Had a phone call regarding the above show and they were interested in using Diz (skateboarding), Cas (playing basketball) and Rum (skipping). However I couldn't get anyone to go up to Manchester with me to hold the other two so they decided they liked skipping best and so it had to be Rum.
I was worried as to how he would react after last week and he has only been skipping for a week or so.
Rehearsal was at 11pm and we were second on, he freaked again and just wanted to run but they were really good and after rehearsal let me spend a bit of time practicing and getting him used the environment and we got a couple of good skips.
Had some lunch from the cafe and Rum and I chilled for a bit in the dressing room. At about 2pm we were called to do the real thing. I was so nervous as I could see him running a mile. As we walked on I lost his attention for a minute but I got him back and after a couple of attempts (mostly my fault as my hands were shaking and I dropped the rope!!) we got a good skip - I hope they show that one!
He was really good though and reveled the attention from everyone, they were all really down to Earth including Nicky Chapman, Antony Cotton and the guy that plays Ounslow (Keeping Up Appearances).
Show is to be aired Thursday 10th September at 5pm on ITV1.
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Thursday, 30 August 2007
PDSA Photo Shoot
Went to Northamptonshire on a photo shoot for PDSA. Started off with Diz and got some shots of her lying down, sitting, doing paw, chin etc. Then we brought Ember in and did similar shots. Rum was last in and we got a couple of shots then he decided to totally freak out, ever since some feedback from the speakers at KC Festival he has become quite nervous of loud sounds. Tried to relax him but he just didn't want to know. So we just had some group shots of Ember and Diz together, sitting and lying down. They were perfectly behaved.
Friday, 20 July 2007
Diz - Co-op Shoot
Diz attended a photo shoot for Co-Op bank today. She will be featured on an advertising campaign for savings accounts.
They did some shots of her looking to camera, holding a ring frisbee, holding a disc frisbee, holding a lead, holding a ball and holding a rubber bone. She also did paw and touch tap as well as lying with her chin down. They had pencilled in 3 hours but Diz was done in half the time, she was as good as gold.
They did some shots of her looking to camera, holding a ring frisbee, holding a disc frisbee, holding a lead, holding a ball and holding a rubber bone. She also did paw and touch tap as well as lying with her chin down. They had pencilled in 3 hours but Diz was done in half the time, she was as good as gold.
Monday, 18 June 2007
Japanese Television
On Friday 15th I had a group of people who were filming for a type of clever animals show in Japan. They came to East of England Showground as I was there at RVA agility show.
It was very difficult to start with as the famous Japanese actress couldn't speak much English so there was someone translating from behind the camera. Very hard to look as though you are talking to her but listen to the person behind camera translate, but I got used to it towards the end and it became quite easy.
They filmed Cas playing basketball and then performing her Cotton Eye Joe routine and finally riding her skateboard.
They also filmed Diz and Rum getting out of the van and they both sat there and did paw for the camera, it was very sweet and the Japanese loved it. Finally they filmed Diz tucking herself in, which was probably their favourite of them all.
They also did some faceshots with Cas and Diz just looking to camera.
It was very difficult to start with as the famous Japanese actress couldn't speak much English so there was someone translating from behind the camera. Very hard to look as though you are talking to her but listen to the person behind camera translate, but I got used to it towards the end and it became quite easy.
They filmed Cas playing basketball and then performing her Cotton Eye Joe routine and finally riding her skateboard.
They also filmed Diz and Rum getting out of the van and they both sat there and did paw for the camera, it was very sweet and the Japanese loved it. Finally they filmed Diz tucking herself in, which was probably their favourite of them all.
They also did some faceshots with Cas and Diz just looking to camera.
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Diz - Short Film
Diz and I went down to Hertfordshire yesterday evening and got back this morning to take part in a short film that will be shown at a film festival.
Quite quick & easy, she had to stand in the road and look towards a car coming towards her then backing away.
Next scene she had to lie 'dead' in the road as if she had been run over. She had fake blood poured over her which she didn't like to start with, but got over that and lay flat.
That was it, she did it perfectly so we were done and dusted quickly
Quite quick & easy, she had to stand in the road and look towards a car coming towards her then backing away.
