Perondi’s new episode mesmerizes in a high energy cirque style that features stunt dogs soaring through fog while catching lighted AerobieTM superdiscs! This is all performed under the glow of black lights in reflective and light up dog costumes. It’s uniquely entertaining and the first of its kind! You will be blown away by the one of a kind choreographed flying disc and trick routines performed by the best stunt dog trainers in the world. The show shines during each challenge of the “Golden Bone Showdown” as both teams duke it out in high-jumping, tricks, and Triathlon racing. Each side of the audience cheers on their team of dogs as they compete for the bone every dog dreams of and drools over; the sought after “Golden Bone”. After the bone is awarded to the winning team you won’t want to miss the double dog finale stunt of the day. It’s dog gone fun for the entire family!

The show stars professional stunt dog trainers Chris Perondi and Samantha Valle. Perondi leads the show as the host and performs with his team of stunt dogs. Valle pulls off even more unique and extreme tricks this year. You won’t want to miss her new high energy trick and freestyle disc routine with her star dog, Super Freak. Valle also leads the red team through a serious of challenges that test her dogs jumping ability, intelligence, speed and accuracy. Co-starring in this year’s production is Steve Collier from Tulsa, OK. Collier handles all the blue team stunt dogs during the showdown, including the talented Spitfire Spinelli and the new skateboarding dog Crazy Confetti (AKA “Fetti Hawk”).

Diggy is back at it again this year, played by the talented mascot performer Vicky Rische from Branson, MO. Assisting in this years production during pre-show and back stage transitions is Suhey Velez from Ponce, Puerto Rico. In the show you will meet a troupe of over a dozen stunt dogs including: Flashy Ferrari, Blazing Bentley, Action Jackson, Super Freak, Rocket Ruiz, High-Flying Harley, Geronimo, Spitfire Spinelli, Rox Steady, Crazy Confetti, Super Sonic, Dynamite, and the Hype.

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!

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)

Directed, filmed, and edited by Chris Perondi

Released June 21, 2010

Copyright 2010

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.

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.

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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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!

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Usman Riaz, Chris the "Stunt Dog Guy" Perondi, Samantha Valle with Dynamite, Jackson, and Ruiz.

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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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Coming soon: Embedded video blogs, training tips galore, behind the scenes on preparing for our biggest season yet, our adventures traveling the U.S. all summer long, media and TV interviews, and much more.