Dog Potential Unleashed

02/07/2024

The ilLOGICal Lobster says "And if you stretch like this, you'll get big and tall like me..."

Know Me: "Oh, boy! I can do that!"

29/06/2024

The other day I was asked what the difference was between someone whose dog appears now and again in advertising, or on television, and someone who is a professional theatrical animal trainer. I'm thinking about this today, because Know Me's pictures got sent out for his first possible job.

Like so many things in the dog world, the distinction between professional and amateur can seem blurry. If you've been on sets a dozen or two times, what's the difference?

I am notoriously bad at keeping track of the work I have done, however, for one six year period, with one dog, I did keep track, because at the time I had a website devoted to the subject.

This is a list of the jobs that my Norfolk Terrier, Stamp, did over a six year period. Some jobs were half a day, some were a day, some were a couple of weeks.

IN PRINT

Business Week - editorial
Slipcovers By Mail - advertising
Simplicity - pattern envelope
Coach Leather - Magazine, catalog, billboard
Iams - in-house book
Good Housekeeping - editorial
3 Musketeers - magazine
JC Penney's - in-store posters
Heartgard - Magazine, vet office cut outs, posters, coupons
Surefit Sofa Covers - Magazine
Oprah - Magazine
Quest - Magazine
Oh, Baby! - Arabella Romance Novel cover art
Avanti Greeting Card
FAO Schwartz Fall Catalog 2004
Target - Spring Sales circular and in-store posters
McCalls - pattern envelope
Butterick - pattern envelope
Vogue Patterns - catalog
Sterling optical - sales circular
Bloomingdales website
Scherring Plough advertising

ON FILM

Nickelodeon - kid's promo
The Magician - Film for Indian market
Fosamax - commercial
Cream of Wheat - commercial
Chocolate Milk - commercial
Black and Decker - commercial
Heartgard - commercial
Video on Demand - commercial
Good Food Fast - 20 episodes, food network series
As the World Turns - one episode
House of D - Movie (extra)
Chandler for Governor - commercial
Soda Club - commercial
Cookout - Movie (back up)
Suncom - commercial
S*x and the City - one episode
Westminster Kennel Club - commercial
Animal Planet - jumbotron billboard
Lanacain - commercial
Sunshine - independent film, co-star
T-Mobile - commercial for ESPN
Scholastic Books - in-house industry video
Because of Wyn Dixie - film (voice only)
Prime - film
Love Monkeys - TV pilot
Cablevision - commercial
ESP Billy - internet sitcom
New B***s -independent film
Law and Order SVU
Zero Odor infomercial
Odor Eaters commercial
David Letterman Show
Healthy Choices (back up)
Rescue Me
Law and Order Criminal Intent
MTV Jackass spoof
Cashmere Mafia (with Boing and Fleet)
All Good Things (with Fleet)
Cupid (pilot)

In hindsight, I wish I had that kind of record for each of my animals, but I don't. I honestly have no idea how many jobs Kiss has done, they blur together. The dogs and cats I had in my twenties and thirties? I barely remember what they did, although at the time I am sure I thought I would never forget.

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28/06/2024

Napping with the big kids.

Know Me does not get a huge amount of freedom. He's only three months old, so if I can't keep my eyes on him, and Kiss isn't in the mood to babysit, he's in his pen or a crate. But this morning he was out for the entire two hours that I was working on my computer (Kiss was being a good babysitter, she always lets me know when she's had enough) and when I did think maybe he was in trouble because things were quiet, he was just napping with the big kids.

25/06/2024

STORY TELLING

There are a lot of different ways to look at what we are doing. At dog training. There is the reactive approach, identifying each problem as it appears, formulating a plan of action to solve it, and implementing the plan. There’s the goal oriented approach of carefully figuring out which skills the dog will need in the big picture to do the things and earn the titles. There is the tried and true approach, it’s what the rest of the people in the club, group, area do, and it works for them. So many right ways. And they are right ways. They’ve worked for years and for so many people. What I do notice, however, is that sometimes any of these approaches lends itself to an element of struggle. There is a goal and meeting it is not always the path we thought it would be.

