let’s explore the wonderful world that dog models inhabit…
ginger was born and bred in small town north carolina but she’s never let that control her fate. in 2015, at just 2 years old, the silky-haired pup started an instagram account of her own and has been pursuing ubiquity within the dog model space ever since. who could forget when she made history as the first self-made dog to charter her own private jet? ginger’s recent campaign with wild one, the leading brand for minimalist dog accessories, has certainly only elevated her place within the social stratum.
if you had told little peanut at the beginning of the year that she would end up modelling, she never would have believed you. she’d spent her whole life dedicated to maintaining an effortless-seeming cool and even though she knew she had the look, she worried that set life would put her chill into jeopardy. when she looked at doggie apparel website after doggie apparel website and realized most models seemed soo prissy, she knew she had to inject some much needed calm into the space.
since being discovered at a movie screening in the hollywood forever cemetery, and immediately propelled to fame after a stranger posted a photo of her to the facebook “dogspotting” group, it was clear that bichon frise betsy would have a career unlike any other dog’s. her quirkiness has made the dog modelling world a lot more lively — it’s impossible to imagine where exactly we’d be without her garage editorial or that issue of teen vogue she guest edited. as sad as we are to see her taking a step away from the camera, we’re just as eager to see what she’ll accomplish with her penguin random house imprint.
relatively new to the field, jasper’s resistance to the farcical nature of the modelling world has lead to widespread recognition of him as the robert pattinson of the canine community. beyond his distance from social media, disinterest in peanut butter, and embracing of more artful approaches to four-legged apparel, very little is known about jasper.
since his first shoot at 11 weeks old, judgment has followed benji to every set. it’s not hard to see why accusations of nepotism have been thrown at him — his step-mom is one of the two dogs that appears in the juicy couture logo. despite the spotlight and the pressure that comes with it, he’s always done his best to pay his dues. after appearing in a campaign for dog scarves in late 2019, benji earned respect from many of his colleagues.* benji’s charity work as an aspca spokesdog has helped with his public image, too.
*in the dog industry, accessories are considered to be the least rewarding items to model and most dogs have their agents finagle them out of it once they’re well known enough.