id you know that the pug trailing the little boy in the Hutch ad was actually a replacement for a fox terrier?" asks Shankar Narayan Iyer, animal supplier and trainer by profession.

"The pug was initially rejected due to its punched black face. The Fox Terrier was selected due to its erect tail, which would have represented an antenna and, thereby, the Hutch network. However, while shooting, the fox terrier fell ill in the rain at Goa and the director opted for the pug," he explains. ... more