Some of us dreamt of having a dog ever since we were little. For whatever reason our parents did not or could not give us that gift, and so we told ourselves the story of the dog. The dog in the story, the dog of our dreams, we did all the things with that dog. We still tell ourselves that story every time a new dog comes into our lives. Our heart still creates that quest, that hero’s journey, every single time. We know it, we even talk about it. But instead of embracing it, we fear ourselves, we push it down and choose, instead, to be more practical. How often do you hear someone say something along the lines of their puppy being a blank slate, and how scared they are that they’re going to mess her up?

When you allow yourself to tell the story of your dog, to create the quest, the hero’s journey, the joy is in the travel. The story is constant, there’s no ‘training time’ vs ‘down time’, the adventure is now. Take time to be a child again, to dream those dreams. In the dreams of childhood things don’t go smoothly, we always create adversities to overcome, and the sweetness over conquering them is palpable, even within our mind’s eye. We know this. How boring would it be to watch a movie that had no struggle before the happy ending?

When you take time to tell yourself the story of your dog, make sure to captivate yourself, focus on the details, the excitement, the pieces that keep you coming back for more. This is your dog, she’s young, with her whole life ahead of her. What kind of adventures will you have? Will you rob a bank together? Will she pull you from a burning building and save your life? Remember, you probably dreamt that kind of stuff when you were a kid :-). Will you win Nationals? What kind of challenges will come along the way to that success? What will you learn? Will you fail the first time? Will it feel awful? And when you win? Can you feel the euphoria? And then…. She will grow old, frail, you won’t be able to bear that, but you will have to.

Within that story is the secret to figuring things out when you hit a wall. Within the blockbuster, the hero’s quest, there are a multitude of short stories waiting to be told. Every little detail that the two of you will learn together is another chapter. When you think in stories, when you think in process, you start to thin slice again, and all the pieces fall together, even the struggles, into their own perfect masterpiece.

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24/06/2024

Pride month, and one of my friends wrote a great article for the AKC about another FB friend. Super cool!

Not so cool are some of the comments on the AKC FB page.

Representation matters. Knowing you're not alone is important.

If you do not understand that, you are living with privilege, that is wonderful for you. Open your heart to others who might not have it as easy.

Today, Dresden Graff is an out transgender man who has been training and competing in everything from Agility to Obedience since he was a teenager.

17/06/2024

Do you live in or near NYC? Are you looking for something fun to do with your dog this summer? Want to stay cool and learn new skills? Show off for friends and family? Want your dog to have the best time ever?

I am teaching workshops at Doggie Academy in Brooklyn!

Two consecutive Wednesday evenings 90 minutes each.

JULY 10TH AND 17TH

MOVIE STAR TRICKS

https://www-150q.bookeo.com/bookeo/b_doggieacademy_start.html?ctlsrc2=NVOXMcdZqUadbmWCpmIzPjHGalBaSf9Es%2B6fVyVSouY%3D&src=03o&devent=3150NXKEKC19018BF0C18_2024-07-10_0ai8cHgYnK6&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0bdd9QB4iQ5hZtqM6JhlfytgKLaT7K348S6bJJ40BafK-ifZMIkRYSljw_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

AND

GETTTING NOSEY (an introduction to scent work)

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17/06/2024

Can we all for a moment appreciate just how much Logic spits when she's running? 🤣

17/06/2024

Four dogs, one toy. Taking turns fetching, the perfect way to unwind. (Gimli is off on another agility trial sleep away)

12/06/2024

A few ideas are moving around through my head’s blender, that thought processor that takes disparate ideas and turns them into one cohesive concept that one then tries to explain to the rest of the world.

It is currently quite popular to admonish people to ‘let puppies be puppies’, not to train too much. That too much work now will cause them to burn out later. They will quickly lose their enthusiasm, or worse, become physically harmed by the excess of training.

Let puppies be puppies. Puppies are not yet dogs, they lack the emotional and physical maturity to do what dogs can do. Dogs are not people in fur suits. We must not treat dogs like people. We must not treat puppies like dogs.

