Loads. Including the UK film council award at Bristol's Encounters Festival and Jury award at The International Dog Film Festival
Festivals
Aspen Shorts Fest, Encounters, LA International, Pres Se Court, etc etc.
Ben's Interests
General
I like walking about for a bit of fresh air once in a while. I like food, sleeping, licking, wagging, dogging, chewing, climing, jumping and sometimes swimming.
Heroes
Lassie, Benji from Benji, Zac and the Alien Prince, Rin Tin Tin, Ol' Yella and Niche.
I know he’s dead, but the very first Lassie from ‘Lassie Come Home’, I like to think he was the father of canine acting.
What he brought to that role, very few have managed to capture since… that is a natural, raw, unpredictable energy that brimmed from the screen. His successors through out the latter Lassie movies were in my mind a bunch of frauds…simply mimicking his greatness.
It was such a shame that he got caught up in that 1940’s LA sex scandal back when homosexuality amongst dogs was very much frowned upon. Of course soon after he was put down by the studio, they realised he was a bitch…a terrible, terrible shame.
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IT'S MONDAY :) THE WEEKEND WENT BY SO FAST. IT IS VERY COLD HERE IN NEW YORK. IT RAINED SO MUCH ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS SO WINDY, UP TO 40 AND 50 MPH GUSTS OF WIND. ON SATURDAY MOMMY HAD HER BIRTHDAY PARTY , THEY GAVE HER A LITTLE MERMAID PARTY CUZ SHE LOVES THE LITTLE MERMAID SO MUCH. YIPEE, I GOT TO EAT YUMMY CAKE. MOMMY WENT OUT AT NIGHT TO HAVE A BIG GIRL PARTY AND I COULDN'T GO :( BUT SHE BROUGHT ME HOME A REALLY BIG MINNIE MOUSE DOLL :) IT WAS AS BIG AS ME. TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN. I'M SO EXCITED. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT CANDY UNTIL IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE PARADE. MOMMY SAYS I'M GOING TO BE THE PRETTIEST FAIRY PRINCESS IN DOWTOWN MANHATTAN. I HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE HALLOWEEN !!! BECAREFUL OUT THERE, WATCH OUT FOR THE GHOULS, GHOSTS AND GOBBLINS. DRESS WARM AND LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE STREET AND CHECK YOUR CANDY BEFORE YOU EAT IT. NOOOOO CHOCOLATE !!! LICK LOTS AND LOTS OF LOLLIPOPS FOR ME !!! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK !!! BARK AT YA SOON. WUV YA LOTS AND LOTS, YOUR FRIEND LILY THE FAIRY PRINCESS OF NYC XOXO
PS. MOMMY WANTS TO SAY THANKS A BUNCH TO EVERYONE FOR THE SWEET BIRTHDAY WISHES :)
DON'T EAT TOO MANY TREATS, BUT ENJOY THE ONES YOU DO GET TO EAT :)
MOMMY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS LOTS OF FUN. I GOT TO EAT YUMMY CAKE.
HIYA MY FRIEND :) IT'S MONDAY AGAIN !!! HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? MINE WAS VERY FUNNY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT MOMMY HAD LOST ONE OF HER DIAMOND EARRINGS AND SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE PROBABLY JUST LOST IT OUTSIDE CUZ SHE COULDN'T FIND IT ANY WHERE IN THE HOUSE. WELL... SHE WAS WRONG, I FOUND IT IN THE HOUSE FOR HER AND INSTEAD OF GIVING IT TO HER I SWALLOWED IT. SHE HEARD ME CHEWING ON SOMETHING AND WHEN SHE TOOK IT OUT MY MOUTH ALL WAS LEFT WAS THE CASTING I HAD SWALLOWED THE DIAMOND. SO FOR TWO DAYS MOMMY WAS WAITING TO SEE IF I WOULD POOP IT OUT. I FINALLY GAVE IT BACK TO HER ON SUNDAY, LOL. IT'S BEEN REALLY CHILLY THIS WEEKEND. I WENT ON A COUPLE OF WALKS AND RELAXED A LOT WITH MOMMY. HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY MONDAY AND A PAWSITIVELY PAWFECT WEEK !!! BARK AT YA SOON MY FRIEND. WUV YA, YOUR FRIEND, LILY
PS. I'M IN A SUMMER CONTEST AT FLO'S CONTEST PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IF YOU GET A CHANCE I THINK IT ENDS TODAY THANKS A BUNCH.
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AND I AM ALSO IN A CONTEST FOR BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT ANIMAL CONTESTS I THINK THAT ONE ENDS TODAY TOO, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IF YOU CAN . THANKS A BUNCH.
IT'S FRIDAY, YIPEE !!! HOW WAS YOR WEEK ? MINE WAS OKAY. I WENT TO THE VET ON MONDAY, I HAD MY TEETH CLEANED AND I GOT A CHECK-UP. MY TEETH ARE NICE AND SHINY AND MY CHECK - UP WENT WELL. AFTER MOMMY PICKED ME UP FROM THE VET SHE TOOK ME TO THE PET SHOP AND BOUGHT ME SOME TOYS AND MY FAVORITE BONES. MOMMY AND I WENT ON A FEW WALKS. MY UNCLE IS COMING TO STAY IN MY HOUSE FOR THE WEEKEND AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CAUSE HE PLAYS WITH ME A LOT. HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND :) BARK AT YA LATER. WUV YA, YOUR FRIEND LILY
IT'S MONDAY AGAIN !!! HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? MINE WAS FUN. I GOT TO GO THE TENNIS COURTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON SATURDAY MORNING MOMMY TOOK ME TO THE PARK. ON SUNDAY WE WENT ON A LONG WALK. I HAVE TO GO THE VET TODAY AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. I AM GOING TO GET A CHECK-UP BECAUSE I WAS SICK IN AUGUST AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM STILL ALL BETTER. I AM ALSO GOING TO GET MY TEETH CLEANED. MOMMY BRUSHES MY TEETH BUT THEY STILL HAVE TARTAR. MOMMY IS MORE NERVOUS THEN ME CAUSE SHE HAS TO LEAVE ME THERE ALL DAY AND CAN'T PICK ME UP UNTIL THE EVENING. WISH ME LUCK. I WILL TRY AND BARK AT YA LATER AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MY APPOINTMENT WENT. HAVE A GREAT MONDAY AND AN EVEN BETTER WEEK. BARK AT YA SOON. WUV YA LOTS, LILY XOXO HAVE A GREAT WEEK !!!!
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!!!!!!
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Hey Ben, just viewed the "Dog Years 2" DVD that Dominique sent. A worthy sequel! My wife enjoyed both films too. Any chance you'll be coming out to San Francisco for The Canine Film Festival?
