I know my wife doesn’t mind violence in movies, but get’s very upset and angry if they kill a dog.
A following epi had Scully bringing the dog to an investigation, and while walking it one night, it goes into a bush where a crypto-creature did the chowing this time, leaving Scully pulling the leash out of the bushes, minus the pooch.
Points for story continuity.
Indeed. I turned off Game Of Thrones for the entire first season after they killed the dog in episode one.