There are so many mustn’ts. We are positively negative about it. Which is surely a symptom of how many of us view the world. That’s clear from a quick scan of memes. So many snarky ones about how people are stupid, people suck, people lack respect, people are jerks.

Maybe as much as we give lip service to training as being SO. MUCH. FUN. We do not actually believe it. Maybe we are not treated as well as we feel we should be by the humans in our lives. Maybe we did not like school, or question things about the way we were raised. BUT it’s always hard to admit that we are not OK, that we could have been better, done better, learned better. The old ‘my daddy spanked me and I turned out OK’ needs to disappear. It makes as much sense as ‘I was in a car wreck when I was a kid and I turned out OK’ so everyone else should plan to be in one too.

Maybe we forget that we are all born loving learning, puppies and children alike. If we did not love going to school we were not the ones at fault, the school was.

But back to not treating dogs like people in fur suits. Implied in this statement is the idea that we do things with people that would be unfair to dogs. It is usually said in terms of punitive measures, you can’t punish a dog hours after the fact, they won’t understand. But WTF? Do we do that to each other? Why? It sometimes baffles me when people who lay claim to being positive trainers are shockingly mean to their human students, or treat their human students completely differently from their canine ones, as though they fundamentally did not learn the same way. Sometimes it’s because we let people walk all over us, and we should not let our dogs do the same. But again, is this wise with people? Perhaps if we exercised fairness, kindness and boundaries with each other, we could treat our dogs like people with fur suits and we would all be better for it.

And then puppies, they need to be puppies, in fact, regardless of what you do, they won’t be anything else. But you could potentially kill their desire to enjoy being a team with you. Not by teaching them, learning and play are all the same, but by being an unintentional bully. By pushing them into your mold of who they should be. By having a timeline they have to fit into, instead of living in their moment, by wanting the product instead of enjoying the process. Be here now, in the present, enjoying the moment.

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06/06/2024

In honor of the launch of the Picture Perfect Puppy, a photo collection of just a small sampling of the illustrious alumni from my previous puppy classes. I only teach puppy class when I have a puppy, so I don't have very many classes.

These dogs have excelled in agility, conformation, service work, obedience and acting.

Also, they have had so much fun! Because fun is how we get to be successful, and also because winning is kinda fun!

https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

05/06/2024

How cute is this? Kiss~Me almost 12 years ago, when she was eight weeks old in a promo video for my first online puppy class.

Kiss and I both feel old now 🤣

We've been doing this online teaching stuff for a long time!

The good news is that she turned into an amazing dog, with so many successes in agility, obedience, and trick titling to round out her huge career in television and film.

Can't wait to see what this next generation does!

The Picture Perfect Puppy starts tomorrow
https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

https://youtu.be/FSaPiCRQ7J8?si=Zw6YjKtnTpesi5PK

04/06/2024

I have private lesson availability this Friday June 7, 2-4 PM, at the Princeton Barn. Agility, obedience, tricks etc. Message me if you are interested!

03/06/2024

PICTURE PERFECT PUPPY online class

https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy
STARTS FRIDAY JUNE 7th!
I am SO EXCITED to teach this class with my new puppy, Know Me!

Competitive sport dog, the perfect pet, animal actor, best friend
Raising a puppy to become your dream dog can be joyous and fun filled for both of you.

Focus around distractions
Impulse control
Leash manners
Recall
Understanding boundaries (don’t bolt out the door!)
How to play the fun way
Body awareness
Sit, down, the usual stuff

And more! There’s always more! The right start for puppies ages 8 weeks and up, but also a great way to re-visit the basics for dogs who might have missed a foundation step or two when they were youngsters.

Animal actors have to love learning, and also be impeccably well behaved on set. They need to perform under pressure with all manner of distractions, and exude joy while working. This is the system I have successfully used to raise and train my acting dogs for the last 40+ years. Let it work for you!

Dynamic lessons with video, personalized feedback, Q&A, train whenever it's convenient for you, with the expert help and attention!
6 week class starts June 7 - lifetime of access, 6 months of discussions and feedback.

