Dogs that save lives you see Clover
roll her from the mud onto her back.
Bring hope when all seems lost.
Mercy has been saving lives and
show us that anything is possible.
Ricochet saw something in me
that I didn't even see in myself.
They teach us to move forward.
Achieve true greatness and
make the world a better place.
These are the dogs of the year.
And the dogs of the year 2021 will be
back on The CW this Thursday and you might
see a familiar face and a local here.
I'm talking about Judy for
Donald and her surf dog ricochet.
They join us this morning along with
executive producer of Dogs of the Year,
Robert Horowitz.
Good morning to all of you here
this morning is, let's see.
Is ricochet somewhere involved in this too?
Or is ricochet off?
That's great, so Judy, you know,
it's been awhile since you and I have
met up along with my pal ricochet there,
but we know she's definitely on
Santa's nice list this year, right?
I think so yeah, yeah she she
still likes to chase things so
it depends who you talked to.
There you go. Hey so Robert tomorrow night
we are celebrating our best friends who
really go above and beyond here. Can you
share a couple of the stories with us?
I mean these are incredible pooches, right?
Incredible creatures,
in fact, it's it's a shame.
Well, I would say for all the
dogs that stories that are,
you know our team courageous
during the course of the year.
The shame we can't tell all the
stories but on the show tomorrow night,
which is it's very cool 'cause it's a
derivative of the World Dog Awards that
we did on The CW for several years.
And you know and in many ways that you
know man of the year Time magazine was
just a part of Time magazine that it became,
you know its own initiative.
Well, the same with the World Dog Awards.
Allowing the dogs in the year 2 to
become an annual tradition on The CW.
And it's an hour show all devoted
this year to seven amazing stories.
So we have a we have a dog
in Harrisburg that pushes.
I would say legislative initiatives
to help other dogs.
We have rescue dogs that in a
a story about a Bloodhound that
does an amazing just amazing job.
To help rescue you,
know people that are,
you know they're lost in the woods.
It's I don't want to give too
much away from the story,
but it's it's really special.
And then you know on on top of that,
you know we have these stories,
like Ricochet, you know that is so
beautiful because it's you know,
here is a dog that gives hope you know
to to people and helps them to advance.
And I would say lastly,
one of the stories that I really really like.
Is is this dog?
The name is great.
Miss Pickles.
Pickles was a rescue dog,
had cancer and now is a drag pug.
And I'm just going to leave it at that.
The CW you can watch the
21 you know 2021 dogs in
there you go. That's that's the
tease you need to hear right there.
And that's you know what that goes to show
these dogs come in all different shapes,
sizes, backgrounds, everything.
I mean, they really do.
Let's bring ricochet back into the fold here,
Judy when I last met up
with you worth ricochet,
we gave you guys a Community award for
Ricochet's involvement in the community,
but we gotta brag a little
bit about ricochet,
'cause we're so proud that
she's part of this.
How many people now do you think
Ricochet has helped out in the surf?
It just helped with daily life.
As in the surf, there's
five hundreds and hundreds,
and through social media and and
and the Internet and YouTube
and all that probably millions,
she had a video that went viral and it
has like six and a half million views on it.
And most people who watch it are
touched and brought to tears.
So she kind of makes her way around the
world even though not physically being there.
But through modern technology.
Yeah, hey Robert,
when I gave that award to Judy,
I'll never forget Ricochet coming over.
I was really excited to give it and
ricochet could sense my excitement and
came over and put her head right next to
me and just calmed me down a little bit.
I mean, it's just the amazing
magical powers of these dogs, right?
I mean, is that why this is so
important to share these stories,
many of them very inspirational, right?
If the variance you know
very inspirational and.
Dogs do amazing, amazing things and you know.
And they surprise us and they're
often much smarter than than we
think that you know they are.
And in talking to Judy before
it was really interesting.
As I was saying, you know who's coming?
You know, up through the farm system,
you know for the next record,
appreciate and Judy said that
it's it's tough to train it on.
You know, a lot goes into taking
a dog that has skill like that
and then being able to mold it.
So that it can really then help
in the way that ricochet helps.
That's
incredible. I mean, I've I've met
some dogs recently that are COVID
sniffing dogs that are helping test.
So where can we learn more about the show?
Where can we go to see it?
Where can we watch you
give us all the details?
You can watch it on The CW
and that's tomorrow night 8:00
o'clock Eastern Eight o'clock,
obviously out in San Diego.
7:00 o'clock central.
If you have friends in,
you know, in the Midwest,
and you can go onto cwtv.com.
They have stuff there.
It was in helps, you know,
promote the show and I will tell you that.
It has such a big following in
what and it's very unusual in the
TV business to not even have the
show air yet for tomorrow night.
And yet I can say here that next
year show is coming back, so wow.
So the green light to do seven
more stories were at work at,
you know, add it right now and.
No, we're calling that project 14,154
and that is 2022 in dog years.
So there you go.
Yeah, you gotta do the math on that.
Robert. Thanks for your time.
Really appreciate it Judy.
Always think thank you for your time.
And Ricochet is just such a wonderful
dog and we wish you all the best.
Happy holidays.
And yeah you can watch the
show right here on The CW.
Thanks guys for coming on
the show here this morning.