Dogs with Jobs
Dogs with Jobs | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Developed by | Merrily Weisbord, Kim Kachanoff |
Written by | Sara Gilbert, Maura Kealey, Shelley Tepperman, Jon Kalina, others |
Directed by | Serge Marcil, Susan Mawhood, Eli Gorn, Ole Gjerstad, Ramelle Mair, others |
Narrated by | Jon Kalina, John Ralston, others |
Theme music composer | Lance Neveu, Mathieu Vanasse |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 65 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Glen Salzman, David York, Katherine Buck, Andre Barro, others |
Producer(s) | Maura Kealey, Robert DeLeskie, others |
Editor(s) | Barbara Brown, George T. Clarke, others |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Cineflix, National Geographic Channel, Slice |
Distributor | CBC, National Geographic Channel, PBS, Slice |
Release | |
Original release | 2000 – 2004 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Animals at Work |
External links | |
Website |
Dogs with Jobs is a Canadian documentary television series about working dogs and show dogs.[1][2] Each half-hour episode consists of two to three segments on individual dogs from around the world.[1] The family-friendly series has featured service dogs, search and rescue dogs, police dogs, herding dogs, and others. Segments show footage of dogs on the job, and also include stories of their rescue, training, and relationships with their owners and handlers.
Production and broadcast
The idea for the series came from Canadian writer Merrily Weisbord and her daughter, veterinarian Kim Kachanoff. They made use of a "doggie-cam", giving viewers a glimpse into the dog's perspective.[3]
Weisbord and Kachanoff sold the show to Cineflix producer Glen Salzman, who presented it in a "market simulation" at the 1998 Banff International Television Festival.[3][4] The series premiered on Canada's Life Network (now Slice), where it received positive ratings and reviews, before premiering in the US a year later in the form of a 90-minute compilation during a PBS pledge drive.[3]
The series is produced by Cineflix, in association with Slice in Canada and the National Geographic Channel internationally. The series' initial run lasted five seasons, from 2000 to 2004, including 65 episodes, and airing in 57 countries.[1][5] As of November 2014, the first three seasons were available on Netflix instant streaming.[6][7] As of February 2016, the first two seasons were available to stream on Netflix instant streaming.[6]
Reception
In his The New York Times review, film critic Matthew Hays wrote that "the gently narrated, heartwarming stories of Dogs With Jobs are certainly the antithesis of other reality-based animal programming like Fox's When Animals Attack", and called the show "as simple and as slightly absurd as its name".[3]
The series earned a cult following and achieved strong international sales. Said executive producer Glen Salzman, "This show really does work like magic with audiences." The series was featured on a segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2000.[3][4]
Common Sense Media awarded the show four out of five stars for quality, and three out of five points for inclusion of positive messages. They deemed it appropriate for children aged five and older, calling it "a good TV choice for the family" and "a great way to introduce kids to the idea of a 'working dog' so that they can recognize and respect those they might meet in everyday life."[8]
Animals at Work dispute
In 2012, Merrily Weisbord, who developed the show, sued Cineflix and producer Glen Salzman in Quebec Superior Court for $400,000 over their program Animals at Work, also called Frisky Business. Weisbord alleged that the program was a knockoff or sequel of Dogs with Jobs, having the same structure, and even featuring at least fifteen of the same dogs.[5]
