Animals in the movie- Was-Who is the bulldog? The scoop!

[Gary Sapp & Karen J.S.]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "persephonegladrags"
<JTallulahmae at a...> wrote:
> I received a very nice reply from Birds and Animals UK on the REAL 
> Ripper-the bulldog.  Here it is for those who are interested.  Karen, 
> thanks again for pointing me in the right direction!
> 
> PG

> Ripper is played by our wonderful "team" of Bulldogs.  The team is 
> made up by Jack, George, and Winston...all of whom are great, and 
> they were trained by Sue and Julie.  Each of them were rescue dogs.  
> They're favourite bit was being trained the "tug"!!!!
>  
> Whenever we have a major animal character (i.e. Ripper, Crookshanks, 
> Hedwig, Fang, Mrs Norris, Prof McGonagal, etc)  we always use 
> a "team" of 2-4 animals.  The reason for this is simply for the 
> animals' benefit.  That way the "work" gets shared out.  The other 
> wonderful thing about using a "team" is that every animal is an 
> individual, and where one enjoys something another might not.  So, 
> for example, we usually have one animal that is very steady and 
> will "sit and stay" for long periods of time.  At the same time, 
> another one would probably enjoy the action shots more and not enjoy 
> sitting still for very long.  With the Cat Teams we also will have 
> one that just loves being held, and that will be our "holding cat".
>  
> I hope this answers your question, though it be in a roundabout way.
>  
> Thank you,
> Jen Swallow
> Administrator
>  
> Birds & Animals UK
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> 
Glad to have helped PG :)  For those who have been wondering about the
other animals in the film  go to this site
http://www.birdsandanimals.com/contact_us.htm

Karen