Do You Look Like Your Dog.Com
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From: Gini Graham Scott
www.giniscott.com . www.giniscott.net
www.behaviorresearch.net
DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG CONTEST TO
BECOME
TV GAME/REALITY SHOW IN ADDITION
TO BOOK
INDIGO FILMS TO PRODUCE SHOW
First Contest December 1; Winners
Announced in January
Do you look like
your dog? Do you know others who
do? Do
You Look Like Your Dog? is now going to become a
TV game and reality show, in addition to a book and international contest for
owners with look-alike dogs. In the
show, both owners and their dogs will compete in a series of obedience,
agility, and humorous trials, such as the owners and dogs with the best
matching costumes, the funniest trick, and the most athletic pair. Think of Fear
Factor meets American Idol meets Best in Show. The
show will be produced by Indigo Films, based in San Rafael, California, which
has created numerous programs for the Travel Channel, A&E, the History
Channel, and the Learning Channel, including Stolen Identities, The JFK Assassination, and America’s Most Haunted Places.
The book to be
published in January 2004 by Broadway Books, a division of Random House,
features 100 of the owners who most looked like their dogs, as of the book’s June 1, 2003 photo deadline. Meanwhile, the search is on for the next
book, and interest in the Web site has been growing – about 3000 hits a day
now, plus newspaper articles, magazine features, and radio interviews from the
The site also features
research on why people look like and share key personality traits with their
dogs, including a research study comparing Pomeranian and Siberian Husky owners
(at www.worldofdogs.org) and a new
workshop called What Kind of Dog Are You?
for people to better understand themselves and others
based on the dog they choose (at www.whatkindofdogareyou.com). Other highlights of the site are examples of
dog art, dog ads, and a PowerPoint presentation on why people look like their
dog.
The idea for the
contest and site was developed by Gini Graham Scott,
Ph.D., a speaker, writer, and anthropologist interested in psychological
profiling, as well as other topics from creativity to social trends. She
developed the idea after going to a local dog show in 1992 and noticing
differences between the owners of different breeds of dogs. After the partner of a client helped to set
up the initial site in 1999, people gradually started sending in their photos.
Photo submissions
are welcomed for the contest, next book, and the TV reality/game show. The entrants are divided into the 8 main
groups of dogs: working, herding, sporting, non-sporting, terriers, hounds,
toys, and just plain mutts. You’ll see your photo posted on the Web site,
too. Send photos to photos@doyoulooklikeyourdog.com
or mail to Do You Look Like Your Dog,