Casting Call for Animal Planet!

Animal Planet has a casting call for a number of their upcoming productions and show ideas.  According to a message I received from their Associate Producer:

NOW CASTING!!! Our hope is that all of the above Specials and Series will get renewed for another season on Animal Planet. We would love to hear your NEW great stories or watch your NEW endearing home videos of your dog or cat to see if they would be a good fit on one our new Specials or Series. To apply simply email me at jward@powderhouse.net – include your contact information with a description of your story or a link to your videos (depending on what show you are applying for).

Must Love Cats.  Do you think our host should visit you and your cat because your story truly unique?  If so, we want to hear from you.  See below for some ideas:

FUNKY FELINE PEEPS - These are people who's world is cat centric. In the first season of Must Love Cats we will meet a performer in Chicago who performs along side her cats, a man in Seattle who rescues cats out of trees as a living as well as a man in Minnesota who has transform his entire house to be a cat paradise.  Do you have a story that tops these?

THAT IS ONE AMAZING CAT - These are cats who are one of a kind.  In the first season of Must Love Cats we will meet a cat in Seattle who is a photographer, a cat in San Mato who is a klepto cat and a four-ear from Illinois.  Is your cat extraordinary?

KITTY CITY - These are stories about big populations of cats - but are NOT cat hoarders. These are places that are really cool and unique - filled with cats.  In the first season of Must Love Cats we will visit Cat House On The Kings in CA who currently has over 500 cat residence as well as visit Cedar Hill Sanctuary in Mississippi who provides homes for both big and little cats.  Do you have a kitty city that is rare and unusual in its own special way?

CAT LAB - These are stories about cat research where we find out cool information about cats. In the first season of Must Love Cats we get the 101 on why cats spray, kitty litter, obesity in cats as well as why cats love catnip.  Should we visit your cool cat research?

CAT LOVE - These are extraordinary stories of love between a cat and his person. These are current stories about a cat who saved his person’s life, cats who overcame amazing odds to be with her family, or people whose lives were dramatically changed by their cat. Is this you and your cat?

America's Cutest Dog & America's Cutest Cat 
Everyone can participate!  Send us a link to your NEW adorable cat and/or dog YouTube videos along with your contact information to be in the running for America's Cutest. NOTE:  If you have sent a video in for a previous Cutest show, please do not resend your clip.  It is automatically submitted to the next Cutest show.

DOGS 101 
Though we have featured quite a few breeds on the first three seasons of DOGS 101 but we are still looking for unique stories on the following breeds:

American Foxhounds, Anatolian Shepherd Dogs, Bearded Collies, Bedlington Terriers, Belgian Tervuren, Briards, Black Russian Terriers, Bluetick Coonhounds, Belgian Malinois, Bouviers des Flandres, Brussels Griffon, Canaan Dogs, Clumber Spaniels, Dogo Argentino, Dogues de Bordeaux, English Setters, English Toy Spaniels, Finnish Lapphund, Finnish Spitz, Flat-Coat Retrievers, Giant Schnauzers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Great Swiss Mountain Dog, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Red & White Setters, Japanese Chin, Keeshond, Kerry Blue Terriers, Kuvaszok, Lowchen, Lundehund, Miniature Bull Terriers, Neapolitan Mastiffs, Norwegian Elkhound, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Otterhound, Pharaoh Hounds, Petit Basset Briffon Vendeen, Plotts, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, Pyrenean Shepherds, Schipperkes, Scottish Terriers, Sealyham Terriers, Spinoni Italiani, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Swedish Vallhunds, Tibetan Terriers

PETS 101 
Do you have an unusual pet (bird, reptile, rodent, fish, farm animal, ect) with an amazing story?  If so, we want to hear from you!

Thank you so much for supporting Powderhouse Productions and Animal Planet!

Jessie Ward
Associate Producer
Powderhouse
(M) 617.908.4899
(F)  617.284.2929
212 Elm Street
Somerville, MA 02144
www.powderhouse.net

Fenway Bark's Dogs Have Talent!

Hello, this is Jess Ward with America's Cutest Dog II.

I work for Animal Planet's television network on their special - America's Cutest Dog II. We are currently searching for cute dog videos to air on our special – especially dogs in cute costumes! These can be home videos – they do not have to be professionally done!  All it takes is 30 seconds to 1 minute of doggie cuteness to be in the running for America's Cutest Dog.  NO PICTURES PLEASE - ONLY VIDEOS!

Submitting is easy and can be done on-line in just a few minutes. Our show will feature the best videos of dogs and puppies doing the most amazing, hilarious and just plain adorable things.  We have narrowed down the categories are are looking for the following videos:

• DRESSED TO THE K-NINES - dogs in cute costumes looking adorable
• DANCING WITH THE DOGS - dogs that like to shake their booty (without music)
• LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE - dogs that snore, bark, dream, or walk in their sleep
• THE HOUND OF MUSIC - dogs that like to sing, play a music instrument or both
• AWWWWW INSPIRING - dogs that have an amazing talent
• ODD COUPLES - dogs that have an unusual best friend - pig, horse, bird, baby
• THESE PAWS WERE MADE FOR WALKING - dogs that walk in an usual way - on two legs, backwards, in doggie booties, ect.
• DOGS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS - dogs doing something that makes you laugh

If interested, please follow the below instructions and email me at dogsvscats@powcasting.com with the below info:
1. Subject: America's Cutest Dog - Attention Heather & Jessie
2. Your Name and contact information
3. Your dog's name, gender, age and breed
4. quick description of video(s)

Instructions on how to upload your video are attached. It takes less than 3 minutes via SendSpace on the Internet.  Also included is our Animal Planet Release, which states you own the video(s) and are allowing us to submit it to America's Cutest Dog II.  YOU STILL OWN THE RIGHTS TO YOUR VIDEO(S) - NOT US!

If you want to know how your clip would be used please go to America's Cutest Dog I to see some of the clips we picked for last years show:
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/top-10-cutest-dogs/

If you dog does make the top 40 you will be notified of the air date and will be sent a DVD of the show once it airs.  If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an email or give me a ring at 617.908.4899.

Videos must be submitted ASAP - latest October 11th!

Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon.