Tonight at 8p on CBS you can watch as Justin Silver has a way of talking to Dogs in the City, New York City that is and I recently spoke to him about the show and animals.
Every Wednesday night we watch him work miracles with man’s best friend, so I wanted to know how he got started in the business. He told me, “It happened very naturally for me. I was doing stand up comedy at night and doing personal training during the day. Personal training taught me how people ticked, you are helping people get over their physical stuff. There is the emotional aspect to it too. I learned about the excuses people make and getting them over the emotional hump that will help them keep up the work and get in shape. That was the human aspect. Then I would come home at night after doing stand up and I felt a little bit of a void and feeling empty. I would watch those depressing animal commercials in the middle of the night and I was like I am going to start rescuing dogs. I started working with the independent shelters, pulled dogs off of death row and I would have them in my house, rehabilitate them. It kind of just happened, like I just had to figure it out. With these dogs, you don’t know much about their background. But they are living there in your apartment, so you’re like alright I gotta figure this out. So that is how I cut my teeth with it. I just got known in my neighborhood as the guy who would take in the dogs. Neighbors started asking me to help with their dogs. Then pet stores started referring me. Vets started referring me. One thing lead to another and I was doing it a lot.” He then added, “It all happened very organically for me and that is exactly how the show happened. I got approached by the producers. I met with them one day and they started following me around. It just sort of happened.”
Watching the show we have seen him work his miracle on these pups and he let me in what is really important for every dog everywhere. He said, “Just having them around other animals, whether it is pavement or park is going to do wonders for them for their socialization and stuff. I say get them around as many dogs as possible. Keep them outside as much as possible. If it’s cold out, throw a coat on them. My thing is exercise with other dogs is really the best thing.”
And what about that person who decides they want to bring home a puppy, here was his advice on that “The most important thing is they have to recognize it is a two-way street. A lot people think alright I am going to get the dog. They get the dog to satisfy their own needs. I’m lonely or I want someone to pet at the end of the night. But you have to realize this dog has requirements for exercise, requirements for training, requirements for socialization. You are now becoming a dog owner, so that is an aspect of your life that is going to change and you have to recognize that. If you don’t provide those things for it, you are going to have problems. Just returning it or sending it back, like that is not really an option. People have to know there is a responsibility involved with taking care of a dog. Although it is not exactly the same thing as taking care of a child, but it is a different lifestyle.”
A lifestyle for some might be a dog, but for me it is cats. So I wanted to get some tidbits on the other four-legged friend. He responded with, “I love introducing cats and dogs. It is one of my favorite things to do. When people have cats and dogs, you need to know how to train dogs on the cat terms. It is always an important thing. Dogs want to get in there and rumble around. With cats you are going to wind up with scratch marks on your nose. So it is important to teach the dogs how to respect the cat’s space. I love cats. I love all animals, with the exception of cockroaches I love all animals.” Then he added that cats are good to get rid of those nasty bugs.
We did not see him work with cats and dogs this season, but it would be something he would like to have on the next one if the show gets picked up. What else would he like for season two? These are a few of the things he would like to do, “I like working with dogs and other animals. I worked with dogs on ranches. I have gotten called to ranches to socialize the dog with other animals. I am not as familiar with other animals, and I would like to do more of that. I have worked with dogs and birds before.
“Other situations I would like to do is working with dogs with disabilities. I always like providing resources for people with that. I like making people understand that just because a dog has a disability doesn’t mean it is helpless. That is such a nice thing. I work blind dogs and deaf dogs on a daily basis. That is something I would like to do more of.
“Working with dogs around water, teach them how to swim.”
So what does he do when the cameras stop rolling, he told me about an amazing charity he started called Funny for Fido. He said, “It is comic relief for animals. We put the country’s best comedians together for a benefit and all the money goes to the rescue shelters. That is the way that I have been incorporating stand up and my love for animals for a long time. We have dogs there for adoption. The comics get really involved. I get calls from their parents who want to adopt the dogs from us and we raise a lot of money.” Knowing about my fur ball, he added that they raise money for cats too.
Between talking to Justin Silver and watching Dogs in the City I have learned so much from him about properly raising a dog. If you are a dog owner, then there is so much you can learn from him by watching the show on CBS or CBS.com.
If you need Justin to help you personally, you can find out more about his company The Language of Dogs on the website.
Tonight’s hysterical episode of Baby Daddy on ABC Family at 8:30p is all about Ben going out on his first date since baby Emma came into his life. A few weeks ago I spoke to the cast and we talked about love, some talked about their character’s feelings while the others talked about their real life ones.
Chelsea Kane who plays Riley had this to say about who the audience could root for, “Right now it is still up in the air and literally in every episode everyone is constantly missing each other. Right as Riley starts to give up on Ben, Ben starts to kind of look at Riley a little bit. Right at Danny starts to give up on Riley, he starts to notice her a little differently. Everyone keeps missing each other, so you never know who they will root for just yet.” She then added, “It’s hard, I as character and even as a woman reading the scripts change all the time.” So who would she choose if this was real life? She replied by saying, “It is so hard because both boys, this answer is so cliche, they are so different and so great on their own. I think in life, Chelsea would chose Danny because I think that Ben has the love of his life with his daughter. I think his time and affection should be put into his little girl.”
So what did the man who Kane thinks Riley would choose have to say about it? Here is what Derek Theler who plays Danny told me, “It’s a big love triangle. The funny thing is that Ben is pretty oblivious to everything and she talks to me she likes him while on other side I am in love with her. I think Riley is the right guy for Riley. That’s what I think. We’ll see what happens.” He then went on to tease a lot of stuff will be coming out in the open in the next few episodes, so we better keep watching to find out.
Now there is a third person in the mix and I had to know if he ever had a Riley in his life, as in a girl who is a friend who wants something more. Jean-Luc Bilodeau aka Ben laughed as he told this story, “Sort of in high school, I had a friend who was a girl…It turned into that a couple years later, she started to like me and it was kind of weird, a little awkward. It didn’t go much further than that. Yeah, it’s just a weird situation.” As weird as that situation was I had to find out if any of exes had dropped a baby on his doorstep; and he said nope.
Now there are two other characters on the show who are not part of the love triangle and they gave me some spoiler information about what is coming up for their love lives.
Tucker played by Tahj Mowry revealed this, “At the beginning of the season Tucker has a girlfriend that basically owns him and he is very whipped, but there may come a time when Tucker is a little free man again. So he may go a little crazy trying to pick up women, which is hilarious. Tucker think, actually he has some game going on. He’s very classy in his vests and skinny ties. Tucker has some free man syndrome there and he ready to go on the prowl.” Purrfect.
And what about the sexiest person on the show? Melissa Peterman revealed the TV grandma will be getting some. She shared that Bonnie “is single, ready to mingle. Wants to date. Maybe I date inappropriately sometimes, like maybe my son’s hockey coach.” I can’t wait for that episode because you know will be laughing so hard you will pee in your pants.
But before we get to that episode, we still have tonight’s show to get through. Here is a little spoiler, a big part of it is about Danny’s hockey jersey that he wears during every game and he has never washed it. So when I asked Derek if he had any superstitions, his answer was something I never expected. He said, “When I was in high school I had a jersey for my basketball team and I never washed it either and it was just like it. It was disgusting and destroyed. I don’t know what I was thinking. It was the worst idea ever. It wasn’t really that lucky, my team did really well. I didn’t wash it for a long time, and one of my teammates wound up shredding it and I was pretty upset about it.” He then added that even though he had a smelly shirt back in the day, he really isn’t that superstitious.
Baby Daddy is the best comedy of the summer, so start watching tonight because we need to laugh in the summer too.
Gary Oldman was on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday and I never realized how freaking cool he was until this interview. I mean, I knew he was pretty freaking awesome before this, but to me he is like a younger Jack Nicholson. Seriously just watch this chat where he talks about how he had to guard The Dark Knight Rises script with his life and modeling Prada; and don’t tell me you don’t fall in love with even more. He is so relaxed and so real as he talked to the ABC host, that you just want to have a shot or ten with him in the JKL green room.
And if you aren’t madly in love with him just from the interview, then you must watch him read excerpts from the R Kelly’s book because you will be lusting over him whether you are a boy or a girl.
If that still didn’t do it, then you have to see the PSA he did for Actors Against Acting Athletes. If that didn’t do it, then you have some serious issues.
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The Winchester Boys are back at work and Jensen Ackles and Jarid Padalecki look as rugged as ever. When I saw Sam and Dean surrounded by all of those green leaves, I knew exactly what my own private heaven is going to look like. I could spend an eternity looking at the two of them.
Seriously isn’t it like they finally found the lost Garden of Eden and we get to witness their perfection in the Utopia? They are definitely my tempting apples that I can’t wait to take a bite out of.
Buddy Guy was playing with the band on The Late Show yesterday, so when David Letterman introduced Queen Latifah he made sure to have a song that would be fitting, for well, a Queen. Well she took the opportunity to sashay sexily to beat as she walked to the couch. Once she sat down, the CBS late night host talked about how special Guy’s music is. She said she wanted to move her body like she was at Juke Joint. Then she stood up, the band began to play and she wiggled curves like a peacock as she slowly used her hands to walk down Dave’s desk. How hot was she? Let’s just say she steamed up Letterman’s glasses. I don’t think he has been that happy since Drew Barrymore flashed her boobs to him.