Episodes
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Maggie & A.J." | January 8, 2000 |
Maggie is a Chocolate Lab who works as a service dog for an autistic 7-year-old boy in Alberta, Canada; A.J. is a bloodhound who searches for missing pets in California. | |||
2 | 2 | "Bruno & Honey" | 2000 |
Bruno is a German Shepherd police dog who has saved his partner's life; Honey is a Cocker Spaniel companion dog trained by an inmate at a women's prison. | |||
3 | 3 | "Sarcelle & Sweep" | 2000 |
Sarcelle is a Bernese Mountain Dog who is a service-assistance and seeing-eye dog in Quebec. Sweep is an English Border Collie who herds sheep and is a field trial champion. | |||
4 | 4 | "Landris & Wolf" | 2000 |
Landris is a Belgian Shepherd who works with a counter-terrorism unit in Austria. Wolf is a Russian Wolfhound who tries for a world record high-jump in Canada. | |||
5 | 5 | "Nipper & Bellow" | 2000 |
Nipper is an abandoned dog in upstate New York who becomes a star representing RCA. Bellow is an Anatolian Shepherd who protects a flock of goats from cheetahs in Namibia. | |||
6 | 6 | "Endal & Dee" | 2000 |
Endal is a Labrador Retriever who assists a disabled Gulf War veteran in England. Dee is a Greyhound who retired from the race track to become a family pet. | |||
7 | 7 | "Petro & Mel" | 2000 |
Petro is a German Shepherd who lives in Florida and travels the world as a search-and-rescue dog. Mel is a Standard Poodle entered in Canada's most prestigious dog show. | |||
8 | 8 | "Willy & Rope" | 2000 |
Willy is a Golden Retriever who helps a woman with epilepsy in Michigan. Rope is a Border Collie who herds cattle in Alberta, Canada. | |||
9 | 9 | "Corky & Malcolm" | 2000 |
Corky is a Labrador Retriever who works as a seeing-eye dog in New York City. Malcolm is a Labrador Retriever who flunked out of guide-dog school; he now works as an arson investigation dog for the Montreal police. | |||
10 | 10 | "Clipper & Bam-Bam" | 2000 |
Clipper was a German Shepard who worked as a patrol dog for the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Bam-Bam is a Labrador Retriever who works as a bomb-sniffing dog in New York City. | |||
11 | 11 | "Kavic & Mas" | 2000 |
Kavik is a Malamute-timber wolf mix who stars in the TV series, "Call of the Wild". Mas is a Newfoundland who works as a water rescue dog for the Italian Coast Guard. | |||
12 | 12 | "Dani & King" | 2000 |
Dani is a Beagle who survived cancer and works as a therapy dog for children at a hospital in Los Angeles. King sniffs out land mines left over from the war in Bosnia. | |||
13 | 13 | "Sled Dog" | 2000 |
Dolphin is an Alaskan Husky (a mixed-breed from Siberian Huskies, Malamutes and other breeds) who is the lead dog on a dog-sled racing team. Dolphin and the team compete in a three-day, 300-mile (480 km) dog-sled race in Minnesota. | |||
14 | 1 | "Gracie, Tiger, & Klondike" | January 15, 2001 |
Gracie is a Greyhound who is the mascot for Greyhound Bus in Canada. Tiger is a Great Pyrenees who protects a flock of sheep from predators in British Columbia. Klondike is an Old English Sheepdog who learns how to herd sheep in Virginia. | |||
15 | 2 | "Popsicle: Drug-bust Dog/Popsicle, Harvey, and Tattie" | 2001 |
Popsicle is an American Staffordshire Terrier mix who sniffs out drugs in Texas. Harvey, a West Highland Terrier, is a companion dog at a nursing home in Kentucky. Tattie is a Border Collie who keeps a golf course in Ohio free of geese. | |||
16 | 3 | "Tilly: Arson Dog/Tilly, Murphy, and Madison" | 2001 |
Tilly is a Border Collie who investigates fires in Pretoria, South Africa. Murphy is a Golden Retriever who works as a therapy dog in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison is a lab mix who "works" at a bakery for dogs in Toronto. | |||
