Dr. Herman Varnick

Dr. Varnick is the main antagonist of Beethoven - he is a dog-napper who took on the guise of a vet - he was employed by a weapons-dealer to test new bullets and targetted Bethoven as he required a dog with a large skull to check the effeciency of the bullet, in order to take Beethoven from his family he first gave false information by claiming St Benards were naturally aggressive (in reality they are the opposite) - he then visited Beethoven's family home and tricked them into believing he had been attacked via using scissors to tear his clothes and fake blood - he then hit Beethoven repeatedly to provoke the dog into lunging at him. He then threatened to take legal action unless Beethoven was taken in to his office to be put down, however he soon had his two henchmen take Bethoven to the testing area. Varnick later gets into a confrontation with Beethoven's family, who find out that the attack was faked - they call the cop but they show no interest in intervening - the family proceed to fllow Varnick to his testing area. By the time the family arrive Varnick is already preparing to shoot Beethoven but is distracted when Goerge (Beethoven's originally reluctant owner) smashes into the area - Varnick proceeded to try and shoot Goerge for interfering and is attacked by a Jack Russel Terrier - causing him to misfire. At this point Ted smashes into the area using the family car and during the chaos launches numerous syringes at Varnick, sedating him - Beethoven and the other dogs are freed and proceed to chase away Dr Varnick's henchmen. In the end Dr Varnick is arrested and taken away for his crimes - he is presumably imprisoned at a later date.