Each year I’m in need of dog models for various editorial, commercial and personal projects that I work on in the *Seattle area. I add models to my database year-round. If you live in the Seattle area and have a pooch or kitty who would like a crack at becoming famous, give me a shout and I’ll add them to the database. Participants receive complimentary prints or monetary payment, and a guaranteed fun time! (*Occasionally I have the opportunity to do projects in Southern California or other locations but most projects are in Seattle.) How it works is I forward models to my commercial clients for consideration, and they screen and select the models they would like to work with and then contact them directly. I then confirm the time and place with the final list of models.
For dogs the criteria I look for are: excellent at obedience commands (must be very good at sit, stay, wait, come and down), comfortable and relaxed in unfamiliar environments, friendly and non-aggressive with people and any other dogs (very important), engaged and food-motivated. Beyond that, any age, breed, size, look or personality will do.
For kitties I look for those who aren’t too shy with strangers, young or young-looking, who like to engage with humans. I have a special need for cats who live in nicely decorated homes with excellent natural light.
Right now I’m looking for additional dogs for my Graffiti Dogs Project, but this summer I will most likely need a whole bunch of pets (dogs and cats), for a commercial shoot. If you’d like to go in the Cowbelly model database, shoot me an email to info@cowbelly.com with a Low-Res (72dpi, 300kB MAXIMUM) pic of your dog(s) and/or cat(s), and include the year they were born, and I’ll add you to the database and contact you if I have any projects that come up that I think your pet would be a good fit for. They could be famous like the pets below! 
