By Daily Press staff
Anew reality TV program is accepting applications for participants. “Who Gets the Dog?” is a one hour program in which dogs decide where and with whom they want to live. Each week, a dog travels to three different homes to sample a new family.
The dogs are from local animal shelters in the Los Angeles area and will spend 24 hours in each home. Dogs then decide which family to join with the help of three pet experts.
Animal Planet and LMNO Productions developed “Who gets the Dog?” with the Humane Society of the United States to preapprove families for dog adoption. The organizations created a questionnaire for the show’s potential dog owners modeled after animal shelter adoption applications and HSUS recommended activities to acquaint the dogs with the families. Go to www.whogetsthedog.com or call (888) 751-8088 for more information.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 22, 2004. Read the original PDF.