17 | 4 | "Tokkolos: Big Cat Parent/Tokkolos, Barkley, and Rookie" | 2001 |
Tokkolos is a male Jack Russell Terrier who has the job of being "Mom" to orphaned lion and cheetah cubs at a remote African animal sanctuary. Barkley, a lovable Golden Retriever, takes risks as he trains for search-and-rescue missions. Rookie the Beagle works at Mirabel Airport sniffing for contraband food—from a forgotten apple to a smuggled sausage from the homeland. | |||
18 | 5 | "Ginny: The Dog Who Rescues Cats/Ginny, Basil, and Freddie" | 2001 |
Ginny is a Schnauzer-Siberian Husky mix who rescues feral cats on Long Island, New York. Basil is an Australian Kelpie who herds sheep in New South Wales. Freddie is a Great Dane who works as a walking billboard in Toronto. | |||
19 | 6 | "Rowdy: TV Star/Rowdy, Wizard, and Rio" | 2001 |
Rowdy is a mixed breed who stars in the television series, "100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd". Wizard is a Golden Retriever who works as a maître d' at a restaurant in Cape Town. Rio is a Portuguese Water Dog who retrieves baseballs from San Francisco Bay. | |||
20 | 7 | "Tombre: Special Companion/Tombre, Rosa, and Gabe" | 2001 |
Tombre is a Labrador Retriever who works as a companion dog in Portland, Oregon. Rosa is a Japanese Labrador Retriever who competes in canine Frisbee contests in Saitama, Japan. Gabe is a Golden Retriever who is a camp counselor in Fraser Canyon, British Columbia. | |||
21 | 8 | "MacKenzie: Guide Dog/MacKenzie, Bear, Tess, and Blue" | 2001 |
MacKenzie, a Labrador Retriever, is a guide dog in Oakville, Ontario. Bear, a Newfoundland, helps train teen lifeguards in the Cotswolds, England. Tess and Blue, Border Collies, herd elk in Banff, Alberta. | |||
22 | 9 | "Fay Wray: Artist's Muse/Fay Wray, Jake, and Toby" | 2001 |
Fay Wray, a Weimaraner in New York City, was artist William Wegman's most famous model. Jake, a German Shepherd, protects the environment in Saint John, New Brunswick. Toby, a Labrador Retriever, sniffs out drugs in West Hills, California. | |||
23 | 10 | "Marty and the Madcap Mutts/Marty, Tasha, and Nana" | 2001 |
Marty and the Madcap Mutts, ex-shelter dogs, perform fundraisers for animal shelters in New Jersey and Connecticut. Tasha, a German Shepherd, was trained to be a service dog at a prison in Washington. Nana, an Akita, learns agility skills in Tokyo, Japan. | |||
24 | 11 | "Kiyoshi: Double Duty Dog/Kiyoshi, Brix, Ellie" | 2001 |
Brix, a German Shepherd, is a police dog in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Kiyoshi, an Akita, is a therapy dog in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ellie, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, adopts orphaned bunnies in Sussex, England. | |||
25 | 12 | "Yukon: Search and Rescue Dog/Yukon, Biggles, and Kodak" | 2001 |
Yukon, an American-Canadian White Shepherd, is an avalanche rescue dog in Davos, Switzerland. Biggles, a Bloodhound, is the lead dog in a drag hunt in Kent, England. Kodak, a German Shepherd, is a daredevil in the Wisconsin Dells. | |||
26 | 13 | "Johnny and the Sled Dogs/Johnny, Bozo, and Flip-Flop" | 2001 |
Johnny, a Husky mix, is the lead sled-dog for a 15-year-old, blind musher in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Bozo, a Labrador-Bouvier Bernois mix, assists a woman in a wheelchair in Montreal, Quebec. Flip-Flop, a mixed breed, surfs with his owner in England. | |||
27 | 1 | "Tuffy, Lulu, and Wiley" | January 12, 2002 |
A dog tracks bears who come too close to people in Russia and Finland. A Golden Retriever helps out at a preschool. The Coast Guard employs a patrol canine. | |||
28 | 2 | "Kaze, Haci, and Paugan" | 2002 |
Kaze is an Alaskan Malamute who works as a rescue dog in California. Meet a Traditional Hungarian herding dog and Paugan, employed by the National Speech and Language Association. | |||
