Dogs for Movies, TV, and Advertising

Over the past 18 years, Ben Kersen has worked with dogs for the movie, television and advertising industry. Ben can usually supply a dog of any size, breed, or colour—whether crossbreed or purebred—within 48 hours of your request. Contact Ben for more information and rates.

Joey stars in an ad for Tourism Victoria - September 2007

Shiloh and Fozzie in Fido cell phone commercial, 1998

Dear Ben,

I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for helping with our Fido promotion on March 28th. Your presence in the store was a very positive experience for our company. The dogs are truly "Wonderdogs"—watching customers react to them was wonderful! There wasn't one person who didn't smile at their presence. As well, a number of them stayed in the store longer than they typically would have without the dogs here.

The dogs were also a positive factor to our sales team. From a morale standpoint, they loved having the dogs around. They were a great ice-breaker with customers! From a sales standpoint, we sold more Fido phones on that day than we had ever sold on one day before (a 400% increase!)

I am excited about having they Wonderdogs back to the store for other promotions as the year continues.

Sincerely,
Walter Nicholson
Marketing Manager, CompuSmart,
Victoria, BC

Island Farms commercial

Dear Mr. Kersen:

I’m writing this letter to thank you for your excellent work on the Island Farms commercial we shot in the fall of 1999. Your dogs performed admirably, and learned the difficult trick in very little time. The final commercial is a great success, and the client is thrilled. I look forward to working with you again.

Best regards,
Andrew Samuel
Art Director,
Copeland Communications,
Victoria, BC

Centra Gas advertisement

Ben,

I thought I'd take this opportunity to thank you for the great job you did in providing us with excellent "canine" talent for our recent advertising campaign for Centra Gas. Your professionalism and ability to achieve what we were looking for in a very timely and cost effective manner was really appreciated. I look forward to working with you again, and would not hesitate in recommending you to any other company looking for your services.

Sincerely,
Deborah Bowman,
Account Manager/Public Relations
Broughton Communications Group
Victoria, BC

Shiloh in Harbour Towers advertisement, 1999

Ben made the photo shoot with his star actor "Shiloh" as easy as rolling out of bed on a beautiful summer morning. We are thrilled with the results and think this campaign will be very strong for us. I wish all the models we ever worked with were that well behaved. Thanks Ben and Shiloh. We couldn't have done it without you.

Lidia Laidlaw
Marketing Manager
Harbour Towers Hotel and
Ocean Point Resort Hotel and Spa
Victoria, BC