Saturday, October 21, 2006

ACD List thank you

Kiwi received her 2006 ACD list sweatshirt recently and wanted to share her experience and gratitude.

6 comments:

Trish said...

This is too cute. I'm sitting here wearing my shirt as I watched it.

Trish and the girls

Trish said...

That is too cute!
I'm wearing my shirt as I type this. Cara was kind enough to let me borrow it.
Trish and the girls.

Mike said...

ACDL, Trish & Steph (by phone),

I truly thank you all for the kind words. I don't mean to sound cliche, but they are really appreciated.

All of us had fun making this little video for the ACD List folk. :-) I have to laugh when I recall bribing Kiwi to perform her commands. She has such a HIGH food drive that she can become obsessive. You can see part of it when our acquaintance Traci is "donating" money. Just look at Kiwi wiggle. LOL

As far as Kiwi "typing", some of the behind the scenes went like this: PC was never on and keybaord was unplug and relocated for the shot. The past couple of weeks, the family has taught Kiwi the command "touch". So I held her attention with a small treat just below the camera and let the camera roll for awhile, during which I would ask her to "touch". Thankfully, one decent shot came out, to be used for the video. The one shot I expected the most issues with was having Kiwi "beg" for donations. But Traci held the camera while I initiated the command and it came out great, in one take. Was really happy about that. It was all fun, especially getting the looks from the customers passing by.

The video's, like lving with Kiwi the ACD, is a continuously learning process. :-) I think she teaches me more than I her. LOL

Steph, it would be an honor, anytime.

From all of us to all of you, thank you and our warmest wishes.

R/ Mike

Anonymous said...

Mike -

Just a quick note to say how much I appreciated the video. I came home and dragged Sean to the computer with the Hooligans so they can see how hardworking some of their counterparts are! What an outstanding job you've done on the videos.

Anonymous said...

Too cute! I think next year we should do doggy shirts instead of people shirts and then Kiwi can tear her package open and actually wear the contents instead of watch her person put it on!
Pat in California

MMM said...

Same here...I gave my hubby his sweatshirt and then sat him down to watch the movie along with our ACDx.

Excellent job!
MMM