The disturbing reason why kids’ movie ‘Show Dogs’ is being urgently edited

Two scenes are being cut from the family movie Show Dogs after complaints that they resemble real-life sexual abuse, the movie’s distributor has announced.

In the movie, a police dog goes undercover at a dog show to catch animal smugglers.

In one scene, the dog is told to go to his “zen place” when he objects to having his testicles touched by a show judge.

In another scene, the dog is urged to overcome his resistance to being touched to become a champion.

Parenting bloggers first raised objections to the scenes, which they said resemble tactics used by abusers.

“During the movie, I kept thinking, ‘This is wrong, it doesn’t need to be in a kids’ movie,” wrote blogger Terina Maldonado. “Everything else in the movie is good fun except for this.’”