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Red River Exibition Stunt Dog Show
What was all the buzz about this year with the Red Tour of Stunt Dog Productions? Out of the gate we were performing our first show out of the country in Winnipeg, Canada at the Red River Exhibition! Also, new to the show was the addition of little Zooming Zip, (a 15 lb. Rat Terrier/Corgi mix) who was rescued last year after our performances at the LA County Fair. New and exciting highlights during the show were Daredevil Dash taking on the responsibility of being the “Evil Knievil” Stunt dog of the show and also his jump roping debut, which brought the house down! Zooming Zip stepped up to take on Nitro Neo in the battle for setting record triathlon racing speeds. Flying Flash was our show opener with big air back vaults and head over heels back flips, which the crowds went wild for!
The other buzz you might have heard us talk about were fighting off giant mosquitos around the clock and braving the rain and gusty wind conditions throughout the exhibition. Harsh weather conditions accompanied us almost everyday of the exhibition, but despite the weather the dogs and trainers had a blast and the crowds were fantastic! ~ Lead Performer Trish Perondi
Daredevil Dash runs record breaking speeds in the Stunt Dog Triathlon!
Silver Dollar City Review (Stunt Dog Experience)
A letter was sent to Silver Dollar City by a family last week, in regards to their experience seeing our show at the park. In all the years I’ve been performing this is by far the most wonderful feedback I have ever heard. Thank you Kelly Olsen from Berryville, Arkansas for taking the time to share how our show touched your lives. It means a lot knowing that our message is being so well received. We love to entertain; but we also strive to educate, promote and make a difference in the communities in which we perform.
Site Origin: Silver Dollar City Theme Park
Date: June 2010
Name: Kelly Olsen
From: Berryville, Arkansas
Comment:
To Whom It May Concern,
I and my children, ages 5 and 8, recently saw the Stunt Dog Show at Silver Dollar City (SDC). I have to tell you how awesome it was and how much we appreciate you featuring this extraordinary entertainer! The show was super fun and contained meaningful and important messages about pet overpopulation, adoption, and the amazing potential talent of “unwanted” shelter animals too! It was also an experience those of us in the audience could “take home” if we have pets: we bought the DVD on training dogs, and the children are now spending time training our dogs, which is enriching everyone’s life this summer. I think this combination is magical for a SDC show: (1) fun, (2) meaningful, and (3) somthing that changes our perspective, adds something to our lives, or gives us something new to do when we go home. I was so elated after the show that I upgraded our day passes to season passes, and I have told everyone I know via email and Facebook to go see the show! I know at least two families have done so, based on my suggestion. Thank you for bringing this show to SDC! – Kelly Olsen (Berryville, Arkansas)
Stunt Dog Experience Commercial (Branson, MO)
Directed, filmed, and edited by Chris Perondi
Released June 21, 2010
Copyright 2010
The “Stunt Dog” Nationwide tour begins!
Stunt Dog Productions is proud to announce that their nationwide tour has begun. This year is packed with over 600 live performance that take place all across the United States and Canada. (see the full tour schedule here)
The “Medora Musical” in North Dakota is underway. Stunt Dog Productions has teamed up with pro-trainer Gail Mirabella to produce a 20-minute act during the second part of the musical. She and her wonderful team of dogs will be appearing in the Medora Musical each night from June 1st through June 27th. This western/country themed show is fun for the entire family!
The ALL NEW “Stunt Dog Experience” show is scheduled to kick off on June 5th at the Silver Dollar City Theme Park in Branson, MO. Chris Perondi will be personally leading this production all summer with his star cast; Samantha Valle, Usman Riaz, and Michelle Hudson. The Gold team lead by Chris Perondi arrived in Branson Monday night. They met with the park entertainment division yesterday to discuss details of the production along with unloading all their props and equipment. Diggy took his first steps in the park and was googly eyed at how big the stage was going to be! The shows will take place in the air conditioned Red and Gold theater on a whopping stage size of 56′ by 36′. Gold team will be running shows here all summer until August 8th. The show times are scheduled for 11:30 am, 2:30 pm, and 4:30 pm.
