Script Tip: Pets in Movies – How Can a Pet Improve Your Characters and Plot?

1 -  Having a pet or any animal can turn a "stereotyped character into a fresh, original one, and can also help you advance the plot in new and surprising ways"

2 - Common films have your antagonist and protagonist but adding a dog with a dog lover are bound to be more social and can change the way they act

3 -   "the film The Silence of the Lambs, Jame Gumb is the arch villain who makes clothes out of the skins of women, yet owns a toy poodle" You don't see many villains having animals which changes things up.

 One thing i like is that most people love animals and even if the movie is a horror or action what if animals had a many plot to them like Underdog 

another thing i liked is the reference to silence of the lambs since its one of my favorite movies and the actual scene with the dog and the girl in the pit is one of the best.

a question i have is, Dont people get offended when you use an animal were they think the animal is being harmed?