
あと、わんこ!デジカメフレーム集
あと今日、事務所からDVDが2個届いた。一つは、前に紹介したアイラがちょびっと出させていただいた、ZARDの「ハートに火をつけて」のPV。
そしてもう一つは… まだまだ発売は7月とずっと先のとある方の曲のPV。もう出来たんだー!と感激。そして、見て、またまた感激!この中でアイラが登場するのは、歌の最後の最後のところなので… アイラが出る部分がビデオクリップとして放送されることはまず無いと思うのだけど… 飼い主バカだけど、なかなかナイスな演技をしているアイラがいて、嬉しかった!(ちょい役だけど)一度しかとらなかったところとか、アイラに負担をかけないためかな?と撮影時は思っていたけど、一度でOKだったんだ!といった感じで納得の映像だったりで… かなーり見てて、ウルウルするほど感激しました。アイラの顔もいちおう映っているし、面白いPVに出来上がってました。詳細を言うことが出来るのは7月になってから… あー、発売が待ち遠しい!!

Also bought another book, with a CD-ROM containing lots of frames, for calendars, name-cards etc. I am no good at making things on my own, so I need these frames to make Islay's items... hope I'll get to make good use of it!
Also, today I recieved 2 DVDs from Islay's agent. One was of ZARD's song's promotional video (PV), with a bit of Islay in it.
And the other... was another PV, by a different singer, with Islay in it again! She appears only at the end of the song, so there is slim chance she will appear on the video clips on TV, but this PV is expected to be in the DVD that comes with the special edition CD of the song. And although she appears for just a short time, her acting was brilliant! (or at least that's what I think...) Her "acting", which was actually a chain of commands, looks very natural, and I think people might not realize that what she does was actually by commands... and for one scene, there was only one take, and I thought it was because they didn't want to pressurize her... but looking at it, it looks really good, so was probably OK because it was satisfactory with just one take! Because the song will be released only in July, I can't write the details yet... but really am looking forward for it to go on sale!



Jump! like a fox?

Mom and daughter.

Daddy wants to join in!

exhausted after all that play...

I want out too!!

Yay, I'm out, and everyone loves me, so happy!

But this person's a bit too much...

Phew! Finally got rid of that person! Tired out and need a drink!

as fast as lighting!

Islay head-shaking

Islay with a happy smile with Buu

実の親子。それにしても、父息子、母娘、似てるー。
Mystery Circle.
They're a real family, and the father & son, and mother & daughter, really look so alike!

forgot to store your hands?

What's that head on the grass? A huge Irish Wolfhound! The grass was so tall his body can't be seen when he lies down.

Love to be fondled.

Islay was so happy to find her friend, a photographer, who has taken her photo several times.

shake hand!

Good! The sighthound muzzle is different from the normal ones, and you can eat and drink with it on!


Greyhound, Sloughi, and Saluki. There were Afghan hounds, Pharaoh Hounds, and Whippets too, but forgot to take photos...

Do we look alike? Just the colours, perhaps... Islay looks short and fat amongst the slim sighthounds...




White stallion?

Want to play with me?

「気分じゃないの…」(せっかく誘ってくれたのに、つれないアイラでごめんなさい…)
"Let's play!!"
"Sorry, not in the mood..."

I'll play with you instead!

Chase!

Yay!

Dog-run's so fun!





This is one of my favourite photos!

Cute backside!

Salukis are here too. Their face looks so human, don't you think?



I love Islay's hands (front paws) when she jumps!

Dandelions!

Beautiful blue sky! During the race, it was cold i.e. ideal for dogs to run, and it was sunny after the race! Blessed by weather again!

Oooooh! So envious, this owner lives with my 3 most favourite breeds, Collie, Borzoi, and Shelties!

Islay's the referee for the Sumo Wrestling!

Sumo!



Draw! Ooops, there's no draw for Sumos?


ちなみに、私だけ、釣り用のみょうに低いチェアでした~(赤いチェアの横の緑のチェックの、実はチェア)。ちゃんとアウトドア用のチェア買えって?だって~、フリマで100円だったんだものー。でも低いのも意外に座り心地良いのさ。
Like an advert. poster for outdoor goods? Anyway, my chair was the only low chair (the green-checked one, beside the red chair), actually for fishing! It was 100 yen at a flea-market!

Getting warm, and I'm feeling drowsy...

グー…
ZZZZZZZ.....