The new stuntdog.com website has launched!
The past couple months have been filled with numerous preparations for the upcoming season tour. One of the big projects on the list was to update the stuntdog.com website. It was long overdue as the last major website update was in 2006! The first Extreme Canines Stunt Dog Show website was launched in 1999 and since that time it has went through five major revisions. I feel this last major update truly captures the essence of what our show and dogs are all about. The goal of the new website was to seamlessly incorporate professional video and images without the site appearing cluttered. Ease of navigation was a priority along with the new site becoming the “one stop shop” portal to each and every one of our social networking sites. For example, we now have a twitter widget added to the main page which is also directly linked to our Facebook Fan page.
Along with the website much effort and energy is being put into all the new theater production elements for this summer. The ALL NEW “Stunt Dog Experience” TM will kick off on June 5th in the Red & Gold theater in Branson, MO and will run all summer (until August 8th) at the Silver Dollar City Theme Park. This new stage show will include many new elements with “Diggy”TM the official show mascot being the major highlight. Check back for full details on this exciting new production in the next few weeks!
In the meantime, please visit the ALL NEW stuntdog.com website here. We would love to receive your feedback either here or on our facebook fan page.
I had dog gone fun at the fair! (poster)
Designed and produced by Chris Perondi
I designed this poster during the middle of my summer tour last year. If you want one you’ll have to come to one of the fair shows this summer. They will be among one of our many souvenir items! The full 2010 show schedule is coming soon!
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Perondi comes back flashier than ever!
Photography by Patrick Fithian Copyright 2010
After taking an eight year break from competition, Perondi comes back flashier than ever! Flashy Ferrari is her name and flying disc is her game. Chris and his new star Ferrari (3 years old) placed 1st in the west coast Ashley Whippet Invitational world championship qualifier series on March 20th! Perondi showed the world he wasn’t just a “one hit wonder”. 
Perondi had not competed since the 2002 Crusty Classic which honors friend Steve Walsh. Prior to that year he placed 2nd runner up with his first superstar “Extreme Pepper” in the 2001 Incredible Dog Challenge Nationals at Purina Farms in St. Louis, MO and the same year they also took Overall Champion (1st place) in the first ever Crusty Classic. Perondi’s big year of competition was in 2000 whereby he and Pepper won the Nationals at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge.
Perondi exclaimed, “Going to compete after being away so long was such a fun experience for me. I was able to mingle with old friends and meet lots of new ones. Sometimes you just need to get back to your roots and remember where the initial passion all began. This dog sport is what ignited my dog training career back in 1998 and I’ll never forget all those who encouraged me from the very beginning.” By winning this qualifier Perondi and Ferrari are invited to the World Finals to be held in Naperville, IL on September 5th, 2010. But the question remains… will they be able to get away from their busy nationwide tour schedule to make it. Only time will tell!
Perondi, stunt dogs promote adoption
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Usman Riaz, Chris the "Stunt Dog Guy" Perondi, Samantha Valle with Dynamite, Jackson, and Ruiz.
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The Doggie Dish website has launched!
Lift your legs pet owners and mark this site now: www.thedoggiedish.com
Are you looking for your daily dish on dogs? Then look no further fellow dog lovers and check out “The Doggie Dish”. This site just recently launched and is currently in development. However, you can already check out some of the dog related video blogs which answer questions and offer advice from multiple different perspectives. Come watch as professional stunt dog trainer Chris Perondi interacts in video blog format with animal rescue advocate Bernie Berlin from www.aplacetobark.com and Dr. Robyn Barbiers of www.AntiCruelty.org.
At the Doggie Dish you will also find interesting doggie links, funny video’s, dog training advice, and touching stories. So hop on over and take a sniff at the coolest dog related site to hit the net! Check back regularly for new video blogs on numerous dog related topics. If you want to see something specifically discussed, just let us know!