Two bonus Zoom sessions (recorded for people who are not available) to answer ALL your questions.
For puppies 8 weeks and up, and also for older dogs who need to put a bit of polish on some points 🙂

PREVIOUS PUPPY CLASS GRADUATES INCLUDE AGILITY NATIONALS FINALISTS, NATIONALLY RANKED CONFORMATION DOGS, STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN, ADVANCED OBEDIENCE TITLE HOLDERS, MULTIPLE SERVICE DOGS and of course lots of dogs who have gone on to get agility titles, trick titles, obedience titles, rally titles, all kinds of other things I'm sure I'm forgetting, as well as being amazing companions.

https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

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03/06/2024

Are the Newest Training Methods the Only Right Way?

(This is an editorial I wrote for Clean Run in July 2005. Going through the Wayback Machine and thought it would be fun to post some old stuff!)

Browsing through my collection of old dog training books, I picked up The Amateur Trainer, published in 1929, and sub-titled, "Force System Without the Whip." Haberlien, it seems, developed a modern system of dog training far superior to old-fashioned trainers. In another book, The Spaniel and Its Training, F.H.F. Mercer had developed a system of dog training that far surpassed the inferior methods of his predecessors; he wrote his book in 1890. I grabbed book after book, on a mission. Sure enough, virtually every dog trainer’s methods surpass those who came before—books from 1938, 1940, 1965, 1980, up to this century—all contained the secrets that less competent predecessors were not privy to.

The most important training knowledge is that there is no such thing as the "right way" to train dogs. Historically trainers using new methods have accused trainers who came before them of being harsh, cruel, or ignorant. There are even trainers who will go so far as to imply that the training methods of old were unsuccessful across the board, and that the new methods are the ones that work. This sentiment expressed by dog trainers over 100 years ago about their predecessors, returns repeatedly.

The progression from a traditional to a new method generally follows the same course. The person in question starts looking for new methods when the old methods do not yield the desired results. The new method does yield the desired results: the trainer concludes that the old method is faulty and the new method is not. To further compound belief, most people who are using this new method share similar experiences: they enjoy training more, their dogs are happier, their accomplishments soar. Clearly this method is the secret to success. The missing information is that people who are having success with another, perhaps more traditional method don’t usually see any reason to switch. Why switch when they’re getting the results that they want. As such, these trainers don’t participate in the discussions about the old versus new methods because they haven’t had any need to learn the new methods.

Although it is tempting to believe that one has the answer, especially when all the pieces suddenly fall into place with spectacular results after years of frustration and less than stellar performances—there isn’t one answer. Over the last 30 years my training skills and methods have constantly evolved. Each dog has been trained differently from the one before him, although the changes have mostly been gradual tweaks from year to year as I’ve studied, learned, and re.ned my techniques. The observable differences between the methods I use with my current dog and the methods I used with my first dog in 1974 are immense, but the intangibles aren’t all that different. My first dog came to each lesson with a sparkle in her eye and joy in her demeanor: we were going to do something together, something fun, and she couldn’t wait. Not privy to the moralizing or arguing about "laws of training" that we people obsess with, she didn’t know that a leash correction would kill her enthusiasm, that without treats she had no motivation to work. Gee, she didn’t even know that terriers aren’t supposed to like training! Poor dog, she really didn’t know much, did she?

We train, we experiment, sometimes we fail, and sometimes we succeed. In time we second our own way. For every disciple of a method there is a detractor, for every theory an opposite. To keep myself balanced, I try to study trainers who are successful using techniques that seem "wrong" to me. Sure, it’s great to go to a seminar by someone who trains fundamentally the same way I do, but I learn so much more by watching an expert at a technique I’m uncomfortable with. At the least I can con.rm my suspicion that the method isn’t right, at best I see dogs performing happily, willingly, and accurately and I’ve got much food for thought.

It’s time we cut ourselves and each other a break. I love the way I train now, but the gospel I preach might well be a far cry from how I train in another decade or two. The methods I use might not seem comfortable at all to someone else. Since there are huge differences in temperament and style among trainers, not to mention among dogs, a wide variety of different methods will be useful and successful. To train a dog successfully, find a method that you and your dog are comfortable with, and go for it.

