SCRIPT YOUR PET'S STAR TRACK

Calling all star struck Pets! Mutts!, Pooches! Kits! Kitties who want to be a star out there on Hollywood, on ABC, on CNN, on STAR or any of the other eyeball grabbing TV channels. To pass the screen test and get watched on the celluloid screen… pets of course cannot do that on their own. They need to have alert, clever and ambitious owners who need to have their eyes reading right and their ears hearing right and their heads planning right.

In this short article, we will very briefly outline the basic tricks, tips and things that you need to have worked out to make your pet become that outstanding star! Shining out and exhibiting all the magic of his or her very special charm on the celluloid screen.

Introduction
Here's one way to get all your pet's latent creative intelligence and energies to gain expression. For the unlettered in this area, the process can be a long, tough journey. However, in this article we show you some simple things you can do to highlight your pet's skills to act and become a star!

Get all your pet's latent creative talents out! Help your pet to shine as a celebrity pooch or kitty. What you need to do is follow the right steps and you'll make your pet a star…a hero famous for all time.

Ten things that you need to know or do to make that perfect portfolio of your pet's tricks, antics, dramatic and theatrical moments.

1. Temperament First of all, you need to have a pet who is real good natured and listens to you. How you get your pet to listen to you is not of course only your problem but ours too! Of course, out here in cyberspace it's real easy and cool to say that…but! Here's where we can help you with a little bit of generous advice. You need to have a good pet trainer and behaviour therapist who can help you understand your pet better.

2. Maintain your pet's emotional quotient
Second, you need to keep your pet's emotional quotient high (EQ). For that, you need to spend a lot of time and attention on your pet, so that your pet will not feel neglected. That means, you need to spend enough time talking to your pet, cuddling your pet and taking your pet for walks etc. Remember, this whole exercise may be as trying for your pet as it is for you. Therefore, what you need to do is really boost your pet's confidence levels. If you can get your pet to face some video cameras with flash bulbs etc. regularly on a small stage with a lot of children around, off and on maybe once a week or so, that should surely help your pet to get over stage fright and the glare of the limelight.

3. Give your pet the right exposure and right experience!
Another factor that you need to do is expose your pet to other celebrity stars on television or video or even a live show on the stage or may be you could take your pet to a real movie theatre or even an Imax AD Labs studio. It helps if your pet has attended at least a few fancy dress competitions or even participated in a few good pet shows. It doesn't matter if your pet didn't win.

4. Make sure your pet listens to some basic obedience commands Your pet needs to be familiar with the basics of walking to heel, learning to be friendly and polite with strangers. Most important, your pet should be real fast and very quick to learn. Besides this, your pet should have a fairly good understanding of many words.

That means your pet's vocabulary comprehension should be at least above average if not very good.You can improve your pet's vocabulary by teaching a few new words every week and constantly repeating them so that, it is retained to memory.

5. Make sure that your pet is healthy, eating correctly and is exercising enough!
The right food and the right amount of exercise will give your pet that nice, sleek look that has all the makings of star material for sure. You need to make sure that your pet's gums and teeth are healthy, that his or her fur coat is healthy, glossy and clean. No ticks hiding inside the ears, no fleas playing hop, skip and jump on your pet's back. All these are strong disqualifications. No famous producer will entertain you for more than 10 minutes if he or she sees ticks crawling on the floor, tapeworm eggs falling out of your pet's bottom, if your pets scoots across the floor trying to clear the anal gland secretions etc. This is not just an embarrassment. It's a downright disqualification.

6. Groom your pet well Your pet also needs to be well groomed and have a friendly countenance. However, the friendly countenance could fall in secondary. You could take your pet to a suitable parlour and have her fur styled to suit her or his personality, so that whatever trait stands out helps your pet to develop a unique identity. You must make sure that your pet never growls at strangers. You can teach your pet to give a polite handshake every time he or she is introduced to some one new.

Your pet's nails must be clipped, the coat should be clean and there should be no patches of fallen hair.If your pet has any skin disorder, consult your veterinarian immediately and get it treated.

7. Make a good portfolio of your pet
The next thing that you need to do is to shoot an outstanding portfolio of your pet on video and as well as have some really stunning photographs. If you are comfortable with using a video camera and a good camera, that's fine. Otherwise, it may be better that you shoot your pet's portfolio in a good reputed studio. When you create your pet's portfolio, make sure that you highlight some interesting and unusual points about your pet. It could be something that you may have forgotten as part of your pet's baby days. However, if it was an incident where your pet showed strong character or displayed any specific trait like courage etc., you must highlight the event, even if very briefly. You must also list out any awards that your pet may have won in any pet show. Remember, every small point counts.

8. Teach your pet some smart tricks It could be something as simple as learning to jump up to catch an imaginary butterfly or it could be a very complex act like learning to jump through a ring. Whatever, you decide to teach your pet to do, make sure that your pet can comfortably perform it repeatedly in diverse situations and circumstances. If you think hard enough, you can develop a really smart, attention grabbing trick that in reality is very simple to perform. However, what you need to do is to observe your pet carefully and see what trick would be easy on your pet to do. There are so many breed variations in both dogs and cats, especially dogs that you need to be very careful.

For example, a German Shepherd or Golden Retriever may be able to lift a 1 kg shopping bag quite gracefully but a Chihuahua would absolutely not be able to do anything even close to that kind of weight. See if you can get your pet to do something exceptionally courageous! That always grabs the headlines and invites publicity, attention and adoration! You could even create a publicity stunt for your pet to swing in to action. Think imaginatively and you could create an event that has your whole neighborhood and local papers watching your pet!

9. Tune in to your pet's star appeal! No one as of today has yet been able to devise a perfect formulae to predict what makes a star tick. Therefore, what you can do, is do your best and leave the rest to God and hope for the best, that your pet will really make it to the limelight. Star appeal may be something as silly as that little tooth coming out at an odd angle or the funny way in which your pet shakes his or her head when people say something or even the peculiar way in which he or she barks or growls. It's that very special factor called charisma, attractiveness or likeability. One clue you could take is that it is a trait that has to be 100% per cent natural. Do not try any cosmetic surgery on your pet to improve your pet's looks.

On the contrary, the entire exercise may just boomerang! Therefore, be very careful. Remember! Natural colours are in! Don't dye your pet's coat. Being natural is simply adorable! At the most, you may add a scarf or chain to complement your pet's appearance…but stop at that!

10. Make the right contacts and make sure that your pet lands the right roles!
Give your pet a name with an identity Your pet's career as a star may be made or marred by this factor. It is vitally important that you help your pet to reach out to the right people at the right time. A short, nice, whacky name that people love, that's easy on the tongue, easy to remember and stays all day long in people's heads along with a picture of your pet is what you need to concentrate on. To get a good name, you need to read a lot. Read about all the pets who became heroes and look at the names they had. Study the appearance of the pet and see if you can trace a pattern. The name and the appearance should click. It should be easy to pronounce, easy on the tongue, catchy and something so familiar almost like a part of a person's life. Study how Pluto, Lassie, Snoopy and Garfield got their names. Of course, you cannot use any such name or even slightly similar sounding name. Always remember! It's the difference that makes all the difference! There's a lot that goes in a name.

Conclusion
We wish you all the very best in your efforts to make your pet a star. On the web Hollywood Paws is one site you could do with checking out to help your pet become a star.