29 | 3 | "Stan, Fudge, and Rocky" | 2002 |
Stanley, a German Shepherd, does one-on-one rehabilitation training. Fudge becomes a guide dog for an 11-year-old girl. Rocky does singing spots on TV for the SPCA. | |||
30 | 4 | "Kenny: A Hearing Dog/Kenny, Daisy, and Duncan" | 2002 |
A Golden Retriever, Kenny, hears what the owner cannot. Daisy is a Boston Terrier who co-hosts a television show. A paralyzed Collie, Duncan, turns to Canine Musical Freestyle. | |||
31 | 5 | "Eagle, Vasala, Tillamook Cheddar" | 2002 |
Eagle is a certified forensic Doberman-Pointer mix. Vasala is a German Shepherd star of film, commercials, and print ads. Tillamook Cheddar is a Jack Russell Terrier who paints and has solo art shows in New York City. | |||
32 | 6 | "Lucy, Harvey, and Chokydar" | 2002 |
Lucy is employed as a bear ranger, and Harvey is trained to alert his owner of oncoming epileptic seizures. Chokydar is a Russian estate dog who performs at the Stratford Festival. | |||
33 | 7 | "Cheko, Ben, Sam" | 2002 |
Cheko is a police dog in Washington, D.C. Ben is a top search-and-rescue Border Collie. Sam is a product tester and CEO of a kennel cafe. | |||
34 | 8 | "Birba, Uga VI, & Maggie" | October 22, 2002 |
A Standard Poodle sniffs out truffles. The University of Georgia bulldog has a mascot job. A Labrador Retriever herds and nets trout. | |||
35 | 9 | "Speedy and Friends: London Police Dogs/Speedy, Bruce Wayne, and Mr. Gomez" | 2002 |
Meet two police dogs in London that patrol the Square Mile Bank District, and Bruce Wayne, who can locate bat colonies. Mr. Gomez is the lead dog of the Muttville Comix in New York. | |||
36 | 10 | "Elite, Valen, and Tracker" | 2002 |
Meet a Spanish Water Dog who overcomes an abusive past and competes in agility contests. Valen is a Golden Retriever who helps children with disabilities. Tracker is a Beagle who sniffs out termites. | |||
37 | 11 | "Peek, Canaan, Willi" | 2002 |
Peek is a dog that performs chores for its wheelchair-bound owner. Canaan is a canine caretaker of birds at an emu farm. Willi is a dog on subway patrol in Barcelona, Spain. | |||
38 | 12 | "Beau, Dar, and Jumpin' Jack" | 2002 |
Beau the Dalmatian is in training to become a therapy dog. Dar, a German Shepherd, works with the Texas Department of Insurance. Jack performs in half-time shows. | |||
39 | 13 | "Turbeaux, Killu, and Ruby" | October 25, 2002 |
A champion dog climbs walls and jumps hurdles. A dog stops sheep from falling off mountainsides. A dog scooters. | |||
40 | 1 | "Annie, Casey, and Sailor" | January 11, 2003 |
Meet a Basset Hound that competes in agility trials, a Pug that visits hospital patients, and a Border Collie that supervises its offspring's training as a stable hand. | |||
41 | 2 | "Zelda, Azili, Amy" | 2003 |
A photogenic Bulldog models for greeting cards. A dog guards chickens. A seeing-eye dog works for other dogs. | |||
42 | 3 | "Moby, Morgan, Barney" | 2003 |
A dog acts as a boat crew member. A dog is a helper of a narcoleptic. A dog works in drug detection. | |||
43 | 4 | "Part-Ex, Bingo, Morgan" | March 28, 2003 |
Part-Ex, a Jack Russell Terrier, is an extreme-sports champion. Bingo is a Golden Retriever training to be a service dog. Morgan is a hired hotel companion. | |||
44 | 5 | "Teabag, Harris, Barack, and China" | 2003 |
Teabag, a rescued Greyhound-Whippet cross, joins the Rockwood Animals Dog Display team. Hearing dogs Harris and Barack undergo a certification test, and a Great Pyrenees pup learns to guard a flock of alpacas. | |||
45 | 6 | "Bonita, Lily, Wheely Willy" | 2003 |
Bonita herds cattle in Colorado. Lily detects dangerous mold in homes, hospitals, and schools. Willy visits disabled children. | |||
46 | 7 | "Ben, Jonah, Koby" | August 4, 2003 |
