Comments on: 101 Dalmatians: Spotlight Shines on Smiling Shelter Dogs

By: Weekend Update March 26, 2010 | Dog Spelled Forward

Weekend Update March 26, 2010 | Dog Spelled Forward — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:35:54 +0000

[...] the 101 Dalmatians theater show is coming to our area! As Dancing Dog Blog told us a while back, this is a show that is doing a great job of showing people what shelter dogs are capable of. The show will be at the Theater at Madison Square Garden from April 7 to April 18. Here is a link [...]

By: michele

michele — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:07:29 +0000

What a great story Mary! Other dogs and cats that appear in the movies or on TV have been rescued from shelters. Sandy from Little Orphan Annie is a shelter rescue. So is Morris–from the Morris the Cat 9 Lives cat food commercials.
And did you know that the dogs in the movie 101 had a makeup artist? Yes! The stars had stunt doubles just like the human actors. A makeup artist was called in to duplicate the spots, so that the stunt doubles and stars could be identical in appearance.
I often worry about animals in the movies. Often people see a type of dog in a movie role and they get this strange idea that they can purchase the same dog. Because of the popularity of Beverly Hills Chihuahua, so many people went out and purchased chihuahuas. As a result, a lot of shelters are now carrying chihuahuas. People should study a breed before they purchase one, and the best place to get a dog is a shelter.
Thanks for a great post.

By: Weekend Update February 27, 2009 | Dog Spelled Forward

Weekend Update February 27, 2009 | Dog Spelled Forward — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:57:07 +0000

[...] production of 101 Dalmatians that is using rescue dogs. Mary Haight at Dancing Dog Blog has background and backstage information on 101 Dalmatians over [...]

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uberVU - social comments — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:54:55 +0000

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By: Amy@GoPetFriendly

Amy@GoPetFriendly — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:50:46 +0000

It is wonderful that they used shelter dogs! So many people think they won't be able to find a "good" dog at the shelter – that they're all there for behavior issues. This is a perfect example of the huge potential of adoptable dogs!

By: Rod@GoPetFriendly

Rod@GoPetFriendly — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:37:33 +0000

Very cool story! Did not occur to me how the popularity of a breed could be ramped up as the result of the success of a Hollywood movie or a Broadway play. Great to see that Slaven had plans for his 15 charges … but this would still not stop breeders from overbreeding a dog.

By: Edie

Edie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:59 +0000

I love shelter dog show biz stories — one of my favorite books is William Berloni's Broadway Tails, about rescuing shelter dogs and training them for Broadway shows. This is a nice antidote to all the stories about the problems that occur after movies and plays popularize breeds.