The Dog House Australia is returning to Channel 10 and 10 Play on Demand, for a second season and a second chance for hopeful pups and families to find love.
Narrated by Dr Chris Brown, the heart-warming series will be hitting screens Tuesday, 8 March, from 7:30 pm.
The second series will see the dedicated matchmakers at the Animal Welfare League NSW undertake a thorough match-making process between pooches and their potential new homes.
The sneak peek shows a bunch of four-legged friends meeting with their potential future families.
Animal Welfare League staff member said in the preview, “watching someone fall in love with a dog that you believe could be someone’s dream dog is magic.”
The Animal Welfare League is an organisation dedicated to providing expert care to surrendered, neglected, and abandoned companion animals across New South Wales. The charity has a ‘Getting to Zero’ philosophy, meaning they’re aiming to get to zero euthanasia of healthy and treatable cats and dogs.
The first season, which aired October 2021, brought in high ratings for 10. The show was one of the top entertainment programs of the summer and consistently made it to the top 10 in the TV ratings.
Last year, Mediaweek spoke to 10 ViacomCBS’ head of factual Sarah Thornton ahead of the season one premiere about how the show came together and what makes it so genuine.
When selecting the people to feature on the show, Thornton said they looked for two main things.
“Number one, they had to genuinely be looking for a dog! But number two, we were looking to represent a really diverse cross-section of Australia. The amazing thing about getting a dog is it crosses all barriers. It’s every socio-economic group, all ethnicities, urban, suburban, rural, there are people from all walks of life in Australia who were looking to adopt a dog.
“For us, it was incredibly important that we had genuine representation across the stories, and you’ll see that – the stories are incredibly diverse and unexpected. We also were looking for people with something going on in their life – it didn’t have to be a tragedy, it could also be something exciting or funny, or something surprising. But we were looking for people with a story to tell and a reason for looking for love from a four-legged friend.”
The Dog House Australia premiers Tuesday, 8 March at 7:30pm on 10 and 10 Play on Demand.