Where oh where has the Stunt Dog Guy been?
Hi everyone! It’s been quite some time since I have posted on my blog. You might be wondering where I have been the past few months? Well after living full time on the road in my RV for two years, I finally found a new place to call home. I bought a two acre ranch last April in Northern California. My tour ended last October and I’ve been busy getting settled into my new place. My new property has two homes on it and will serve as a sanctuary and training facility for my dogs. My parents moved into the larger home along with my elderly grandfather (he is 85 years old) who has dementia after suffering from a few strokes. We were able to move him out of his convalescent home and my parents are caring for him full time.
After I finished my nationwide season tour last October I decided to help out my good friend Matt Strawn and his three kids (Samantha, Seth, and Sydney). Matt and I have known each other since high school and have stayed in good contact over the years. My last fair of the season was the State Fair of Virginia and on my way back to California I was able to pick them up. They are now living with me temporarily. Matt had been working and living in Rockford, IL for over 10 years. However, last year he was laid off. He has been wanting to find a way back home to California for quite a long time. I couldn’t think of a better way than to pick him up in my doggie-bound RV as we headed west on our trip home!
At the end of Janurary, I adopted a new dog from the Yolo County Animal Shelter in Dixon, CA. Her name is Confetti. She is a little (22 lb.) one year old Australian Cattle Dog/Papillon mix. She is a bundle of fun with lots of energy. You can see in the above picture (photo by Matthew Strawn) she is already catching discs and jumping off my knee. She is definitely going to be my next stunt dog star!
Last month was a really tough one for me as I lost another original Extreme Canine; Soaring Sierra. The original team of performing dogs was what I’d like to call the “fantastic four”. They were in order of adoption: Extreme Pepper, Soaring Sierra, Jumping Jaz, and Air Ripley. They were the original “Extreme Canine Stunt Dogs” for the first three years of the production (1999-2001). I lost the first of the four with the passing of Jumping Jaz in May 2007; she died from a grand maul seizure. Next Air Ripley passed from spinal cancer just this past December 2009. Now I regret to say that Soaring Sierra has also crossed over to the rainbow bridge.
My facebook post on Febraury 9th, 2010:
Today I lost my daughter…. Soaring Sierra (7-2-98 to 2-9-10) was a champion and a pet star! I will forever cherish having her in my life for the almost 12 years I spent loving her. She absolutely loved life and was the most happy, go lucky girl I’ve ever had. When you would ask her what kind of fun she was having; it was …always “Wooo woo woo” which was transelated to “Dog Gone Fun”. She was my miracle dog: http://stuntdog.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/soaring-sierra-my-miracle-dog/
I will be dedicating this season to both Air Ripley and Soaring Sierra. They were both champions and they have left a mark on my heart that will remain forever. The original star, Extreme Pepper; the one who started it all is still with me. He current sits under my desk taking a nap. Pepper is the last of an era, but the message will continue on. That message is that dogs from pounds and shelters can be the best dogs in the world! The myth that you must buy a purebred or get a dog from a breeder in order to get a great dog is completely untrue.
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A tribute to Air Ripley (1999 – 2009)
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In March of 2000, we adopted family member number four. She was abandoned at the door step of the Dixon Animal Blood Bank in California. However, she was too thin and young to be a blood donor. The e-mail we received stated that she loved to play Frisbee, was friendly, and desperately in need of a loving home. She sounded like the perfect dog, so naturally we decided to drive to Dixon to evaluate her. The front desk was empty when we first walked in the blood bank. After waiting only a minute, we were greeted by a very friendly dog. She was super calm and sweet. I thought to myself, “this can’t be her as she is way too mellow to be a Frisbee dog”. That was my initial reaction at least. We were then finally greeted by the staff and introduced to “Big Red”; that was the name they were referring to her by. And to our amazement it was in fact the dog that just greeted us. One of the staff members then proceeded to take us to a park just down the street so we could play with her.
