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Fresh off the set late last week, line producer Alex Riegelmann explained that the Voice for Lil Olive team had just completed three hours of filming over two days. Asked how much of that footage would make it into the final film, Riegelmann replied, “Maybe five minutes, tops.” A lot of work on a film…

As you may have heard on Facebook, the team behind A Voice for Lil Olive spent a couple of days filming this week. In the middle of about 20 people was Alex Riegelmann, who as line producer connects the creative team and those lesser-known on-set professionals who turn creative vision into reality. Though he’s only…

Mill life amounts to cruel and unusual treatment for any dog. As a breed, though, Italian greyhounds like Lil Olive have it particularly tough. Consider, for instance, the basics of their physical makeup. At less than 15 pounds, and with little body fat and very short hair, Italian greyhounds are commonly included on lists of…

Yvonne DiVita would like to offer a word of advice about the 2016 BlogPaws Conference: Don’t let any cat in a stroller fool you. “People hear we’re having this conference, and that there’s pets,” says DiVita. “That doesn’t mean we’re not serious about the work in the sessions and the keynotes and the effort that…

If you’ve been moved by the trailer for A Voice for Lil Olive, rest assured you’re not alone. Though it’s “only” a three-minute teaser for the full-length documentary planned for later this year, Pete Schuermann’s trailer about the triumphant spirit of one puppy-mill survivor has been nominated for a Nose-to-Nose Award. Those awards are given…

Walking a dog is often portrayed as a quintessentially American pastime. Patrick Fabian, though, sees a thick vein of Eastern wisdom running through the undertaking. You might call it sniffing to serenity. “Talk about being present,” Fabian says. “What are we doing now? Where are we going here? What are you smelling? Hey, stay away…

Over the last 10 years, some big dogs have been fighting puppy mills. The Humane Society of the United States, for instance, has tracked shipments of dogs from mill to mall and brought people to court. The ASPCA has conducted raids. PETA has managed to send some of its investigators undercover. Their efforts have led…

In the first four or five months that Pam Horton had Lil Olive as a companion, both spent lots of time on the floor. As the dog cowered, a reaction bred by 15 years in a puppy mill, Pam would get down to her level. She wouldn’t look Lil Olive in the eye — mill…

Like all of us, Thomas Young has witnessed the rise of what you might call a consciousness culture — people wanting to know where their food is sourced, who’s making their clothes, what’s going into their electronic devices. The way he sees it, there’s another important step for all of us to take, and it has to do…

This touching teaser trailer for our movie was very well received by thousands of followers who share our goals of ending puppy mills and making a better world for our loving pets. This was our first promotional video for the movie and it started our project off with a bang! We hope you enjoy the...