Our hearts go out to Daisy and her family

Today their dear cat Pixie went to the Bridge.

Maybe they are not stars. 

Maybe they are windows from Heaven

where our loved ones watch over us.

Shine brightly, Pixie. 

Scouting the location

Thought I'd share with you some of the locations that I scouted in January for Asta and my next film project. We are very excited to begin filming later next week. 

Isn't this a beautiful setting? You may remember this from the opening of "Prince, the German Shepherd, of Tides."

Here I am with my Granny and acting coach, coming back from a rehearsal session.

The prop department found this ginormous stick and stuck it in the surf. Try as I might, I couldn't fetch it.

Here I am in one of the moodier scenes. A dog, a vast ocean and a shrimp boat out on the horizon.
Practicing my trademark tennis ball peeling scene. I'm renowned for it. Note the extras in the background. 
I was busy at work when these two little terrors, err, terriers got on the set and began pestering me for an autograph.

I tried to shake this fella off, but he was particularly persistant...

So finally I relented....

This is Scruffy. He's a bit younger and smaller than I am, but he's my stand-in. He's also my body double for fight scenes because he still has his, well, you know whats.

Another day, we auditioned a troupe of singers/dancers.

They sounded good, but their water ballet choreography was a bit off!

We had an open call for extras one day. We were surprised at the number of unemployed egrets and wood storks that showed up. (It must have been the free craft services!)

Asta and I take off for principal filming on Thursday. We're excited to show you the final production sometime at the end of September. Please book your tickets on Aire Ruby now to attend the star-struck premiere in New York!

Coming Attractions!

Yes, I've been rehearsing for my next big epic film, this time a light-hearted romp (think Annette Pupicello and Frankie Avabone) with my co-star Asta. Of course, we could take it a whole other direction and be more "From Here to the Dog Run to Eternity" with lots of romping in the ocean. We go on location next week for 5 days of filming. Phew! As of right now, Asta does not have a swimsuit, so the skinny dipping scenes may not be appropriate for younger viewers. (I, however, do have my Outward Hound lifejacket. I'm like David Hasselwoof on Bow Watch. Huge in Germany.)

Here's a little preview...the dancing lady in the pink sweater is my Granny and acting coach. 

And now...on with the show!

Part 2 of the Movie...The Conclusion

Here are some more publicity stills from the movie. As you can imagine, we went through 150 tennis balls before filming was completed. 

Here's Lulu leading Archie through the choreography of a scene...first you go through the legs....

Then turn around and repeat...it's sort of a square dance do-si-do meets line dance. Very Twyla Sharpei.
Here Archie is going over some of his lines with Lulu, using Asta's Daddi's foot as a stand-in for Petey....
And without further ado, here is Part 2, the conclusion of the movie.

As  you can see, it is quite influenced by  some of the earlier works of Fidorico Fellini. Clearly the tennis ball is the world and Petey's concentrated focus on unravelling it. The beautiful Asta comes into his life and unable to shift his focus to her world, she leaves him. Later we see her focused on pursuing her own world while Petey, now alone, has realized that like the ball itself, his life is empty without her. 

Roll credits....

Part 1 of the Movie!!!!

And it's just ridiculous to think how long it took Mommy to get this loaded! Look at the tension between me and the tennis ball, the focus, the determination. And Asta, how she's the woman behind the man. Well, dog. And actually, she's the Girl Dog in Front of the Boy Dog. Ahh, indie films!

LIVE FROM NEW YORK! It's Petey!!!!

It's me, Petey, live from the red carpet!

I'd hoped to be able to share with you the premiere of my first feature film "Run Dog Run!" starring me and Asta. But unfortunately, it's still just a wee bit too big for the blog so it's back in editing. 

In the meantime, I thought I'd share with you some stills from the set. 

This little French girl is Ripley. She's just 5 months old but we think with her training from the Tanner School of Dramatic Expression, she has a big future...

This gorgeous red-head is Lulu, she has a supporting role with another newcomer, the 5 month old Archie. We expect he'll soon be a big action adventure star. More of his moves to come!

Cover your eyes - it's sexy Frenchman Romundo in an all-nude shower scene! Oohlala.

Too many pupperazzi on the set. He's off!

And where, you might ask, was Petey... the star of the film? I was chilling between scenes, practicing my trademark tennis ball demolition technique. 

Here I am, demonstrating the importance of soaking the ball first for extra splatter and goo, to my young protegee, Ripley.

