The Anatolian Shepherd is not the typical Hollywood dog. But the breed still managed to land roles in some big-budget films including Kate and Leopold, Friends with Benefits, and the famous Warner Bros film franchise Cats & Dogs. The feature in Cats & Dogs is considered the most significant and most famous role an Anatolian Shepherd has ever had.

The film’s story revolves around the secret war between canines and cats, of which the human owners are totally unsuspecting. The plot follows a power-hungry Persian cat named Mr. Tinkles and his plans to conquer the entire earth and destroy a vaccine being developed by a professor called Professor Brody. The vaccine can potentially end a human’s allergy to dogs and foil Mr. Tinkles’ plan of world domination. Basically, the role of the cats in the film is to sabotage canine lives and make all humans allergic to dogs. But the dogs are equally resilient as the cats, and will not go down without a fight. The canines formed a secret agents group called D.O.G.S, and this is where the Anatolian Shepherd enters the picture.

The agent and one of the leading mentors of the agents group is named Butch, which is played by an Anatolian Shepherd. In the film, Butch is a rather serious yet grumpy canine, but is a highly intelligent veteran agent. This is why he was assigned by the head of D.O.G.S, a Beagle named Lou, to mentor new agents. Upon being told that he is in charge of mentoring newbies, Butch wasn’t very happy as he just wants to retire. But Butch knows Lou very well, as he also mentored and trained the Beagle. He has good faith in Lou and trusts that he knows best. Butch realizes that his job has become more significant now that the cats are starting to take over. He ended up mentoring a new agent named Diggs, a clumsy and almost always nervous canine.

During the latter part of the film, Butch, Lou, and another veteran agent named Ivy made plans to ambush the factory where Mr. Tinkles is modifying mice infected with allergy to dogs. In the end, the canines succeeded in taking down the wicked cat’s plans and bringing back peace and harmony within the relationship of dogs and cats.

The character of Butch may not be the protagonist of the film, but he is easily the second most important character next to Lou. He is fearless, daring, strict, and selfless. After the first film, the character of Butch was reprised in the sequel, entitled Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.