It is time to let the women off the couch and the dogs off the leash. The audience is waiting for a story where the best love story isn't with the handsome stranger who moves in next door—it’s with the muddy-pawed creature who has been sleeping at the foot of her bed since the pilot episode.
Female handler, canine athlete, dog sport drama, women in kennels. Pillar 4: The Elderly Dog Woman – Wisdom over Tragedy Popular media often uses elderly women with dogs as traffic cones of sadness—props to show the decay of a neighborhood or the loneliness of old age. -BETTER- Download Dog Woman Xxx 50
We need portrayals of the avenging Dog Woman . It is time to let the women off
Give the Dog Woman a "working breed" emotional matrix. A Belgian Malinois owned by a female soldier shouldn't act like a Golden Retriever. The entertainment value comes from the sync —the wordless communication during a home invasion or a zombie outbreak. Pillar 3: The Working Partnership (Media for Women in Dog Sports) There is a massive, untapped market in popular media for the "High-Level Dog Woman." These are the women who compete in agility, IPO (Schutzhund), herding trials, and dock diving. They are athletes. Their dogs are teammates. Pillar 4: The Elderly Dog Woman – Wisdom
If you write an elderly Dog Woman, give her the active role. The dog should be the sidekick, but she makes the decision to save the day. Let the old woman and the old dog be the heroes of the third act. Pillar 5: Breaking the "Cute" Barrier – Big Dogs for Complex Women There is a bias in commercial entertainment media toward small dogs for women. A woman with a Yorkie is funny; a woman with a Cane Corso is intimidating. To get BETTER representation, we need more media featuring women with large, powerful, or "dangerous" breeds.