Eddie may be in a local commercial

Alaska's first dog boutique, Paw Prince, is taping a commercial this weekend and invited everyone with a dog to drop by and see if they were talented enough to be in the commercial.

I took that as a challenge. I got off work last night at 1 a.m., came home and dropped them both into the tub for a shampoo and conditioning. By the time drying, blow drying and brushing was done, I didn't get to bed until 4.

The turnout at the shop was pretty good. There was a line halfway through the store. A 200 pound (or close to it) Great Dane lined up behind us, but Eddie was cool with it. I had Jack in my coat because he was yapping, and the dane didn't know what to think. I believe he thought my chest was yapping at him, so he backed off.

I'm not sure if he took stills or video clips, but Eddie was perfect. The cameraman had to set up a box for him to sit on, and Eddie hopped right up. I put him in a sit-stay, and the photographer couldn't believe it. I guess many of the dogs that day had been a struggle. He asked for another pose -- his back to the camera and looking over his shoulder -- and Eddie did it perfectly. The cameraman was delighted. Eddie had on his black Security shirt, and the cameraman said he looked like a bad-a$$ guard snapping his head around looking for trouble. LOL.

Jack went next and he did as I suspected. When I set him down, he looked at me and yapped. When I walked away, he followed. But the cameraman said he got something he might be able to use. Jack is so photogenic, though, he'll probably be the one chosen.

Poor Rusty got dogged. I left him in the truck because I couldn't handle the three of them together in a store crowded with dogs. I was going to take him back in, but the line had grown again and it would have been another half hour. He will have to live vicariously through his little brothers.

I'll let you guys know if he makes it. With that many dogs, I can't imagine an appearance will be any more than a couple seconds. But I'll take it.