We of course wanted to give her a fair evaluation, especially since we drove all the way up to see her. Once we reached the park, “Big Red” started to wag her tail as she noticed we were pulling something out of a bag. As soon as she saw it, her eyes literally transformed. It was a Frisbee of course. At that moment she turned into a completely different dog. One with unparalleled focus and intensity. She wouldn’t even take her eyes off it! I remember she wasn’t hyper or barking, nor was she jumping around or on you. Instead, she just took the stance like any good herding dog would take and like a football player just before the ball is snapped. She was just waiting for someone to say hike and throw it. So we did, we started to throw Frisbee’s to her and what we witnessed made our jaws literally drop. She was agile, athletic, and caught Frisbee’s with style and grace. We were blown away as she leaped off all fours for each catch she made! From that exact moment we knew she was going to be the next Extreme Canine superstar.
We named this new star Air Ripley! Our best guess was that she was born sometime in the spring of 1999 and so we gave her a birthday of May 10th. We originally adopted her in the month of February 2000. From the day we brought her home she brought joy to our life. The other three dogs (Extreme Pepper, Soaring Sierra, and Jumping Jaz) quickly warmed up to her. She immediately became part of the team and for ten years we were lucky enough to have her in our life. Her spirit was kind and gentle. She was a stunt dog all-star, but was also one of the sweetest dogs the world has ever known. Trish praised, “She could have this insane drive, but then could tone it down and be gentle with kids, babies and the elderly. We always thought she’d make a great therapy dog because she was so sensitive to the emotions of other people. If you were happy she was too; if you were sad she would come and place her head on you and cuddle till you felt better.”
Catching flying discs and performing was Air Ripley’s destiny! Her favorite part of the show this last year was catching discs for the kids. During her last season (2009) she was still performing the big air stunt where she would vault over audience members to catch a disc. After her part in the show she would race back to the trailer excited about the fact that she was closing the show with the kids at the end!
During her life she put smiles on faces all across the nation and caused many jaws to drop. But to us, she will always be remembered as our sweet Ripley Roo. She is a true example of how great rescue dogs can be. She took that positive message and shared it with people all across the nation. She inspired thousands to spend more time with their dogs at home, thereby giving many dogs a better life.
Ripley had numerous accomplishments during her lifetime. The most notable are as followed:
- Ripley performed in over 3000 shows during her career in over 30+ states.
- Her farthest performance took place two times at the Alaska State Fair; once in 2003 and again in 2008.
- Ripley was the first dog on our team to jump over 60″ in the high jump challenge during a live show.
- Ripley starred in five theme park summer productions including: Dollywood (2004), Long Island Wildlife Park (2001 & 2002), Worlds of Fun(2006 thru 2008), ValleyFair (2007), and Knotts Berry Farm (2009).
- Ripley was invited as a guest on the American Fido contest held on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2003).
- Ripley also appeared on ESPN, PAX, Fox Sports “You gotta see this!”, Animal Planet’s Pet Stars, and numerous local TV stations throughout the US.
- Ripley starred in a Colorado based commercial to sway voters to vote “yes” on a proposition to build a new animal shelter in Pueblo, CO. Following the commercial the proposition passed. (2003)
- In 2003, Ripley placed 4th in the Nation in both freestyle Frisbee and high jumping in the Purina “Incredible Dog Challenge”. She was the first dog to be invited to compete in two different dog sports in the IDC at a National level.
- In 2003, Ripley placed 1st at the ‘Incredible Dog Challenge” regional qualifier in San Francisco for high jump and 2nd in freestyle.
- In 2002, Ripley placed 1st at the UC Davis Picnic Day Frisbee dog competition.
Ripley passed over the rainbow bridge on December 20th, 2009. She lead the dream life! She received constant love and affection, lived indoors, traveled all over the U.S., ate like a queen, got plenty of treats, and received daily exercise through playing, training, and performing. She had a great last summer doing some of her favorite things like: camping, swimming and performing.
We will never forget you Ripley. You will hold a special place in our hearts forever!
