Greatest American Dog
Well, Bailey and I almost made it on the show "Greatest American Dog".
We actually participated in a Pilot for ABC in VERY SIMILAR show called America's Top Dog the year before (End of 2006). The Pilot involved teams living together and participating in challenges with their dogs. We had an immunity challenge of a Calendar Photo Shoot where the best layout, as judged by the producers, did not have to participate in the elimination challenge. Thankfully we did not win so we could participate in the VERY cool elimination challenge.
The dogs ranged in size from Great Dane to a lil weiner dog, and the humans were just as varied.
The elimination challenge involved a REAL LIFE maze for the dogs complete with water pits, spanning platforms with vertical pylons, pits filled with plastic balls, underground tunnels, waterfalls to be run through, mirror rooms filled with meaty bones to distract, and smoke filled slanted tunnels to climb threw. And the human counterpart for each team stands on a raised platform to overlook the whole affair and give directions to the dog as he/she runs through the maze.
To make this easily long story short, Bailey ran through the maze soo fast we had to go back later and film him in the maze as I made him look confused by telling him to stop, and backup in certain areas of the maze. No other dog got through the maze in less than 2 or 3 minutes, Bailey was through in about 15 seconds.Suffice to say, he won the challenge. :-)
Unfortunately, even after being promised on MANY occasions to the contrary, I was never provided with any pictures from the shoot or a copy of the pilot. In fact, I have NEVER even been able to see the pilot (which, again, I was told many times would not be a problem). Now they don't respond to any communication at all. The production company is/was called Renegade 83.
Here are a few promos for CBS's upcoming series Greatest American Dog in which you'll see a couple clips of Bailey. One of them is from his competition on ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, and the others are from our audition for the CBS show.
We actually participated in a Pilot for ABC in VERY SIMILAR show called America's Top Dog the year before (End of 2006). The Pilot involved teams living together and participating in challenges with their dogs. We had an immunity challenge of a Calendar Photo Shoot where the best layout, as judged by the producers, did not have to participate in the elimination challenge. Thankfully we did not win so we could participate in the VERY cool elimination challenge.
The dogs ranged in size from Great Dane to a lil weiner dog, and the humans were just as varied.
The elimination challenge involved a REAL LIFE maze for the dogs complete with water pits, spanning platforms with vertical pylons, pits filled with plastic balls, underground tunnels, waterfalls to be run through, mirror rooms filled with meaty bones to distract, and smoke filled slanted tunnels to climb threw. And the human counterpart for each team stands on a raised platform to overlook the whole affair and give directions to the dog as he/she runs through the maze.
To make this easily long story short, Bailey ran through the maze soo fast we had to go back later and film him in the maze as I made him look confused by telling him to stop, and backup in certain areas of the maze. No other dog got through the maze in less than 2 or 3 minutes, Bailey was through in about 15 seconds.Suffice to say, he won the challenge. :-)
Unfortunately, even after being promised on MANY occasions to the contrary, I was never provided with any pictures from the shoot or a copy of the pilot. In fact, I have NEVER even been able to see the pilot (which, again, I was told many times would not be a problem). Now they don't respond to any communication at all. The production company is/was called Renegade 83.
Here are a few promos for CBS's upcoming series Greatest American Dog in which you'll see a couple clips of Bailey. One of them is from his competition on ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, and the others are from our audition for the CBS show.
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