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Purina Pound Pups to Dog Stars - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2014

We've gone global big time and so we have an influence all over the world on this one. That's cool, we're getting emails and calls from South Africa, from Norway, you name it, all over the world. I'm glad to see people taking it to heart and changing their approach and going away from puppy mills and getting them from rescue organisations.
– Mark Vette on the global popularity of TV series Purina Pound Pups To Dog Stars , TV Guide, 24 July 2015
That first four months of a dog's life is the formative period, clearly he's had virtually no socialisation...
– Animal behaviourist Mark Vette assesses Kaiser the neglected German Shepherd
Paris has got great character and I can see her going a long, long way with a long, long film career.
– Animal trainer Marie Manderson on Paris, a budding doggy performer
He's just a beautiful dog, I've fallen in love with him. I don't know how I'm going to let him go...
– Presenter Mark Vette on the relationship he's built with rescue dog Kaiser