Beware of Dog (TV series)

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Beware of Dog was the first situation comedy to be presented by the U.S. cable television channel Animal Planet. While it had two episodes broadcast consecutively on August 13, 2002, this was the only time that the series made it to the air.^[1]

The program focused on a bearded collie named Jack (played by Chip, voiced by Park Bench), whose Look Who's Talking-style narration provided his perspective of his newly adopted family. Carolyn Dunn and Richard Waugh portrayed Mary and Bill Poole, parents of Mark (Gage Knox) and Jessica (Alex Appel).^[2]^[3]

The pilot showed how Jack feigned an injury in a grocery store parking lot to entice Jessica into taking him to the family house.^[4] The family collectively decided to take care of him until the injury is healed, but Jack became a permanent resident after disrupting a family argument and save Mark from a neighborhood gang.

The second - and last - episode to be aired had Jack being kicked out of the Poole home after ruining Bill's vacation plans; the rest of the episode was spent on the family's search for the dog after Bill had a change of heart.

Beware of Dog was directed by Richard Martin, who also served in that position for the motion pictures Matinee and Air Bud: Golden Receiver. Rob Gilmer (Out of Time) was the screenwriter. The executive producers were Don Enright, Elizabeth Mozden, and Les Alexander.^[5]

The program received generally negative reviews from the national press; Animal Planet cancelled the series before the scheduled airing of the third episode.