abuse like leaving her alone at home as a child for days at a time and spending the ''entire'' trust fund that had been set up to help CJ on frivolous things like cruises and designer clothes.
* ShipperOnDeck: Bailey is one for Ethan & Hannah and
* TheSociopath: Todd from the first book might be one. There is something decidedly....off about the kid. He tortures animals and
** Gloria is implied to be one in the second. Her one goal in life is to get what she wants when she wants it and she doesn't care who she has to step on to get it. This sadly includes her own daughter CJ. Her treatment of her includes emotional abuse like leaving her alone at home as a child for days at a time and spending the ''entire'' trust fund that had been set up to help CJ on frivolous things like cruises and designer clothes.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: When "A Dog's Promise" is set, though it's downplayed to show the realism of the setting by having it mostly just be advanced tech that's mentioned. There's technology advanced enough to fix a boy's condition which was described as being one which would have permanently kept him in a wheelchair in previous decades. There's also a lot of advanced tech for farmers to get bigger and better harvests without needing to expend as much time, effort, or hire as many people as before.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: A dog counterpart. Bailey is {{reincarnat|ion}}ed into a female dog named Ellie. Having always been male before, and having always been neutered as a puppy, she has no clue what her heat is. She just think it's a gross, uncomfortable scent. Ellie never does learn what heat is, because she's spayed afterwards.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: A dog counterpart. Bailey is {{reincarnat|ion}}ed into a female dog named Ellie. Having always been male before, and having always been neutered as a puppy, she has no clue what her heat is. She just think thinks it's a gross, uncomfortable scent. Ellie never does learn what heat is, because she's spayed afterwards.
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* GenderBender: Bailey is reborn into his third life as a female dog that gets named Ellie. His fifth life is also as a female, a poodle mix named Molly.
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* ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex: Bailey is reborn into his third life as a female dog that gets named Ellie. His fifth life is also as a female, a poodle mix named Molly.
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** Bailey was left in a car by a man that picked him up after he escaped. He would have died of heatstroke if not for Mom.
** At one point, Bailey and Ethan get lost in the wilderness for days without food or water.
** Ellie's first rescue involves a woman suffering from Alzheimer's going missing. She turned out to be in a park.
** One rescue involves Ellie saving a child who was kidnapped by a SerialKiller.
** Bailey was left in a car by a man that picked him up after he escaped. He would have died of heatstroke if not for Mom.
** At one point, Bailey and Ethan get lost in the wilderness for days without food or water.
** Ellie's first rescue involves a woman suffering from Alzheimer's going missing. She turned out to be in a park.
** One rescue involves Ellie saving a child who was kidnapped by a SerialKiller.
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* CanineConfusion: Zigzagged in ''A Dog's Journey''; Clarity gives her dog Molly lots of ice cream bars, pizza, and cookies and Molly doesn't have any ill effects, but she ''does'' vomit after she eats moldy cheese (Clarity assumed dogs can eat almost anything).
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* FreeRangePets: Bailey is allowed to go walk around town by himself all day. Averted with Buddy, who people take notice of when he appears at the dog park without an owner. This also likely counts as DeliberateValuesDissonance[=/=]SocietyMarchesOn as the two events take place decades apart.
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* FreeRangePets: Bailey is allowed to go walk around town by himself all day. Averted with Buddy, who people take notice of when he appears at the dog park without an owner. This also likely counts as DeliberateValuesDissonance[=/=]SocietyMarchesOn DeliberateValuesDissonance, as the two events take place decades apart.
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* BizarreBeverageUse: Bailey gets [[SmellySkunk sprayed by a skunk]] and his owners wash him with [[TomatoSkunkStinkCure tomato juice]] ''twice''.
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** The dog also has some examples of InnocentInaccurate beyond his inability to understand humans. Most noticeably he doesn't seem to quite understand sex, or his mating instincts. He describes females having a scent that attracts him without his understanding why, and developing a new version of 'wrestling' where he would wrap his front legs around his bitch friend and start thrusting; a game that other dogs seem to steal from him and which for some reason the bitch in question doesn't seem to enjoy playing as much. This is mostly because he keeps being neutered (yes, plural, [[{{Reincarnation}} it doesn't stick]] ) before he has an opportunity to figure out what his instincts are telling him.
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** The dog also has some examples of InnocentInaccurate beyond his inability to understand humans. Most noticeably he doesn't seem to quite understand sex, or his mating instincts. He describes females having a scent that attracts him without his understanding why, and developing a new version of 'wrestling' where he would wrap his front legs around his bitch friend and start thrusting; a game that other dogs seem to steal from him and which for some reason the bitch in question doesn't seem to enjoy playing as much. This is mostly because he keeps being neutered (yes, plural, [[{{Reincarnation}} it doesn't stick]] ) stick]]) before he has an opportunity to figure out what his instincts are telling him.