Next scene she had to lie 'dead' in the road as if she had been run over. She had fake blood poured over her which she didn't like to start with, but got over that and lay flat.
That was it, she did it perfectly so we were done and dusted quickly
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Diz - Amazing Animals
Diz and I took a trip down to Banbury to film for the above programme, it will be shown when you press the red button.
We started off with her sitting and looking to camera so they can put a voiceover on it. Might sound easy but with cows mooing and geese walking past there were quite a lot of distractions.
Then she was filmed lying in front of a pig pen looking to camera.
Right in front of the cows she was filmed looking at them as if she were talking to them, she was very close and they were eating the hay from behind her, she was a bit nervous to start with but was soon reassured. She then had to exit the scene.
A bale of straw was put on a trailer so she could sit on it and look down to camera.
Into the barn next to the sheep and Dizzy sat looking to camera and did some twists and then lay down as if she was exhausted.
They then filmed her skateboarding through the farmyard which she thoroughly enjoyed.
The next scene sees Dizzy crawling along towards some horses and hiding behind a hay bale. They did quite a few shots of this one at different angles.
Next to the geese she was filmed looking to camera and the geese walked past.
The final scene saw Dizzy picking up the camera tape box and giving it to the sound man.
All in all a good day, Diz coped really well considering she has never been that close to farm animals and all the nice smells. This should be shown the last week in April and I think will look really good as we got a lot done.
UPDATE:
We started off with her sitting and looking to camera so they can put a voiceover on it. Might sound easy but with cows mooing and geese walking past there were quite a lot of distractions.
Then she was filmed lying in front of a pig pen looking to camera.
Right in front of the cows she was filmed looking at them as if she were talking to them, she was very close and they were eating the hay from behind her, she was a bit nervous to start with but was soon reassured. She then had to exit the scene.
A bale of straw was put on a trailer so she could sit on it and look down to camera.
Into the barn next to the sheep and Dizzy sat looking to camera and did some twists and then lay down as if she was exhausted.
They then filmed her skateboarding through the farmyard which she thoroughly enjoyed.
The next scene sees Dizzy crawling along towards some horses and hiding behind a hay bale. They did quite a few shots of this one at different angles.
Next to the geese she was filmed looking to camera and the geese walked past.
The final scene saw Dizzy picking up the camera tape box and giving it to the sound man.
All in all a good day, Diz coped really well considering she has never been that close to farm animals and all the nice smells. This should be shown the last week in April and I think will look really good as we got a lot done.
UPDATE:
Monday, 26 March 2007
Cas - Britains Got Talent
Well I went for the first audition for 'Britain's Got Talent' three weeks ago and had a phone call last week to say I got through to the second round.
So off we went to Manchester yesterday, got there at 1pm and didn't get on stage till 7pm!! I was quite annoyed as Cas was the only dog there so they should have put her on early. Still she was okay and had fun playing with her pink furry pig lol.
Did some interviews for ITV2 and for ITV1, met Ben Shepherd (sp?) and Ant & Dec.
I was performing 'Cotton Eye Joe' as it is a bit more interesting and upbeat than 'In The Mood.' We did some practice in the holding room and she was fine. I was worried she might be a bit wide on her backward weave but nothing else could go wrong (or so I thought).
We were about to go on stage when they had a little break so we had a chat to Ant & Dec and I put some paw spray on Cas as the surface looked a little slippy. We got on stage and had a chat to Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden. Then given the cue to start, off we went. Anyone who knows Cas will know how focussed she is on me when performing and World War 3 could start and she would still perform, what happened next I could never, ever have imagined happen.
She did her first jump, started the backward weaves and then the beat in the music changed and the speakers were facing in to us, she totally freaked out, the noise was so loud. I tried so hard to coax her into doing some moves, we moved to the back away from the speakers and I managed to get a little out of her but nothing much at all, I wonder whether she could hear me as well as I was having to really shout over the music. Needless to say we didn't get through.
I feel so awful I put her through it, if I had known how she was going to react I would never have done it. The judges said she was the best they had seen so far, if they had a better surface and the speakers didn't scare the dogs then all the others would have probably performed too.
