If your kids are thinking of a good companion dog, you probably would tend to first look at just look at a few of your favorite breeds, choose a good selection of puppies and then pick the one with the best spirit. And there are hundreds of breeds to choose from – just think of the Bluetick Coonhound and the Toy Poodle. But, you would be better served to find dog that fits your personality. Seek a pet that has the qualities that you had in mind and can bond with you. Age is not really a concern most of the time. Breeds may have a certain reputation, but there are no hard, fast rules. These tips, though, can guarantee that you will find a good companion dog.

Find a dog that has a personality that fits your own personality and your experience. If you have experience with more indepentent dogs, then a more dominant, independent dog may work for you. However, if you are not aggressive or not aquainted with working with a dog, a more submissive animal may be a better choice for you. When you are looking at puppies, hold one and turn it over on its back. A dominant dog will fight you, trying to turn over. If it struggles, try to comfort it. If it calms down shortly, it is more submissive. If it does not struggle at all, but just lies there, you have a very submissive dog.

A dog that is calm and requires little care is better for you if you are more laid back and more sedative yourself. If you have an active life you may find a more active, hyper dog to be more your style. If you are gone much of the time and your dog would be kenneled during that time, you want to find a dog that is a little self reliant and will not suffer from separation anxiety.

You also will want your new companion dog to be intelligent and eager to please. This will make it easy teach it what you want it to know and it will happily learn the skills and perform them. If you are taking your dog out in public, you don’t want a fear nipper or a dog that is aggressive to strangers. Obviously, this will come with effectively socializing the dog on a regular basis, but the quick learning dog will watch you to see who is a possible enemy and who is a friend.

Dogs can be superb companions having the right personality type for your needs. Also, while many folks feel that only young dogs can be trained, this is false. Many older dogs are rescued from shelters daily and they are trained quite easily. The key to getting a well behaved companion is bonding with it. When you have bonded with your dog, it will be happy to do what you want. They will learn to anticipate what your needs and will even search for ways to communicate with you. If you are attentive, you and your dog can establish your own special form of communication and this can give you a companion dog (even the Arctic Husky or Maltese that is invaluable.

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When you were watching that movie last night, you may have seen a Bosnian Coarse Haired Hound or a Dogo Sardesco or a Havanese or a Mioritic. Now, what you are asking yourself is – ‘Is my Carpatin ready to be in the movies?’ Ok, your veterinarian tells you that your favorite dog is just the best pooch they know of. This critter even has figured out how and when to mug for a picture, a regular scene steeler with a personality that would have given Lassie a good run for her money.

Ok, but you have to consider this. If you really want your dog to be the next star canine in a real Hollywood movie, your pooch can’t just look adorable and like cameras. Your dog is going to have to be well trained and know, not just the basics, but a few great tricks to show what he can do.

The majority of tricks that you see dogs doing on the big screen look so great because Hollywood has a way of putting the dog’s tricks to good use and making the shots work. They combine them as a series of tricks into a final production that works for a particular scene very well.

It’s the basic tricks that are going to land your dog a movie role. There are many training facilities that offer the classes necessary to get your puppy the tricks and obedience that are needed by dog actors.

Almost everything that dogs do on TV are easy tricks. Most of the common tricks the dogs need to do on demand are bow, pray, speak on cue, touch the target, hide your eyes, back up, play dead, sneeze, find it, wave, crawl, roll over and whimper.

Teaching your puppy all of the skills might be the easy part of getting ready for the movies. The difficult one for many dogs is working surrounded by many strangers and a lot of distractions. Also, in most cases, your dog will be under the general control of the set’s dog trainer, not you. These are some major drawbacks for some dogs to overcome.

If you can teach your dog all the tricks, but also the basics of working with strangers on television sets without freaking out, you might just have a dog like Ben (II), the Golden Retriever.

Now… your pooch is ready and willing to act in the movies. What is your next step? The thing that will make your dog stand out is to put together a compelling portfolio for your dog. All the current photos, his list of skills and tricks, training and hopefully some great videos of your dog doing some of his best tricks.

Many of the training schools for television dogs will show you how to get your dog into the industry. Don’t forget there is a tremendous volume of advertising for your aspiring pet to shoot for also.

Finally, your dog would do anything for you (hopefully, the feeling is mutual). If your dog does not enjoy acting and does not want to be a television star, your dog will make it obvious. Listen to your pal and if your dog wants to have that talk with you.

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