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Attention Everyone: The Dog Version of Sirius Black is Up For Adoption

by Susana Polo | 11:59 am, September 27th

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Meet Berry. You might have seen him before? Berry is the highly trained animal performer who represented Gary Oldman‘s Sirius Black’s Animagus form in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In other words, this ten year-old puppy is Padfoot.

But Berry has a problem. His owner no longer has the time to care for such an energetic, intelligent, and aging companion, and so he’s currently staying at a foster home run by the UK’s German Shepherd Dog Rescue. In the meantime, he’s looking for a brand new permanent home.

There’s just one catch: if you want Berry, you’ve got to adopt his lifelong buddy Porridge.

This is Porridge:

Berry and Porridge are actually both movie stars, as Porridge had a role in White Teeth, a television adaptation of the novel of the same name. Obviously this isn’t a catch in the traditional sense, but we understand that caring for a very intelligent 10-year-old and 13-year-old german shepherd isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. Still, we’re amazed that some animal loving Harry Potter fan hasn’t already trotted these two off to a loving home.

Maybe one of you can? Look at this face:

Even if he’s ten years old, I’m sure Berry would be terribly excited to walk with you to the train station, no matter what Draco says about it, as long as it’s not too far. You can find out more about him at the German Shepherd Dog Rescue site.

(via Blastr.)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=681460421 Lauron Haney

    Part of me goes “awwwwwwwwwwwwww” and the other part of me worries that someone unable to care for them will adopt these two lovely looking dogs simply because of their connection to the Potter franchise.

    Also, lots of non-Rowling dogs need love. If you are thinking about getting a companion animal, check your local shelter. Asking at vets offices can be great too, as they often know what local animals might need new homes.

    (PS- I have a black cat named Bruce Wayne and a cashmere lop rabbit named Peter Parker. Points to geeky animals.)

  • A Talbot

    Awww! They’re so cute! But the problem is that most people want to adopt puppies. I really hope they’ll be adopted, but I also worry that it will be only because of Berry’s connection to Harry Potter, and not because the two are adorable and most likely very sweet.

  • Anonymous

    I hope they find a good home but I also hope that they aren’t picked up just because of Berry being Padfoot. I love animals and hope that this might inspire someone to check out their local shelter to get a pet. We always get any pets that way (currently a dog named Ricin and a cat named Sarin).

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7G4SWUX2MCWWXLMYNN347JMIZY Frodo Baggins

    Wait, what? I thought that dog was CGI!

    You’re telling me this http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6hgSmco4R9M/SYuEe0c5XYI/AAAAAAAAATM/uyJIWMpxmAc/24_SiriusBlackdog_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg
    is that dog? I don’t buy it.

  • http://twitter.com/KomiIsDrawing Komiyan

    I’m pretty sure there were shots of the dog walking along calmly on occasion that must’ve been the actual dog, rather than it in ‘attack mode’ which is CGI as heck.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7G4SWUX2MCWWXLMYNN347JMIZY Frodo Baggins

    I can’t remember when, though. There’s the quick shot in the alley, where he looks CG. There’s the part where he attacks Ron (the screencap I found) and looks CG. Then there’s the part where he’s fighting a werewolf, and I’m pretty damn sure that was CG. Those are the only times you see Sirius in dog-mode.

    And I think he’s only seen as a human in Goblet and Order, so…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LFHOEUG3QJAEWPNI2CFIOYD6EM Katie

    This seems like a horrible representation with everything that is wrong with pet owners right now. I just read that as “he’s too old for me to care anymore, and no longer bringing in Potter money, so he’s someone else’s problem now”. I really hope that they aren’t taken in JUST because of the Harry Potter connection, because those poor dogs are just going to end back in a shelter. Poor things.

  • Anonymous

    No, in OotP he’s a dog at least in King’s Cross Station.

  • http://twitter.com/AmyTheFreak Amy C.

    I want them both. I’ve got a 13-year old German Shepard Cross who looks just like Porridge (but all white).

    But also, dumping off old animals because they are old sucks. They just want some affection, even if their hips don’t work very well anymore.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/lowsee Heidi Mason

    I almost named my two grey tabbies Bruce and Selina. But, since his name was Superman at the pound, I named them Clark and Lois instead. (Her name was Babe at the pound. I didn’t like that at all.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=681460421 Lauron Haney

    Old German Shepards seem particularly great to me, but that may be in part because I grew up with one. (His name was ‘Heywood’ after ‘Heywood Banks’. And now we know I come from a strange family.)

    He was the gentlest, kindest dog I’ve ever had the privilege to know though.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7G4SWUX2MCWWXLMYNN347JMIZY Frodo Baggins

    Ah! Good call. Maybe that’s when Berry played him.