Sheep herder Ben has won three major sheep trials. Jonah, a German Shepherd, and his handler are members of Seattle's K-9 unit. Koby has a job in Hawaii. | |||
47 | 8 | "Nikki, Kelsey, and Aron" | 2003 |
Nikki, a Portuguese Water Dog, competes at herding fish, retrieving tackle, and delivering messages to other ships. Kelsey, an Australian Shepherd, entertains at rodeos, and Aron, a Belgian Malinois, is a skilled scent detector. | |||
48 | 9 | "Kaiser, Tikva, Macho" | 2003 |
Kaiser trains to be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog. Tikva is a member of the Hope Crisis Response Team. | |||
49 | 10 | "Vernon, Bodhi, Baron" | 2003 |
Featured: Vernon, a guide dog for the blind; Bodhi, a show dog in-training; and Baron, a Boxer learning to be a service dog. | |||
50 | 11 | "Eddie, Velino, Sir Lancelot" | 2003 |
Eddie, a Terrier mix, works as a therapy dog in Asia. Velino, a Maremma, protects a flock of sheep. Sir Lancelot donates blood. | |||
51 | 12 | "Vera, Joe Cowboy, and Thirty" | October 7, 2003 |
Vera works with the Humanitarian Demining Program. Joe Cowboy uses his uncanny scenting ability to find missing persons. Thirty is a fire dog. | |||
52 | 13 | "Beauty, Cinder, and Blaze" | 2003 |
A chemical alert dog, Beauty, protects her owner from chemicals that may cause lung failure. Cinder herds sheep. | |||
53 | 1 | "Nyack, Cinder, Clancy" | January 10, 2004 |
Nyack, a Retriever Irish Setter from San Jose, California, is the star of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Cinder, a Belgian Malinois from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a police dog. Clancy, a Labrador Retriever from St. Paul, goes to chemistry labs in schools of Minnesota to help them get rid of mercury, a deadly and toxic element that may be released from broken equipment. | |||
54 | 2 | "Cooper, Wasabi, Frito" | 2004 |
Cooper, a Labrador detective, sniffs out a crime scene evidence in Los Angeles, California. Wasabi is a Rhodesian ridgeback and a psychiatric assistance dog that works with Joan, who has bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder and lives in Washington D.C.. Frito, a Jack Russell Terrier and champion hurdler from Dana Point, California, prepares to make a comeback at the Incredible Challenge finals. | |||
55 | 3 | "Zoro, Suzy Q, and Sven" | 2004 |
A German Shepherd named Zoro from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is a wildlife conservationist who helps catch moose poachers. An abandoned Dalmatian, Suzy Q. from Luxemburg, Wisconsin, helps an eight-year old autistic boy named JD. A mixed breed named Sven from the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, California is a rock star. | |||
56 | 4 | "Dakota, Orca, and Target" | 2004 |
Pitbull Dakota from San Francisco, California is considered one of the best search-and-rescue dogs in North America. Golden Retriever Orca, from York, England, saves the life of her partner, Cheryl Smith. Target, a Brittany Spaniel from Saint-Augustin de Desmaures, Quebec, helps conserve bird populations. | |||
57 | 5 | "Cass, Buddy, and Mercedes" | 2004 |
Cass, a Border Collie from Herefordshire, England, trains to be a sheep-trial champion. A Sheltie, Buddy from Twin Falls, Idaho, volunteers at a reading center. A Doberman Pinscher, Mercedes from Cambridge, Ontario, works at the African Lion Safari as a cheetah nanny. | |||
58 | 6 | "Peewee, Zeke, Ozzy" | 2004 |
A nineteen-month-old cowpoke Border Collie, Peewee from Barry, Texas, competes in a cattle dog trial. A Labrador Retriever, Zeke from Austin, Texas, is a guide dog that helps Sozan, a priest who is nearly blind, with weekly meditation therapy for inmates at the county jail. A hairless Chinese Crested Dog, Ozzy from Buckinghamshire, England, works with his owner, Helen Mitchell, as a public relations agent at the organization Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. | |||
