1. Weenie Blocked
The movie

2. Puppies Why do people want puppies? Puppies are cute
Puppies are entertaining
People think puppies are easy to train
It’s easy to get a puppy at a pet store
Where do these puppies come from?

3. Puppy Mills Meanwhile…
“A puppy mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs” (aspca.org/animal-cruelty/puppy-mills).
Conditions:
Small stacked wire cages
Poor ventilation
Urine and feces
Disease
Little to no exercise or socialization
Females forced to reproduce with little time in between births and then abandoned or killed
Meanwhile…

4. Shelter Dogs
There are over 13,600 shelters in the United States with approximately 3.9 million dogs
The most difficult dogs to get adopted are seniors (aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics).

5. The Movie
Weenie Blocked will raise awareness about senior dog advocacy and care.

6. The PLOT Ben A thirty-something-year-old bartender
Dumped by his girlfriend Stacey for a biker she meets at his bar
Left with Stacey’s 15-year-old dachshund, Grandpa
Tries to convince Stacey’s family to take Grandpa
Tries to bring Grandpa to a shelter
Brings home numerous women to get over his ex
Grandpa
A 15-year-old dachshund
Does what he wants

7. Production
Funding goal: Media Rights Capital and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions
Cast: Chris Pratt as Ben & a CGI Grandpa
Rating: Rated R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity
Filming: Los Angles; ~1 year

8. Weenie blocked
“When it comes to finding love again, the only thing in this man’s way is his weenie.”