Anyone remember someone being turned into a dog?

[Big Brother]

Aside from our own Mr. Sirius "Dead Puppies are Suprisingly Fun" Black, anyone remember a human transforming into a two-legged dog in Goblet of Fire?

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3641338.stm

[Lorpius Prime]

Krum?

[Lolua]

The only thing I can remember about a dog is that Cedric transfigures a rock into a dog to distract his dragon during the First Task. But since the dragon-fighting scenes are currently being filmed, I'm thinking that's not what this dog would be doing.

Possibly the dog would be part of a Charms or Transfiguration lesson as a partially completed project. Remember Ron's furry cup in the CoS film that had a tail and squeaked? He tried to change a rat into a water goblet and only got halfway there.

The thing is, I don't think they learn anything in GoF that would require the paws being removed from a dog, as Vanishing would. They learn Summoning Charms and their opposite, Banishing Charms, and I think Hermione talks about Switching Spells when she's suggesting things Harry could do against the Hungarian Horntail. So maybe it's for that, or something similar. Switching the dog's legs with a pair of rubber chickens?

I could see how a dog with only 2 legs would be useful in filming a scene with partial Vanishment -- much easier than the green-screening involved in removing Lt. Dan's legs in Forrest Gump. But they don't learn Vanishing until OotP....

[mooncroww]

It did resemble Krum didn't it?

[Lorpius Prime]

I think I was recalling the shark.

[Lolua]

HPANA received an e-mail from the owners of the 2-legged dog Faith. An excerpt from that letter:

We're in the process of negotiations and talks concerning Faith. They aren't finished with the film at this point. When I was shown photos of the areas [in which] they're filming the tournament I asked if it was being wrapped up, they said not yet. I was told that they still had time to write Faith into GoF since it had not be[en] wrapped. We wouldn't even have to go to the UK because several parts of Missouri and Arkansas look remarkably like the tournament areas shown to me. They could film Faith here in the States and do a really good patch-job in the editing room without any problems.

So it sounds like Faith would be part of a Triwizard Task. They've already filmed the First Task on-location in Scotland and Dan's underwater stunts for the Second Task, so would she be for the Third Task? And how? (Harry has to get past a 2-legged dog instead of a Skrewt or a giant spider?? Hardly sounds like a Triwizard challenge to me, and it's not a great place for comic relief.)

Photos and the complete communique from Faith's family can be found at www.hpana.com/news.18300.html.

[Oracle Of Odd]

Oh, but if they did indeed film any HP scene in Missouri or Arkansas ... I would soooo be there .

And if I get that "Undisclosed Item the Shouldn't Even Be Available For Months, if Ever" , maybe it will shed some light on a two-legged pupdog.