As you can see, she took VERY careful notes.

Romundo awaits his big moment...where he attempts to carry the enormous ball. Think the opening scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark....

Here he is, wrestling it into submission...

Here is just the briefest of coming attractions...

The score...Petey 1, Tennis Ball 0. 

By the way, I do all my own stunts...

So where is my co-star Asta in any of these photos? She was busy having a private shoot by Steven Meisel for Vanity Fair. But don't worry, if we get this film loaded, she had a starring role!

What? Does my face break the camera?

Hello my friends. You may be wondering why you haven't heard much from me lately. As you know, Mommy's been very busy working. She even took me to work last Friday. But since then, she hasn't taken a single photo of me. 

She went to get her hair colored on Thursday night at this cool place called the Red Market Salon in the Meatpacking District.  It's cool because it's open really really late. Like, from 2:-- p.m. until midnight!
Just look at those nice smooth wood floors. Perfect for playing catch! And she even brought along my favorite tennis ball. I was really good and quiet for the first hour (Mommy's hair takes a LONG time) but then the second hour, everyone was playing with me and I was running all over the place! I had a blast! They said I was the cutest dog they'd ever seen there. 

But did Mommy take a single photo of me? No!

She didn't take me to work this Friday. And after work, she went and had physical therapy for her dumb ankle. Did she bring me? No! And guess what? One of her exercises, she has to stand on her bad foot and throw a ball into a net. I could totally rock that!

Then she went to a place called Rescue Beauty Lounge and got a manicure with this green color called Recycle. Looks like green grass to me. Like the grass in the park where she could have taken me to play, instead of getting her paws painted...
But no! To add insult to injury, she went over to Asta's house without ME! And stayed and hung out with Asta and her 2-leggeds and didn't come home until it was time for our last walk of the evening. 

We walked Asta and her 2-leggeds part of the way back home. Did she take any photos of me?

NO!

On Saturday morning, we went to the dog run. But it was soooo humid and there were NO tennis balls to play with and only one other doggie, Libby, who is on week 3 of "mouse-watch." She just sits with her nose in the far corner of the run like she's on time-out and waits for a mouse that she saw for a nanosecond last month! It was no fun. And no photos. 

This is an old one from weeks ago. In the afternoon, the rains arrived from Hurricane Hanna. 

Look what I had to wear when we went for a REALLY short walk around 7:00. (Note: This is NOT a new photo either.) It was raining really hard so I just left one fast pee-mail and we scooted back inside.

Around 11:00, the rains had stopped and we went for our last walk of the night with Bear. We walked past some people hanging outside Cafe Cluny and I did my business and Mommy was tossing away the poop bag and when she turned around, she made eye-contact with this little girl:

Actually, Mommy was surprised that Mary Kate was almost adult size. Okay, pre-teen size. MK smiled at me but did she take my photo? NO! (Mommy read today in the paper that one of the scruffy boys she was with was Chase Crawford. He just looked like any other scruffy boy.)

Sunday was bright and sunny and no humidity! So did we get to spend the day together? NO!

First, Mommy was off to church to teach Sunday School  Naturally, she didn't take me (although when I was a puppy, she did bring me to an evening meeting after she picked me up from doggie day care!)

Here's what I was doing...

It's Spring '09 Fashion Week in New York, so after church, did Mommy come home? NO! She went to the Charles Nolan fashion show. I'm a fashion hound. Did I get invited? No!

But look who was one of the models! It was Dara Torres who won Olympic Gold in Beijing!!! She walked the runway twice, with her adorable toddler. The first time, she had on an old-fashioned style swimsuit and Mommy said her legs were phenomenal! I have to go with what she told me, because I wasn't there! 

Isn't this a pretty dress that Dara wore the second time she walked the runway? Mommy talked to her backstage afterwards and asked her what was scarier—this or Beijing? She laughed and said, "Beijing....but those heels were pretty scary!"

So did Mommy come home afterwards and take me to play along the river? No!

Here's what I was doing...
...while Mommy dashed in a cab to South Street Seaport to participate in a reading of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." There are 52 verses and Mommy read...verse #50. 
FINALLY, she got home around 6:30. We went for a quick walk - no camera, natch! - and then came home for dinner. 

Guess what I did?
Mommy just got something called Photoshop on her computer, so MAYBE this week we'll have some photos from our awesome Boys-Only trip to Las Vegas. In the meantime, maybe I can do something so cute she'll have to take some new photos of me!