Kevin and Uncle Bob have a pet Bulldog, Beauford, who is frequently seen carrying Uncle Bob's portable phone around the house in his mouth. In reality, this was one of the dog's toys. In one scene when the movie thugs are trying to interrogate Uncle Bob for information leading to Kevin's whereabouts, we see Uncle Bob and Beauford tied to dining room chairs with their mouth's taped shut. To accomplish this, the dog had been trained to sit in the chair with loose ropes draped around him, which gave the illusion the dog was tied to the chair. The tape on the dog's mouth was not actually tape, but cloth which had been moistened and placed over the dog's mouth for this shot. Beauford is also seen rolling on the lawn playing with Uncle Bob, sitting in a chair at a poker table while Uncle Bob and his friends play cards, and sneaking out of the house with Uncle Bob, to escape the thugs. In one other scene a truck is seen in a ditch after an accident. The truck was supposedly carrying chickens in crates, and feathers are seen everywhere. For this scene the feathers had just been placed there. No chickens were actually on the truck. Two chickens were, however, filmed standing in the road by the truck.