The Pack

I really wanted to like this show, for the dogs and the donated money. But honestly, I couldn't get past the first episode. Owners forcing their dogs to do things when they look nervous, or even get hurt. Ex: Dogs had to dig through sand, dog started sneezing, owner pushed his face down to keep going. Some of the dogs were trained therapy dogs or similar, some of them just home pets. But I felt like all the owners treated their dogs as objects. All of them were from rich fancy backgrounds and all the dogs were purebred. Would be nice to see some mutts in there, or do the show with adoptable dogs! There was drama with all the owners, or they had sob stories.

Editing was choppy and hard to follow. So basically: Pros: Dogs, money to good cause, fast paced, challenges Cons: Bratty owners, not amazing dog treating, challenges were unfair, choppy editing. Too much drama.

So much wasted potential. The unnecessary drama is obvious and feels insincere. If we wanted to watch a daily soap, that's what we'd watch instead.

Basic balance is missing. It's crushing for anyone who wants to watch a fair game to endure, right from the first episode. The entire thing feels boring, even if the challenges are good. You want to enjoy it and support it, because, DOGS! but soon you run out of excuses to justify wasting your time.

1. Difficult to watch and keep track of what is actually happening. Editing is very fast paced, no shot lasts more than a couple of seconds, which makes watching very stressful. The competitors are going to very cool locations, but the editing has completely ruined enjoying the show. 2. When competitions are happening it is difficult to follow the competitors and root for someone, which completely takes away from the pleasure of watching any form of "challenge". I have no idea, how much time has passed, how far someone is from another competitor etc. This could be a "making-of" show of the competition, not the actual footage. In the end you just want to turn the show off, because as a viewer I have no idea what is going on from a competitive standpoint. 3. Basically because the competitive element is unwatchable, a viewer is just left with watching the personal sob stories of some completely random people. 4. The idea in itself is very cool and could be executed better with more focus on the competition with maybe a stopwatch and less with some completely irrelevant interviews from contestants. 5. Beautiful locations and background shots.

Unfortunately a waste of time, due to errors made in the focus on irrelevant things.

I don't know why people are saying the dogs were mistreated or stressed out. Or the owners were rich. The final three were regular people trying to win to hopefully buy a home or have a decent start. The dogs were never mistreated and at times owners wouldn't finish because they knew their dog wasn't enjoying the task. The dogs had training to help them get used to things like unbalanced surfaces, water sports etc. so they wouldn't be frightened. They were well looked after. I'd be one of the first to turn off and do whatever was in my power to get it cancelled so it wouldn't be on again. The owners had beautiful connections with their fur babies and the love was obvious. They adored them and the dogs adored their owners. I found it hard to pick one team for my winner as they were all such nice people with gorgeous and very charismatic dogs with great personalities. There were young and older dogs and owners, some were mixed breeds and some purebreds. I don't know what people mean about the drama in the show, I didn't feel there was any drama or fake drama in it. You heard their stories throughout and some had some tough times in life. They all got along together, bonded and shared a common interest, love for their fur buddies. It was actually nice to watch a reality show without fake fights. Even the dogs loved each other!! If you love dogs and want to watch something that isn't full on and overly scripted give it a go.

Ok so it may not be the best reality tv show ever but honestly who cares!! They donate money to great causes, have super cute dogs, amazing locations and promote animal love and care. So in my eyes this is a 10+ rating!