Beethoven (film) Jones as Dr. Herman Varnick. It features music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Principal photography began on May 1, 1991, in Los Angeles, California. A group of puppies are stolen from a pet store by two thieves. A St. Bernard escapes and sneaks into the Newtons' home. The workaholic father, George Newton, doesn't want the responsibility of owning a dog, but his wife, Alice, and their children, Ryce, Ted and Emily, convince him. When Emily plays a portion of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the piano, he barks along and they name him Beethoven. Beethoven helps the children overcome
Dogo (dog type) the Great Dane ("Deutsche Dogge") as "dogo alemán". In addition, the Portuguese word "fila" is basically an equivalent for the word "presa" and a Portuguese dictionary published in 1813 explains the term "cão fila" as being "a dog that catches a prey without releasing it" - so it refers to the same kind of catch dogs as the Spanish Dogos. In Spanish, French and German, "tipo dogo", "type dogue" or "doggenartige Hunde" also refers to the whole mastiff-type dog sub-group of the FCI. However, more massive and heavier mastiff breeds belonging to the same FCI sub-group are still usually called