She has been in studios, at Country Fairs, Crufts etc. So it's not something we would have ever, ever imagined happening. I don't care that we're not through, I wouldn't have wanted to put her through it again anyway. Just feel awful that she had to go through it. As she loves her canine freestyle, she was fine though afterwards and was happy to get back to her pink pig
Meeting Ant & Dec was fab. But I know now that she will never be able to do anything like that, studios and Country Fairs etc. fine but the music was just far too loud and it had to be for all the audience to hear, so theatres are a no go.
And I know that if ever anything like this comes up again on stage it needs to be a really really laid back dog, I think Rum or Diz would be fine. I know Ember would probably yap at the speaker as she has done that at Crufts when we were sitting watching lol. So if ever you think about entering something like this, just think twice. I think the BBC1 show would be fine as it is only a studio, but this is in a theatre. Bear it in mind.
Oh and we weren't allowed to take pictures either!
Here she is back home with her pink pig
So off we went to Manchester yesterday, got there at 1pm and didn't get on stage till 7pm!! I was quite annoyed as Cas was the only dog there so they should have put her on early. Still she was okay and had fun playing with her pink furry pig lol.
Did some interviews for ITV2 and for ITV1, met Ben Shepherd (sp?) and Ant & Dec.
I was performing 'Cotton Eye Joe' as it is a bit more interesting and upbeat than 'In The Mood.' We did some practice in the holding room and she was fine. I was worried she might be a bit wide on her backward weave but nothing else could go wrong (or so I thought).
We were about to go on stage when they had a little break so we had a chat to Ant & Dec and I put some paw spray on Cas as the surface looked a little slippy. We got on stage and had a chat to Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden. Then given the cue to start, off we went. Anyone who knows Cas will know how focussed she is on me when performing and World War 3 could start and she would still perform, what happened next I could never, ever have imagined happen.
She did her first jump, started the backward weaves and then the beat in the music changed and the speakers were facing in to us, she totally freaked out, the noise was so loud. I tried so hard to coax her into doing some moves, we moved to the back away from the speakers and I managed to get a little out of her but nothing much at all, I wonder whether she could hear me as well as I was having to really shout over the music. Needless to say we didn't get through.
I feel so awful I put her through it, if I had known how she was going to react I would never have done it. The judges said she was the best they had seen so far, if they had a better surface and the speakers didn't scare the dogs then all the others would have probably performed too.
She has been in studios, at Country Fairs, Crufts etc. So it's not something we would have ever, ever imagined happening. I don't care that we're not through, I wouldn't have wanted to put her through it again anyway. Just feel awful that she had to go through it. As she loves her canine freestyle, she was fine though afterwards and was happy to get back to her pink pig
Meeting Ant & Dec was fab. But I know now that she will never be able to do anything like that, studios and Country Fairs etc. fine but the music was just far too loud and it had to be for all the audience to hear, so theatres are a no go.
And I know that if ever anything like this comes up again on stage it needs to be a really really laid back dog, I think Rum or Diz would be fine. I know Ember would probably yap at the speaker as she has done that at Crufts when we were sitting watching lol. So if ever you think about entering something like this, just think twice. I think the BBC1 show would be fine as it is only a studio, but this is in a theatre. Bear it in mind.
Oh and we weren't allowed to take pictures either!
Here she is back home with her pink pig
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
Kali - CBBC Angellica
Kali cat & I went down to London, aboard the Golden Hinde! Where she was filmed doing various bits and bobs for a slavery drama to be featured on BBC1 during March at 5pm.
Kali was filmed walking over the gang plank towards camera.
Then filmed playing with some marbles.
She then had to walk up to some chains.
We got her to sharpen her paws a bit on some rope.
Walking through a doorway towards camera.
Finally she was filmed sitting on a cloth, looking relaxed.
UPDATE
This was shown 26.03.2007 - Angellica: Time Travel on BBC1.
Kali was filmed walking over the gang plank towards camera.
Then filmed playing with some marbles.
She then had to walk up to some chains.
We got her to sharpen her paws a bit on some rope.
Walking through a doorway towards camera.
Finally she was filmed sitting on a cloth, looking relaxed.
UPDATE
This was shown 26.03.2007 - Angellica: Time Travel on BBC1.
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