The commercial we created for Sample Electric is finished! It features our fine furry friend, Sparky. As promised in my last post, we’re giving you the chance to view it before it airs! Let us know what you think! Watch Commercial

Sparky the Wonder Dog

I recently had the opportunity to work with two different dogs while creating two different commercials. It was quite an experience. Although they are both trained, obedient animals, achieving the exact behaviors we wanted took a lot of time and patience. The end result was well worth it, and I look forward to sharing the new commercials with you once they’re ready to air.

One of the dogs, Sparky, is pictured here. He is a terrier mix with tons of spunk. He has so many different expressions, from happy and content to fierce and annoyed. He was very fun to work with once I learned to flow with him and wait for him to be ready to perform. I even persuaded him to speak over and over again. He must have thought I was crazy or just hard of hearing.

After all of this experience I have decided that the challenge of working with animals is well worth the time and effort. Not too surprising, since working with horses is one of my hobbies.

I love the smell of the barn. And although I’m not usually excited to get covered in dirt, when I’m spending time with majestic four-legged creatures I don’t mind a bit.

I often trying to think of ways to make my hobby into an occupation. Wouldn’t it be great to get paid to do what you love? Maybe I could actually get paid to photograph horses, shoot video, or better yet, to exercise them, ride them, and groom them. It all sounds ideal. But if I had to do it every day would it still feel like a hobby? Would it still be fun if I had to get covered in dirt, sweat and horse hair every day? I don’t know.

For now, horses will just be my hobby. But if someone offers me a job working with horses…I’ll let you know.