On Sunday we travelled for nearly 5 hours to get to Watford where we stayed overnight with our friend (and future puppy owner!) Jade.
Jade is a fantastic groomer, so she tidyed Edna up for me ready for her film making debut in central London.
The next day we were up early and travelled into London via Tube. I was a little worried about how Edna would react to the train and the crowds as she hadn't been on one before, but I needn't have worried as she loved every moment and all of the attention she got.
Edna and Jade on the train
Once we got into London and found the location of our shoot - the very posh South Place Hotel we were greeted by the production company who were absolutely lovely, as well as the other dogs:
Zeus the GSD (our favourite!)
Cookie the Pomeranian
King the British Bulldog
Winnie the French Bulldog
When we all arrived we were able to mingle with each other. Edna went and sat herself on a chaise longue and before I knew it she had the film crew around her, placing props and asking if she could wear sunglasses.
Edna relaxing on the chaise longue in the Enchanted Garden
I was astounded how much attention she was getting. It was quite surreal.
When we moved onto filming the 'scripted' scenes Edna was a dream - she did everything she was supposed to with such enthusiam.
The film crew were quite funny. They clapped every time the dogs completed their tasks. It was such a positive and encouraging environment for the dogs and the owners.
One of the crew kept shouting things like 'You're working it, I'm loving the eyes, stay with that, you're on holiday, you're loving the sun...'
Which made us all giggle and kept the mood really light and entertaining.
We had to do a small scene in a French themed room and the crew allowed us to intrepret the scene how we wanted; so I was able to show off just how hard Edna could work. After filming the scene, one of the crew commented that he didn't think it was French enough and asked how he could change it. I commented that he should have gotten a baguette for her to hold; this was met with very excited squeals from the rest of the crew and a baguette transpired almost immediately.
Edna of course had the time of her life, because after the scene was finished, having held onto the baguette for around 30 minutes, I let her eat it. I couldn't not when she was being such a good girl.
Once the crew realised how hard Edna could work and how much she could do, they altered some of the scenes to include her more and started referring to her as 'The star of the show' which made me feel quite emotional and incredibly proud.
The crew all took selfies with her too!
We were on set between 10:00 and 15:30 so it was a very busy, full on day. We both worked incredibly hard and enjoyed every moment.
We got home at around 01:00 so as you can imagine we are exhausted and having a well earned pyjama day today.
I am still absolutely thrilled and buzzing from yesterday. I'd definately love to do more filmwork with the dogs in future.
I could not be any prouder of Edna right now.
The advert, which is for Hotels.com and the South Place Hotel will air in around a week.
So keep an eye out for it!
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