Positive Dog Training and Animal Actors, LLC

01/20/2022

Enzo, my new puppy, made his first commercial for Trex, at 10 weeks old. Thanks Joshua Ziggy Popkin, Chrissy Joy and Jane Pomponio for 3 long, hot days, which boiled down to the 15 seconds below —

Your vision for outdoor living. We see it too. Start designing the outdoor space of your dreams with Trex at trex.com.

12/21/2021

Positive Dog Training and Animal Actors provided the canine talent for the DC portion of the movie, ‘Don’t Look Up’, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, and many other talented actors, including Emily Flack and Cinnamon, the Australian Labradoodle.

Check this movie out on Netflix, airing on Dec 24th, 2021.
I was the head trainer on-set.

Thanks so much to the talented trainers:

Jane Pomponio, Kasey Rosen and Chrissy for making our part a huge success!

It was especially fun to work with some of my film colleagues from Netflix, ‘House of Cards’. It felt like a homecoming reunion :)

07/24/2021

Baltimore needs another House of Cards!

Othello, Black Lab with Boris, Season 6

07/23/2021

Tonight’s shoot in VA.

06/14/2021

Our Nat Geo conmercial with Dr. Pol just aired
We provided the Golden, Augie, the Persian cat, Manhattan, and the long haired guinea pig, Remi, the great grandson of Cashew, from Netflix House of Cards (move over Oscar).

Thanks to Tina Scott, Mariah Johnston, and Kristen Fiani for providing the animal talent AND acting!!!
Thanks also to Chrissy Joy and Suzanne Popkin for wrangling the animals!
Good fun and a job well done🎉

05/21/2021

Just Completed a successful commercial on Tuesday there’s a golden retriever named Augie, a cat named Manhattan and a long haired guinea pig named Remi

01/06/2021

Boris McGiver with Othello on set of House of Cards
Othello played Fausto for 3 seasons

Thanks Anya!!!

02/12/2020

I just watched Fleabag.
I noticed they use a long haired Guinea pig!

02/12/2020

Here is Jessie, my GSD, campaigning for Montgomery County Sheriff,
Darren Popkin, two summers ago.

02/07/2020

Check out the latest episode of NPR’s ‘The Pulse’ Podcast -

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pulse/id772127662?i=1000464891696

If you want to only listen to/ read the dog acting segment that’s here

https://whyy.org/segments/can-dogs-really-act-or-is-it-all-an-illusion/

Clever choreography, a strong bond between dog and trainer … and evolutionary psychology?