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03/06/2024

A long, long time ago, my little Norfolk Terrier, Stamp, had a tiny scene in a short indy comedy. In the scene was tied outside a bodega and got hit in the head with an errant peanut M&M from a pea shooter, which knocked him out. He then had to remain 'knocked out' while a bystander stopped and examined him.

I just came across this video of Celine and me training him for it, he really did a good job playing 'dead' 🤣😂

He was such a fun dog to train!

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https://youtu.be/EdT0mOE1z9w?si=Xz92amjEAPuFHenP

03/06/2024

Know Me just did his first live zoom training demo and he's wiped out! 🤣

30/05/2024

Picture Perfect Puppy online class starts in ONE WEEK

SPOTS ARE FILLING

https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

I only teach foundation classes when I have a puppy myself, so this is the time to do it! Not just for puppies, great for adult dogs who need to brush up or fill in little holes in their training.

A dog who thinks working with you and paying attention to you is the best thing ever! That is the goal of foundation training. Because once we have focus and a dog who wants nothing more than to do things with us, teaching ANYTHING else is easy.

Of course there will also be concrete skills like sit, down, come and leash walking. Tricks like bowling, ring toss and silly stuff that prepares their mind and body for sports and more. But attention, that is the secret to everything, and that is the magic they learn.

Also, honestly, this is great for humans. We learn focus, impulse control, and other tricks that improve our ability to communicate with our dogs.

My dogs HAVE to love working with me. When they are on set shooting a movie, TV show or commercial, excuses don't cut it. We have to be a team and be thrilled to work together joyfully. And my service dog, obviously, takes my life in her paws, sometimes for hours on end. If she did not thoroughly enjoy her job, we would not make it through the day.

These skills are so important, but they are also so much fun for both members of the team!

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https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

28/05/2024

It was a beautiful day, and the handyman was power washing the outside of the house in preparation for painting, so I took the dogs to the park to play a little disc and practice leash walking skills for a five dog pack. It's been a minute since I've had five dogs, so I need to remember the coordination :-)

We had fun!

28/05/2024

A lot of people have asked me about Know Me's name. Mostly questioning whether he would get confused between his name and me saying 'No!'

No one ever questioned whether See Ya would be confused between her name and people bidding me goodbye with that familiar refrain. Or whether Gimli would confuse his name with 'gimme that', perhaps because these, even if the dog did confuse them, are not punishing? I'm not sure.

No is not something I teach my dogs. It's not something that I use as a 'command' or 'cue'. I use it as a word, like any other word, but when it's said like that, in conversation, rather than as an exclamation, it does not draw attention to itself in the way that a name does.

Many years ago, it was popular to teach dogs the meaning of 'No!'. Which is, in itself, somewhat baffling. What does it mean? I asked people. It means they should stop what they are doing. Stop everything they are doing? Breathing? Moving? Thinking? What should they do instead?

It's like telling a kid NO!. Popular with a segment of the population, but beyond some sort of surface power play, it's pointless and teaches nothing except that the person saying no believes they are powerful and 'the boss' and should be obeyed.

Setting boundaries, being clear about what one does want, helping dogs learn impulse control and how to make good choices is easier in the long run for everyone, and creates a dog with far more autonomy.

But also, a dog or child who is not dependent on NO! is, in my experience, better mannered all around, as they active participants in their behavior. They are respected but also expected to treat others with respect. There is balance and calm rather than power and rebellion.

It's been a long time since I gave any thought to NO! I was interested, and a bit discouraged, to find, as I did a little google search, that there are still people who count it among the top ten cues to teach a puppy.

We can do better when we just take the time to think of what it is we do want instead of reactively thinking about what we don't.

22/05/2024

I just got an email from one of my online only students, and honestly, these are the moments we teachers live for.

"Will wonders never cease. He has been transformed. thanks for all your awesome ideas and classes. You rock."

