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A Man Called Otto

My dear furrriends, I am delighted to share with you, this special feature on the current cinema release of "A Man Called Otto" starring Tom Hanks. We have been working hard to get you the behind the scenes scoop on this Sony Pictures production.  We got speaking to Britany Hufnagle Long (animal trainer), Dawn Barkan (Animal coordinator) and Schmagel the cat (floofy star of "A Man Called Otto" I hope you enjoy reading this and we hope you enjoy learning all about Schmagel, who is well on his way to becoming the most famous floof of 2023!  We highly recommend you go and check "A Man Called Otto" out if you haven't already.  ( Pictured: Britany Hufnagle Long and Schmagel) So Britany, Thank you so much for taking part in this Q&A. We really appreciate it. Please tell us a little about yourself and your roles at Hillcrest and Dawn Barkan Animals. I started showing dogs at the age of 6 years and continued throughout college. I majored in animal behavior
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Q&A with Manny and Nikki

My fiendish floofs! I am delighted to have the wonderful Manny Halloween Cat with me for my Spooktacular Halloween special along with his proud owner and manager Nikki! I am sure many of you will already be familiar with Manny. He's kind of a big deal! If not, you will most certainly want to follow him after you read our Q&A! Hi Nikki and Manny! Thank you so much for joining us our Halloween spooktacular Q&A. Please tell us a little about yourself Nikki. First of all, thank you so much for this awesome opportunity—I’m honored to be interviewed for your website! I’m Nikki Hess, and I live in the Philadelphia suburbs in Pennsylvania, USA. I work in marketing for my day job, and then outside of that, I’m Manny’s social media meownager, which is the best job ever! Yes, it must be a great honour to be working with the legendary Manny! Would you tell us about Cat Lady Academy? The Cat Lady Academy business was inspired by Manny, as many things in my life a
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Q&A with world renowned animal trainer Dawn Barkan

My dear floofs, I am truly honoured to share with you my Q&A with the fabulous Dawn Barkan! Dawn is one of the biggest names in animal training. If you watch TV or film then chances are you have seen several examples of Dawn's work. Her resume is so impressive and includes work on films such as the "Meet the Parents" Trilogy, "Ace Ventura", "Snow Dogs", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Night at the Museum" to name but just a few! Check out her Imdb here!  Also, if any of you are Disney fans you will want to read on for sure to find out what Dawn is currently working on... Pictured: Dawn Barkan with Crsytal the Monkey (Night at the Museum) Dawn, thank you so much for taking the time from what is surely an extremely busy  schedule to talk to us here at Nacho HQ. We truly admire you and are humbled to get the chance to hear from you. We hope you are safe and well at this time! Please tell us a little about yourself?
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Q&A with Mickee and Groucho

My dear furrriends! It is an absolute honour to have my dear furrriends Sir Mickee and Sir Groucho of Miami for a Q&A. Yes, you read that correctly! They are Sirs as they have both received official knighthoods from yours truly, King Nacho! These dudes are the real deal. Bad Boys is a fictional film set in Miami. Mr Smith and Mr Lawrence aren't really bad boys. They are just playing a role. Mickee and Groucho however, are the real bad boys of Miami. The coolest cats around! To mess with Mickee and Groucho is to mess with an army of cats who will have their backs at the drop of a hat. I'm just kidding! They are really sweethearts but it is true that many a cat would have their back, should any trouble arrive!  Check out what they have to say on a variety of topics and be sure to follow them on Instagram of you don't already! My dear Sirs, it is truly an honour to have you join me for a Q&A on my blog. With  celebrity status such as yours, the
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