There was a dogs-parking, where you can tie your dogs!

Here's the good example of how to use the dogs-parking! (Outstanding, with so many huge dogs!)

P.S. いとうしんや氏撮影のレース写真はこちらをクリック!
Islay smiling, so happy she got to make new friends, and got to run and chase! Really a fun holiday for us again!
P.S. Click to see the race photos taken by a pro photographer!


1) ナイロンにカワイイ柄を縫い付けた首輪やリードでありがちなのが、カワイイけど柄は片面だけ...、なので、両面柄が付いているというところが嬉しい!
2) これは私がリクエストしたのですが、リードを付けるDカンに迷子札とかチカチカライトを付けてしまうと、接触した瞬間とかでパチーン!と外れて、壊れるか失くしてしまい、ショーック!ってことがよくあります。なので、迷子札その他を付ける用のDカンが付いてるのはとても便利!(商品詳細説明 Product Info のところをチェック)
3) 持ち手とテープの間には回転カンが入っていて、これはアイラのように、ウ○チ前に、えんえんと、グルグルグルグル回る犬にはとくに便利!リードがからまりませーん!
4) 迷子札大好き~&とても実用的&絶対付けるべき~!と思っていますが、Dearestの迷子札はカワイイ&お値段もリーズナブルなのがナイス!
5) 呼び戻しの練習とか、公園とか広場での訓練、そうでなくてもただ遊ばせるのにもあると便利なロングリード。訓練用の可愛くも何とも無いのがほとんどですので、お洒落な柄のロングリード(あれ、でも柄は持つ部分のみかな?それでもカワイイ)、しかも長さも選べるというのは、とてもナイス!

English Summary:
Owner of Botan, who lives with Tsubaki & Ou, opened up an internet shop called "Dearest (Click!)", specializing in collars and leashes for large breeds. They're pretty and durable, tested by Botan and Tsubaki, very much recommended for people who own large breed dogs!

見たい方は、ここをクリック!
もし出来なかったら、このサイトで「 Aiko スペシャルCM 2006 」と入力して検索してみてください!

Have you seen the ZARD PV yet? On finding out you can see it on the internet, it made me wonder... can I see the New Year 2006 CM Islay took with singer aiko? The answer was, yes! Click here to see it. If it doesn't work, go to this site (click!) and enter keyword " 2006年あけましてCM " or " Aiko CM 2006 " to search, and you should be able to find it!
This one really is so far the most memorable, with Islay's close up even... wish we'll be blessed with more of such happy jobs in the future too!

As mentioned in the previous message, Islay is in the promotion video of singer ZARD's latest song, "Heart ni hi wo tsukete", and I finally got to see it on the internet!

Click Here to see it, and if it doesn't come, go to this site (click), and search with keyword " ハートに火をつけて " or " ZARD ". If you put "ZARD", there'll be many other videos of other songs too, so seach for the one with the photo of the singer, as in the CD cover photo in the previous message.

When we filmed this, there were so many people, not only the people seen in the screen, i.e. the guests at a garden party, but a whole lot of filming crew member and catering services, etc etc... so I really had no idea how much Islay would be seen. Thought it would be like, that's Islay's back! That's Islay's tail! And when I first saw the video, first of Islay I got to see, really was, Islay's back!

今回の撮影、何が大変だったかって... 完璧な遠隔。パーティー会場をひきで撮ったり、アップのとかはカメラマンが会場を練り歩いて撮影... なので、私は近くにいけず、それこそ室内でアイラが見えなかったり... さらにガヤガヤしてるし... 不安になって戻って来ようとするのを、あっち行ってねコマンドで、何度も会場に戻らせて、とにかく自分はカメラに映らないようにしながらアイラの動きをコントロール... ってのが大変でした。同じハーフでも... 白人との見栄えあるハーフだったら、紛れ込めたのにね?ガーデンパーティーに似合わないルックスだもんで..。

What was difficult during this filming, was the distance between Islay and me. They took the camera from the top, or the camera walked through the crowd, and I mustn't be seen, so I was mostly indoors, and used the "go-forward" command for Islay to get involved in the party and walk around. Furtheremore, with so much people and the noise... it sure was a good experience!

There was the scene with Islay running too. Good thing they showed it in slow motion, coz when we did film it, with Islay's speed, it was really so short, and only 2 takes, over at once too! Good thing it wasn't cut, but actually they did take the scene of the girl jumping and playing, but it was cut... you really never know which scenes will be used, so you can never feel happy till you see the final video!

