Dog with Work is a Canadian documentary series on work dogs and exhibition dogs. Each half-hour episode consists of two to three segments in individual dogs from around the world. This family-friendly series has featured service dogs, search dogs and saviors, police dogs, shepherd dogs, and others. Segments show dog recordings at work, and also include their rescue stories, training, and relationships with their owners and handlers.
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Production and broadcast
The idea for this series comes from Canadian writer Merrily Weisbord and her daughter, veterinarian Kim Kachanoff. They use "doggie-cam", giving a quick glance at the dog's perspective.
Weisbord and Kachanoff sold the show to Cineflix producer Glen Salzman, who presented it in a "market simulation" at the Canadian International Television Festival September 7, 1998. The series aired on Canada Life Network (now Slice), where he received positive ratings and reviews, premiered in the US a year later in compilation of 90 minutes during the PBS appointment trip.
The series is produced by Cineflix, in collaboration with Slice in Canada and National Geographic Channel internationally. The series's initial sequence lasted for five seasons, from January 8, 2000 to September 7, 2004, including 65 episodes, and aired in 57 countries. In November 2014, the first three seasons were available on Netflix Instant Stream. Starting in February 2016, the first two seasons are available for streaming Netflix live streaming.
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Reception
In his review of The New York Times, film critic Matthew Hays wrote that "the cautious and warmly written story of Dogs With Jobs is certainly the opposite of other reality-based animal programming like Fox's When Animals Attack ", and called the event" as simple and slightly absurd as the name suggests ".
The series produced the cult following and achieved strong international sales. Says executive producer Glen Salzman, "The show really works like a magician with the audience." The series is featured in the The Oprah Winfrey Show segment on September 4, 2000.
Common Sense Media awards four stars from five stars for quality, and three out of five points for the inclusion of positive messages. They consider it appropriate for children over the age of five, calling it a "good family TV choice" and "a great way to introduce children to the idea of ââ'working dogs' so they can recognize and respect those they may meet in everyday life. "
Animals in the Workplace disputes
On September 3, 2012, Merrily Weisbord, who developed the show, sued Cineflix and producer Glen Salzman at Quebec Superior Court for $ 400,000 for their Workplace Animals program, also called Frisky Business i>. Weisbord alleges that the program is a duplicate or sequel of Dog with Work , has the same structure, and even displays at least fifteen of the same dogs.
Episode
See also
- K-9 to 5 , an American television series about working dogs.
References
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