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Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial is Here!

I was extremely fortunate to be invited by Studio Animal Services to train the puppies again for the 2015 Budweiser Super Bowl commercial.  We trained the puppies for about three weeks, they were approximately 8 weeks old when we started, and then in the middle of December we headed up to central California to shoot […]

Budweiser Puppy Love

The Budweiser commercial “Puppy Love” was just nominated for an Emmy!  So proud to have been the puppy trainer on this spot.  Fingers crossed to director Jake Scott, production company RSA and ad agency Anomaly – it HAS to win!!

Kama The Surfing Pig

I owe a post explaining how I ended up here – but the above photo is a sampling of what July 4th looks like in Waikiki, Oahu. Oh yes, that IS a pig!  He is quite famous here in Oahu.  His name is Kama The Surfing Pig.  You can follow him on Instagram at: http://instagram.com/kamathesurfingpig […]

Water your birds…With Bird Baths

  Normally in the winter we get some relief from the dry, desert conditions here in southern California, but this year it seems we missed out.  With the temperatures continuing to be above average take a second to think about all of our beautiful backyard birds that would not only love to have a sip […]

Take a trip on the wild side…whale watching!

Next time you plan a trip to southern California think about planning a whale watching trip.  We have one of the best spots in the world to offer – the Santa Barbara Channel.  Truly, I’m not kidding.  Not to mention its actually a marine sanctuary.  Year round there is a possibility of seeing whales – all […]

Watch the Super Bowl for the Budweiser Puppy

As most of you know I train animals for the studios. Well one of the most rewarding jobs I have done in a long time has been working on the new Budweiser commercial featuring the Clydesdales and a Budweiser puppies! …8 puppies. We trained 8 puppies to play the part of one puppy in this […]

A Christmas Bird…European Robin

In England where I grew up, the European Robin (much different from the American Robin) is always associated with Christmas.  Featured on many Christmas cards is a beautiful friendly bird. I remember seeing the bird around the garden in the winter months.  Watching my Dad work on the garden, the Robin would often find its […]

Today. In my World 13

This is Sprig. He is a busy boy this month, today he was on his 6th shoot day of the month. He is wearing a City Farm multi collar and a City Farm multi leash. Pretty stylish! Check out the collars and leashes in our online store…

Introducing…Dog Day Afternoon.

Dog Day Afternoon…What a perfect way to spend an afternoon sorting through the hundreds of dog pictures I have taken over the years.  These will be regular posts giving you a chance to meet these wonderful dogs.  Some have long since passed, some are new into my life and have many more photo shoots left […]

Luv a Duck!

A few years back I trained a slew of ducks for a movie – appropriately titled DUCK – www.duckthemovie.com I like training ducks. They are fun and different from your average day of dog training. We have about twelve of them and they all have different personalities and funny little quirks and behaviors. The reason […]