Another thing that was difficult during the filming, was that real food from the catering service was used on set. i.e., delicious smell all over the place, including Islay's favourite MEAT!!! I guess dog owners would know what this means! Before filming, I walked her around the food area, and let her sniff all she wants, till she's satisfied, as well as let her know, you won't get it anyway. She gives up at a certain point, so managed to get her out of her drooling before the camera started rolling!

aikoさんにつづき、またアーティストさん関連のお仕事をいただけて、本当にラッキーだと思っています。これからも、色々とお仕事に恵まれるといいな~、なんて思っています!
I should say that this whole filming thing was a good experience, and I really expected Islay to have even lesser scenes, so am so happy that she got to appear in several scenes! She appeared once again close to the end too!
Feel really privileged to do jobs with singers... starting with aiko, and now ZARD, and still another to come in July! Hope we will be blessed with more opportunities in the future!

実は... すっかり発売をチェックするのとか忘れていて... アイラを見た!と言う方がわざわざお知らせしてくれました。本当にありがとうございます!というわけで、私はまだ見ていません...。今日PVが流れたのはラジかるッという番組だそうです。
ただ... 普段から芸能音痴で、音楽番組どころか普通の番組すらほとんどよく分からない私... PVというのが、どういった番組で流れるか、さーっぱり分からない!?なので、ビデオ録画をセットしようにしろ... ど、どこの時間帯の、どの番組を予約すればいいかも... さーっぱり分からない!テレビ雑誌も買ってないので、新聞のテレビ欄を一所懸命見てましたが... 我家は日経なので詳しく説明も無く、とりあえず「音楽」の文字が書いてあれば、チェックすればいいのかしら???といった感じで...。
なので、もし、この番組でよくプロモーションビデオ(PV)とか流れてるよー!という情報ご存知でしたら、是非教えてください~!私も早く見た~いので、よろしくお願いいたします!!あ~、見たい見たい~!!HPでPVが見られるところとかもご存知だったら教えてください~!

BUT!!! I have yet to see it... but someone who saw Islay in the PV on TV today, kindly let me know! I don't watch TV very much, and I have no idea what kind of TV programs show PVs... so I welcome any information!! Hope I'll get to see the PV soon...
Islay will be in the PV of another artiste in July. From the information I get from the net, it looks like the PV will be included with the first limited edition CD... so if this is the PV with Islay in it as well, at least I don't have to hunt down the programs that run the PVs, and just buy the CD! Anyway, Islay sure is lucky to have so many jobs to do with singers!



ペット百科も、映像そのものはかわいかったのはよかったですが。今回の「こんにちワンコ」は、ネット番組なので何度も見られるのは嬉しいのですが、ビデオと違い、先送りとか巻き戻しとかが出来ないのがちびっと不便ですが... よかったら、覗いてみてください。飼い主のダボダボズボンは見ないフリしてください。小さい画面でしか見られないと勘違いしてパジャマみたいな格好で行ってしまいました...。お洒落センスゼロです...。





待ち合わせ時間よりかなーり早く着いてしまったので、先にドッグカフェに行ったりとかしたけど、その時には雨がほとんど止んだりしていたのに... 待ち合わせ時間に行ってしばらくすると、ザー!!と本降りになってしまった~!撮影場所は、屋外の芝生エリアなのに~!
撮影の時にこんな雨になったなんて、初めて... しばし皆で雨宿り。もうこれ以上撮影延期にすることが出来ない状態だったそうなので、小降りになったらそのまま決行ってことに。アイラは雨が苦手... 目がショボショボでテンション低くなってしまうのだ...。うー... 大丈夫かな... と不安になる...。

前回のお仕事ではエキストラだけでもいーっぱい、というゴタゴタした中、撮影スタッフに動作確認一つするのも迷惑にならぬようにと、凄く気を使い疲れたけど、今回は人が少ない分、タイミングとか動作についての確認なども直接すぐできて、凄くよかった。走る一つにしても、求めてるスピードがどのぐらいなのかとか(速く、とか遅く、とかコマンドでスピードコントロールが出来るので)を事前に確認しておいた方が、何度も何度も走らせて犬にストレスを与えることなく、最初から求めてるものに近いものにして、テイクの数を減らせるので、これって犬の為にもなるので... 直接色々確認できるかどうかでかなり違ってくる。犬にとって長時間の撮影はかなり可哀相、それをより減らせるようにってのは、事前の動作確認と、コマンドで的確にそれができるか、によってかなり違ってくる。仕事をさせて犬にストレス与えて寿命を短くするようなことはしたくないので、アイラに普段から色々教えているのは、自分とアイラ両方のためでもあったりするんだよね。そして、今回はすごーくやりやすい現場だったので、感謝感謝です!


