One MILLION views on YouTube!! Whoa!

I have some pretty exciting news!  One of Jasmine's dog trick videos just reached a MILLION VIEWS on YouTube!!!  Whoa!!  That's weird to think about!  

I have had so many people from all over the world write to me on Jasmine's YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter account.  They told me how much they love Jasmine and how much her videos make them smile and laugh!

Who knew when I got that cute little puppy that she would end up with friends all over the world??  

And more so, who would have ever thought that I would have been able to do everything I have accompanying her?  I personally have no desire to be on TV, and yet because of Jaz, I've ended up traveling all over the country as her chauffeur!

 We were in New York performing live on Good Morning America. 

 We were in California- performing on Animal Planet's show "Who Let the Dog Out?"

We've done modeling photo shoots.

And been on the news and TV countless times, mainly here in the USA, but also as far away as  in Japan, Denmark and England!

 We auditioned for David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks...

And for America's Got Talent (the current season, so I can't talk about it yet.)

It's been a wild, exciting adventure with this little dog!

Some of my favorite memories also involve being a therapy dog team.  We mainly visited a children's hospital on Fridays.  Because of HIPPA regulations, we weren't allowed to get pictures or video at the hospital, but Jasmine's picture hangs up in the hall there.  

But she also made a few appearances at schools, libraries, and nursing homes.  (And have some cute videos to remember those visits by!)

It seriously blows my mind to think about this.  One little dog ended up completely changing the course of my life!  (and for the better.)

This all started when I created a YouTube channel showing Jasmine's dog tricks.  I did it so I could show my Grandma (who lived in Utah) all the fun tricks my dog had learned.  But apparently a few other people liked her dog tricks too!  ;)

Because here's her most popular video that just hit one million views:

The best thing about owning a canine celebrity is that they never let it go to their head!  ;)  

Merry Christmas!!

Who is almost ready for Christmas??   (We're not!)    But to get me in the holiday spirit, I decided to post some pics of Jaz and one of her most popular videos "Dog Saves Christmas!"  (This video always gets really popular around December- with a ton of comments.)

One of the more amusing trains of conversation revolved around Jasmine only delivering one present to a house that had two dogs!  And they wanted to know if that other dog was naughty.   To tell you the truth, I didn't even notice that until someone pointed it out!!   You'll notice from all the blooper footage at the end that sometimes you're just lucky to get what you get!  And you have to piece it together to make it work!!  I have a basic story line idea in my head, but nothing too elaborate!   So, to answer their question, I don't know!  I never thought about it before now!!  ;)

Merry Christmas to my friends all over the world!  May you be filled with the peace, love, and joy that comes this time of year.   

Copycats! (Copyright infringement)

Well, it's been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

You know how Jasmine's "45 Cute Dog Tricks" video is big right now?   Well... so far I've found 3 people that have re-uploaded it as their own work. 

I'm kind of torn.  On one hand, I feel like that's more publicity for Jasmine... her videos would reach a wider audience.  However, on the other hand, I don't really like people stealing my videos and uploading them as theirs either.   So... ???  I don't know what I should do.  2 of the 3 copycats seem like just individuals doing it because they think Jasmine is cute.  The first one listed seems like a company though. (BreakTV)  So I might report them for copyright infingement.  It kind of bugs me that they don't even list Jasmine's name either.  All through all of the tags, they always call her Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier.   Now don't get me wrong...  we love Jesse!  We're actually friends with them.  (Heather and Jesse)   However, the video is obviously of Jasmine.  Jasmine and Jesse don't even look alike.  (They're just doing that to draw more traffic to their video.)   So... that's the only one I'm considering reporting.

I don't know... what do you guys think I should do?   Here's the copycats:

One is by:

BreakTV:  Cute Dog Tricks_ Amazing 45 Tricks


One is by:

Funny Animals:  "Dog Performs 45 Cute Tricks"


One is by:

Muhammad Ishaq  : 45 cute dog tricks 360




Here's my original video:

(By My Favorite Pup Jasmine)  called 45 Cute Dog Tricks


They've changed the front picture, but the video is exactly the same....

What would you do?

Jaz was on the Front Page of YouTube!!

So... I'm out of the loop.  I went camping for a few days, and didn't have internet access.

But someone told me that Jasmine's "45 Cute Dog Tricks" video was on the front page of YouTube yesterday!

(Which explains why I came home to a ton of emails of YouTube comments- and why the view count jumped WAY UP!)

Pretty cool!  I wish I was around to get a screen capture of her on the front page of YouTube!  Oh well.  Kind of random, but fun!!  I made this video 2 months ago, but for whatever reason, YouTube decided yesterday to feature it.  (As you can tell from the graph above!) It goes from basically a few hundred views to over 30,000 views in one day! LOL...

Even better- we just got an email from a big national TV show asking about the possibility of them showing Jasmine's video!   I gave them permission.  But I try not to get too excited, because I get contacted many times, but only some of them actually happen.  So I try to not count my chickens before they're hatched.  They said they would contact me if/when they decide to use it.   

So... it's not a sure thing.  But keep your fingers/ paws crossed.  You never know!  :D

Happy Labor Day! (I'm working on trick dog videos!) ;)

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Labor Day for me is a paid holiday off from work- of which I spent 6 hours editing a dog trick video!!!

Back in April, I had the idea to put together a compilation video of Dogs Playing Basketball.

I am connected (through Facebook) to trick dogs all over the world, and I asked them to send me clips of their dogs playing basketball.  I received clips of 21 different dogs from all over the USA, Switzerland, England, Canada, and Australia.  And I intended to edit them all into one video.