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** A straight example with one unique twist. While he describes the conversations around him to the reader, he personally only understands a hand full of words like stay and good dog. He therefor regularly fails to understand what's going on, which can be tragic since his other senses make him aware of things that could have saved allot of pain for the humans if he just understood the importance of them. He is, however, less innocent then some examples, having a bit of an elevated sense of self importance. More interesting, as described below Bailey counts as an [[TheEmpath empathicic]] InnocentInaccurate. He sometimes is *more* aware of his owners needs, at least when it comes to their need for emotional support, then the humans around him despite his obliviousness to the specifics of the situation.
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** A straight example with one unique twist. While he describes the conversations around him to the reader, he personally only understands a hand full of words like stay and good dog. He therefor therefore regularly fails to understand what's going on, which can be tragic since his other senses make him aware of things that could have saved allot a lot of pain for the humans if he just understood the importance of them. He is, however, less innocent then some examples, having a bit of an elevated sense of self importance. More interesting, as described below Bailey counts as an [[TheEmpath empathicic]] InnocentInaccurate. He sometimes is *more* aware of his owners needs, at least when it comes to their need for emotional support, then the humans around him despite his obliviousness to the specifics of the situation.
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A [[Film/ADogsPurpose film adaptation]] starring Creator/DennisQuaid and the voice of Creator/JoshGad was released on January 27, 2017, by Creator/{{Universal}} and Creator/AmblinEntertainment. A film adaptation of ''A Dog's Journey'' comes out May 17, 2019.
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A [[Film/ADogsPurpose film adaptation]] starring Creator/DennisQuaid and the voice of Creator/JoshGad was released on January 27, 2017, by Creator/{{Universal}} and Creator/AmblinEntertainment. A film adaptation of ''A Dog's Journey'' comes came out May 17, 2019.
2019 to less fanfare.
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* PetsAsAPresent: Deconstructed; A man surprises his girlfriend Wendi with a puppy when their relationship is on the rocks. Wendi's lease doesn't allow for pets, so she has to keep Bear a secret. She's also clueless about how to raise a puppy. Wendi ended up giving Bear to her parents when he grew too big for her. Her parents abused and neglected Bear, ultimately releasing him onto the streets when they didn't want to deal with him anymore.
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* MatureAnimalStory: ''A Dog's Purpose'' is about a dog with PastLifeMemories as it goes through several {{reincarnation}}s. It's predominantly clean but does contain some sex references, some violence, and dark themes. The film is LighterAndSofter than the book. The book's sequel ''A Dog's Journey'' ramps everything up with [[WeightWoe eating disorders]] and [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal characters]] being present. Both books have LighterAndSofter kid's spinoffs focusing on protagonist's puppyhoods.
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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all. Another sequel ''A Dog's Promise'', was released in 2019.
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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all. Another sequel sequel, ''A Dog's Promise'', was released in 2019.
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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all.
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A sequel, ''A Dog's Journey'', was released in 2012. It follows Bailey as he decides to protect Ethan's granddaughter, Clarity ("CJ"), and realizes that his purpose may not yet be fulfilled after all.
all. Another sequel ''A Dog's Promise'', was released in 2019.
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Compare to ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'', a similar book and LiveActionAdaptation also written by W. Bruce Cameron that stars a dog named Bella as she tries to get back home.
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A [[Film/ADogsPurpose film adaptation]] starring Creator/DennisQuaid and the voice of Creator/JoshGad was released on January 27, 2017, by Creator/{{Universal}} and Creator/AmblinEntertainment.
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A [[Film/ADogsPurpose film adaptation]] starring Creator/DennisQuaid and the voice of Creator/JoshGad was released on January 27, 2017, by Creator/{{Universal}} and Creator/AmblinEntertainment. A film adaptation of ''A Dog's Journey'' comes out May 17, 2019.
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* TomatoStunkStinkCure: While out at Ethan's grandparents farm, Bailey meets a skunk for the first time and gets sprayed. He's bathed with tomato juice and isn't allowed inside the house for a few days. Not recognizing the skunk as the reason for the smell, he nears her again and gets sprayed a second time. After being bathed again, Bailey realizes that maybe he should stay away from skunks for now on.
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* TomatoStunkStinkCure: TomatoSkunkStinkCure: While out at Ethan's grandparents farm, Bailey meets a skunk for the first time and gets sprayed. He's bathed with tomato juice and isn't allowed inside the house for a few days. Not recognizing the skunk as the reason for the smell, he nears her again and gets sprayed a second time. After being bathed again, Bailey realizes that maybe he should stay away from skunks for now on.
