CBS show Lucky Dog films episode at Helen Woodward Animal Center

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Helen Woodward Animal Center Communications Director Jessica Gercke, Lucky Dog host Eric Wiese, Billy Bishop, co-founder of show sponsor Blue Buffalo pet food pose with statue of Helen Woodward (Robert_McKenzie)

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www.BlueBuffalo.com has contributed to the Helen Woodward Animal Center since 2013 (Robert_McKenzie)

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Lucky Dog host Eric Wiese, Blue Buffalo co-founder Billy Bishop of show sponsor www.BlueBuffalo.com who have donated more than 100,000 pounds of animal food to Helen Woodward since 2013 (Robert_McKenzie)

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Eric Wiese introduces Helen Woodward resident Dutch Apple to Billy Bishop (Robert_McKenzie)

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Helen Woodward Animal Center Communications Director Jessica Gercke, Lucky Dog host Eric Wiese, Billy Bishop co-founder of show sponsor Blue Buffalo pet food (Robert_McKenzie)

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Lucky Dog host Eric Wiese at the Helen Woodward Animal Center (Robert_McKenzie)

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Professional dog trainer Eric Wiese observes temperament testing at Helen Woodward Animal Center, for an upcoming episode of Lucky Dog to be aired in the “Lady” episode on Feb. 12, 2022 on CBS. (Robert_McKenzie)

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Rachel Hollenbeck is filmed for an episode of Lucky Dog (Robert_McKenzie)

Del Mar Times

Dec. 14, 2021 11:23 AM PT

The Emmy Award-winning CBS show Lucky Dog filmed an upcoming episode at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe on Dec. 13.

Hosted by professional dog trainer Eric Wiese and his wife, social worker Rashi Khanna Wiese, Lucky Dog takes viewers on a journey of rescuing previously hard-to-love, out-of-control, untrained dogs and making their futures bright. At Eric’s training facility, with the help of Rashi, he embarks on the seemingly impossible task of turning rescues into loving pets with sound training methods that viewers can use at home to train their own dogs. In the end, a lucky family will adopt an even luckier dog.

On Dec. 13, Eric joined the center’s volunteers as they welcomed dozens of adoptable shelter animals arriving from overcrowded shelters around the country. Eric and the volunteers gave the dogs baths, veterinary exams, and assessed their temperaments in preparation for potential adoptions throughout Southern California. The show’s sponsor, Blue Buffalo, was also on hand to donate all of the food needed to care for the animals that come through the center’s doors.

The “Lady” episode filmed at the Helen Woodward Animal Center will air Feb. 12, 2022 on CBS.

Photos by Robert McKenzie