Just a few weeks ago I had an email from another online student

"We have made such great progress! A few weeks ago, she would not hold a bumper at all after retrieving. And now she’s holding multiple different types with a smile on her face!"

Every dog, every person, every team works at their own speed and finds success in their own time. When I am teaching in person it is easy to get a sense of where we are at, to know that I am making a difference. Online sometimes it feels like I am throwing things into the wind, until I hear an echo coming back to me.

And the students who write with questions and challenges warm my heart just as much, together we will chip away until everyone succeeds. Because we know that it can be done!

We are all gonna be stars!

22/05/2024

Whenever I open FB and see that 'what's on your mind?' prompt, I have SO MANY things I want to say. Maybe it should be rephrased 'what's on your mind that is appropriate for the public?' because sometimes I think people just spew whatever is actually on their mind and come to regret it later.🤣

What is on my mind right now is, obviously, puppies! Also, roadtrips! And possibly exclamation points!!

Tomorrow I set off on another road trip to North Carolina to pick up a puppy. And then I embark on another round of teaching one of my favorite things, puppy stuff.

What's really on my mind at this exact moment is something I read recently in a class description that made me scratch my head. It was some kind of focus class. So yeah, if you know me, you know this is a big deal in my puppy training, the very first thing we teach puppies, pretty much before we teach a single verbal cue even, because a puppy or dog who is able to focus, has impulse control, and loves paying attention to you regardless of their environment is going to have an easy time learning everything else. Start with the obvious. Teach the baby to focus, then the stream runs smoothly forward.

Anyhow, back to this class description. It mentioned that there was a prerequisite that dogs be able to work off leash around other dogs. Um.... What am I missing here? The prerequisite for the focus class is that the dog already knows how to focus. My best guess is that focus means very different things to different people.

To me, teaching focus is teaching the puppy, or, if this wasn't taught early on, the adult dog, how to find the proper center of interest and avoid being waylaid by distractions. It goes hand in hand with impulse control, the ability to resist temptation and regulate its translation into action.

Teaching focus is also not a puppy/dog centered behavior. It is a team centered behavior. Both members of the team need to learn the skills, both members need to be able to stay calm, centered, unruffled by outside intrusions. Neither member of the team can resort to emotional outbursts, anger, or frustration. Teaching focus also means learning to focus. Teaching impulse control means learning it. We are always in this together.

So yeah, this is a bit rambling, because I am baffled by this idea of a focus class, which is clearly quite different from what I understand focus to be.

But there you have it. The world is a wonderful place with all kinds of different people.

Here's a baby See Ya learning to be calm in the face of distractions

https://youtu.be/mj644_UY3co?si=w9OXNS0icLONUcjG

and some clips of adult dogs focusing with distractions

https://youtu.be/oevQsmm8NME?si=LOBP7PZ7vZmWDF5Q

They all think this is great fun!

Want to join me teaching my new puppy this stuff? Check out the link below for the Picture Perfect Puppy Online Class
https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy

17/05/2024

PICTURE PERFECT PUPPY
online class

Every puppy is a dream we tell ourselves, a dream that can easily come true.

Can you picture perfect? Filled with dreams of the possible, of the highest vision of ourselves, a chance for aspiration, ambition and joy in a fuzzy bundle.

Competitive sport dog, the perfect pet, animal actor, best friend

Raising a puppy to become your dream dog can be joyous and fun filled for both of you.

- Focus around distractions
- Impulse control
- Leash manners
- Recall
- Understanding boundaries (don’t bolt out the door!)
- How to play the fun way
- Body awareness
-Sit, down, the usual stuff

And more! There’s always more! The right start for puppies ages 8 weeks and up, but also a great way to re-visit the basics for dogs who might have missed a foundation step or two when they were youngsters.

Animal actors have to love learning, and also be impeccably well behaved on set. They need to perform under pressure with all manner of distractions, and exude joy while working. This is the system I have successfully used to raise and train my acting dogs for the last 40+ years. Let it work for you!

Class starts June 7

https://dogpotentialunleashed.thinkific.com/courses/picture-perfect-puppy
Questions? Message me!