お仕事の時は時間などが許す限り、公園とカフェもセットにしていますが、今回の撮影場所は同じ区内と超近場!でも前回時間の余裕をとったつもりが、ちょびっと遅刻という失態があったので... 近いけどいっぱい余裕をもって!と思って行ったら、早く着きすぎ~だったので、撮影後と思っていましたが、公園散歩~&カフェは撮影前にしました。本当は疲れちゃう&満腹になっちゃう、で後が理想ですが... 時間つぶしの方が疲れそうだったし。で、カフェは超素敵~!!なところでした~!店内にはフカフカ絨毯のプチドッグランもあって~、犬用メニューが豊富!全部美味しそう!アイラは馬肉や野菜色々のお粥を、大喜びで食べてました~!お店の方は優しいだけじゃなく、超美人、アイラのことも可愛がってくださって、今回は撮影があったからゆっくり出来なかったけど、お友達もご一緒のときとかゆーっくりしてみたいなーと思えるカフェでした。カフェレポートも提出済みなので、しばらくしたらアップされると思います!雨だったけど、いい一日でした~!

Today Islay and I went for a film shoot. Islay was always a sunny-dog... but for once! Today was so rainy! When we went to the location, it started to rain really heavily, so we had to wait for the rain to subside. The schedule was tight and could not be postponed, so once the rain wasn't as heavy, the shoot started. Islay was needed only for the very last scene, so they took the other scenes first.
And when it was finally Islay's turn... the rain stopped! Really lucky, coz Islay doesn't like rain, and it is very hard to keep her spirits up in the rain... and a cool day like today would be much better than an almost summer hot day (almost 30 degrees!) like yesterday, coz today she had to hold something big and heavy in her mouth, which would be harder to do if she's panting.
The film crew was very easy to work with, so was really lucky! Before every scene, I could ask and clarify what really was required, inculding the speed they want her to run etc. Knowing what they want beforehand, can reduce the number of takes, so it's much better for the dog too. I can control Islay's speed by the "steady" and "quick" commands. There were some actions that we were not informed beforehand, but by hearing what they want, I showed them what Islay can do, and combining commands such as "target" and "push", managed to get just what they wanted, which was really fulfilling! Sure was a fantastic feeling when you could sense that they were very satisfied with Islay's "acting".
But we had some hard time with the last scene. Islay had to carry something big and heavy. Islay is not a retriever-type, and it took 1 and a half years just to teach hold-it and carry-it... so this was one challenge. Furthermore, turned out that the stuff was so big Islay had to open her mouth real wide, and it was much heavier than we expected, heavier than the 2 dumb-bells attached together, which I practiced with Islay for this scene at home... but, I came up with some ideas, as alternatives, which turned out OK, and with this, Islay got OK with just one take. Phew!
When the director shouted OK!, Islay really gave a big smile! Islay knew what was required, but had hard time physically... so I think when she finally got to carry it, she herself was happy that it was one mission accomplished! It sure was a lovely smile! But at the same time, there were lessons I learnt. During the takes, I did say Good! and treated her... but I think I still didn't praise her enough. She looked worried that she could not do it properly, and I was busy thinking of alternative ideas... and didn't praise her enough from the heart between the takes... I felt that I need more practice in boosting her morale. But with today's experience, I learnt what I am still lacking, so from the next time, I shall try my best to do a better job at making the shoot a more fun and happy place for Islay!
Though a bit role, because acting was required, it was a very good challenge and experience, and a very satisfying shoot!
I try to take Islay to the park and cafe when we have a shoot, to make the whole experience a fun one for her, and we did that today too! And the cafe we went today turned out to be fantastic! There was a mini carpeted dog-run in the middle of the cafe, so you can let your dog go off-leash, and the menu for dogs were fantasitic! So much yummy food for dogs to enjoy! Islay really enjoyed her feast! The park we went was nice too. Though rainy, today was one happy day again!