Do You Look Like Your Dog.Com
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. Oakland, CA 94611
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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,