59 | 7 | "Cindy, Chipper, Hope" | 2004 |
Cindy, a Greyhound from Miami, Florida, tries to win the National High Jumping title. Chipper, an Italian Greyhound from San Diego, California, is a self-taught seizure alert dog. Hope, a Border Collie from West Yorkshire, England, uses sheep herding to teach self-confidence. | |||
60 | 8 | "Piripiri, Pugsly, Joshi" | 2004 |
Piripiri, a Labrador Retriever from Rotorua, New Zealand, tracks down the endangered kiwi bird. Pugsly, a Pug from Newport News, Virginia, is an agility champ. Joshi, the largest Labrador Retriever ever, from San Antonio, Texas, was trained by the Canine Companions for Independence as a service dog for eight-year old Cory Brooks, who has muscular dystrophy. | |||
61 | 9 | "Ana, Bill, and Banjo" | 2004 |
Golden Retriever Ana, from Sacramento, California, is a search-and-rescue dog who was deployed in disasters; Bill is a competing racing Whippet from Hereford, England; Banjo, a hairless Chinese Crested Dog from Montreal, Quebec, performs in a busking act. | |||
62 | 10 | "Pay, Fergus, Blossom" | February 23, 2004 |
Pay, A European sled dog from Harrachov, Czech Republic, competes in the sport of bikejoring. A Leonberger service dog named Fergus, from Atlanta, Georgia, assists a fibromyalgia patient named Samantha Fogg. A Shar-Pei named Blossom, from Levittown, New York, goes on a photoshoot as a model. | |||
63 | 11 | "Huntaway Steam, Heavenly Angel, Mike" | March 1, 2004 |
Mike, a Dutch Shepherd and a special agent from Washington D.C., helps the United States Secret Service weed out counterfeit currency. A dog named Huntaway Steam, from the North Island of New Zealand, herds over one thousand deer per day. A Great Pyrenees named Heavenly Angel, from Anderson, California, protects livestock from cougars. | |||
64 | 12 | "Jassel, Ingrid, Hogan" | 2004 |
Jassel, a New Zealand Heading Dog from Waiau Pa, New Zealand, guides her owner, John McPeak, who is hard of hearing and is losing their sight. Ingrid, a Cardigan Welsh Corgi and a petite shepherd from Trenton, Ohio, competes in an all-breed herding competition. Hogan, a Labrador Retriever from San Diego, California, competes at an indoor dock-jumping competition. | |||
65 | 13 | "Keno, Mentor, Prince" | 2004 |
Keno, a Labrador Retriever, works at the Fernie Alpine Resort in Fernie, British Columbia as an avalanche rescue dog. Mentor, a Standard service poodle from Chatham, Ontario, helps a personal assistant amputee named Shelia Powers, whose legs were amputated after an accident in the 1970's and who is also deaf. Prince, a Beagle and an airport detective from the Auckland International Airport in New Zealand, sniffs out forbidden fruit brought in by travelers from abroad. |
See also
- K-9 to 5, an American television series about working dogs.
References
- 1 2 3 "Dogs with Jobs". Cineflix Productions. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Dogs with Jobs at the Internet Movie Database
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hays, Matthew (December 3, 2000). "Wanted: Dogs With Jobs And Heartwarming Tales". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- 1 2 McLeod, Tyler (November 26, 2004). "A nose for hard work". Canoe.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- 1 2 Swaby, Nickeesha (August 23, 2012). "$400,000 Demand for Dog Show Sequel". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Dogs with Jobs". Netflix. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Dogs with Jobs is now available on Netflix Instant". Twitter. November 15, 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Dogs With Jobs". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=306428&seasonid=653433&lid=7