Category Archives: Dogs

You Think Brett Favre Has Seen It All?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Terry Taylor

We tend to attach logos to the ends of our accomplishments in branding. I’d like to look at the last 29 years, however, as experiences (plural) rather than experience (singular). There is a big difference. Tweet This Post

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“Sausages! Sausages! Saaaaausages! Sausage! Sau-sage!”

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I have said this for 20 years (if you have worked with me, you know it already): Every commercial should have a dog, preferably a talking dog. Bud Light knows this truth of advertising. Few branders have put as many … Continue reading →

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$12 Million Worth of Trouble

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Ding dong, the wicked Leona Helmsley is dead. If you were a fan of hers, don’t blame me for that Oz reference, I didn’t give her the moniker “The Queen Of Mean.” I just report what I read in official … Continue reading →

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Suck-Egg Dog

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Terry Taylor

When I was young, my grandparents had a dog that took up on the farm – a “suck-egg dog,” as my grandpaw called him. He said a suck-egg dog was a no-account bum of a beast who had to be … Continue reading →

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Tripod

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

He was a white-looking, bullish-looking dog. I can’t honestly say he was a white bulldog. He was a muscled dog with a flat face and a worried look. He had a right, he had three legs and no home except … Continue reading →

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The 24/7 Cat

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Rudy is on the edge of total paranoia. His archenemy, the cat that never sleeps, is slowly driving him crazy. He sees the slinky feline roaming free through the neighborhood and strolling through the yard and rubbing his favorite tree. … Continue reading →

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Bark, bark, sting, sting

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Grapevine, TX. Leroy, our shepherd/border collie best friend, was going crazy on the back patio. His intense barking dislodged in me the memory of a big, yellow cat that had stumbled over our stockade fence back in the winter. Leroy … Continue reading →

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A Big Smiling Dog

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Late in the afternoon on a warm spring day in 1964, I took my dog, Bo Bo, for a walk. I was 8 years old. He was 3 years old. I held one end of his old chain as he … Continue reading →

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Always Cast a Dog

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I personally think every commercial should have a dog in it. That should be a law. Not just the spots on Animal Planet, but all of them. You make a commercial, here’s your dog. Dogs are just plain funny. They … Continue reading →

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Rudy

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Terry Taylor

A good friend is living with us right now. He had no home, no place to go; his mom had kicked him out so we let him stay with us. This was about three years ago and he hasn’t left. … Continue reading →

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Black Dog, The Most Authentic Brand in Richmond?

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If you live in Richmond, this is probably not news. But for those of you who are not from around these parts, this is quite an interesting tail (yes, tail). Tweet This Post

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