Dolittle isn’t even the first terrible animal-based family comedy he’s been in, lest we forget Disney’s The Shaggy Dog, the 2006 remake of the ’50s comedy, starring Tim Allen as a lawyer who turns into a bearded collie thanks to both science and magic (and creative laziness).
https://www.cracked.com/article_27038_it-shouldnt-be-surprise-that-dolittle-mess.html