But then Jaz and I flew to California to be on "Who Let The Dogs Out".  (A show on Animal Planet.)

Then in May, we flew to New York to be on "Good Morning America".

Then in June, we flew to Utah to speak at the "BlogPaws" convention.

And I can't even remember what happened in July and August!  (Not to mention, I'm busy with my regular job, friends, and family!)

So, long story short: this got put on the back burner!

But now- I'm rejunivated to attempt it again!  LOL.  

I'm excited because I'm ALMOST DONE!!  :D   (Now I can only hope I don't have trouble uploading it to YouTube!!)  ;)

So- in the meantime- here's a teaser to get you by until I finish the video:

BlogPaws' Red Carpet Award Ceremony

Photo credit:  Rebecka Jeffs

On the last night of BlogPaws, they had a formal banquet and awards ceremony.  This was so much fun!

We all had a chance to walk down the red carpet, and get our pictures taken. 

Jasmine and I spent most of the conference hanging out with my friend Lauren and her trick dog Paige!   

 This is my friend Rick- (who works for Natural Balance). The picture unfortunately turned out blurry, so you can't really see his dog Sheldon (a black standard poodle).  He's in the picture too!

 

Photo credit: Rebecka Jeffs

This is my friend Diane Silver and her Havanese named Cosmo!!  We were in the Havanese Club!  :)  (I just made that up!)  But as far as I know- Jasmine and Cosmo were the only 2 Havanese at BlogPaws!

 After a delicious dinner, they had an awards ceremony.  Jasmine was nominated for "Best Video" for her "Santa Paws- Santa's Little Helper" movie!  But I honestly didn't think she was going to win, considering who the other nominees were!

Photo credit: Rebecka Jeffs

So I was shocked when they said My Favorite Pup Jasmine was the winner!  I had to go up on stage and give an acceptance speech.  (Which I was completely unprepared for!)  I didn't know what to say!   And I actually can't even remember what I said.  I'm hoping it including the words "Thank You."  LOL  I was shaking when I first walked off the stage... (because that kind of stuff makes me nervous!)  But once I was breathing normally again, we had a good time.  And it was a lot of fun.  The rest of the evening was just a party.  :)

Photo Credit: Rebecka Jeffs

This is Jasmine and her buddy Preston (from PrestonSpeaks.com).  (with Lauren and Paige in the back!)










Now THIS was a cute puppy!!

Cue Music!  Everybody Dance Now!

It was great meeting up with everyone!  It felt like a reunion, even though we had never met before!  (We had only known each other online!)

Jaz was SOOOO tired at the end of the night.  Trick shows, award shows, classes, interviews, pictures...
 It's hard work being this cute!!  (Actually we were both pretty tired after this pet convention!)  But wow, what an experience!  It was awesome!!!  :)

Free Ticket to #BlogPaws!

As I'm sure you know, Jasmine and I are flying to SLC, Utah later this month to speak at the BlogPaws pet convention.  I'm giving a presentation about YouTube with my friends Lauren and Paige!  (Friday afternoon session)  Afterwards, we'll do a trick dog demo so people can see Jasmine and Paige live!





And fitting enough, Jasmine's blog was nominated for the "Best Video" award at the "Nose-to-Nose" awards at BlogPaws!   http://awards.blogpaws.com/   They are going to announce the winners at a red carpet ceremony on June 23rd.  Pretty fun!

The best part is... by being nominated as a finalist, Jasmine earned a free conference pass that I can give away!   So, if you are considering going to BlogPaws, let me know and I'll submit your name in the raffle!   (I'm going to do the drawing on Monday.)  You can leave your email address in the comments, or write to me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MyFavoritePupJasmine


Even if you don't win the raffle, you can still get 20% off your conference ticket if you mention us.  (Because we're one of the presenters.)   Just use this code when you register:
BlogPaws2012-Speaker-Jackson-20 


It's coming up quick!!  Lauren and I are super excited about this!!  :)  If you do come, please come say hi to us!   It's going to be so much fun!  

Hawaii Tours.com Commercial

Remember when Jaz when to California without me to shoot a commercial? (My brother drove her out there!)

Jaz was one of the dogs running on the beach for the HawaiiTours.com commercial! I knew she would do a sit/ stay/ come without me there, so I wasn't too worried about it. If they wanted her to do any tricks, I would have had to go along! She came back SOO dirty and sandy! But from what I heard, she had a blast filming this! She had never seen the ocean before and loved chasing after the waves! We'll definitely have to go back!

Here's the final product!

Jaz is on NATIONAL TV tomorrow!!

Exciting News!!! Jasmine is going to be on National TV tomorrow! :D (Well, in 48 markets.)

If you live in AZ, it's going to be broadcast Fri on ABC 15 at 11:00 am.
If you live in WA, it's on Fri. at 9:00 am.
If you live in VA, it's on Fri. at 2:00 pm.
If you live in Tampa, FL- it's on at 1:00 AM! (Sorry Florida friends!!) ;)

Here's a link with all the channels and cities: http://www.rightthisminute.com/about/stations

The show is called "Right This Minute", and they are interviewing me and showing Jasmine's latest YouTube trick video! (Hopefully it will be more focused on Jaz and less on me!!) ;)



I'm doing the interview tonight- and they will broadcast the clip tomorrow. (Of course, this is assuming that we don't get bumped because of national news!) If that's the case, I'll be sure to keep you updated! :D I'm excited! :D (And kind of nervous!) And when I get excited or nervous, I tend to talk fast!! So try to keep up , because I will be both!! :) lol