In movies like “Marley & Me”, “Rescued by Ruby”, “Beethoven” etc, how do they get the animals to cooperate/act? Is it not confusing for the animals being called names on set that are not their real names in real life?

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In movies like “Marley & Me”, “Rescued by Ruby”, “Beethoven” etc, how do they get the animals to cooperate/act? Is it not confusing for the animals being called names on set that are not their real names in real life?

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Answer 1

The animals scenes are filmed with the trainers using their real names and just outside of the camera shot.

The movie you see with the animals coming to their screen names is voice over.