Before anyone started filming, our teacher told us "everyone loves dogs". So, heading his advice, we used Sarah's dog, Lexie, in our film. She played herself and will just be in the shots. However, Lexie is a diva on and off camera. She refused to stay put and would walk off in the middle of the take. We tried many different ways to keep her entertained by the front door, but she would either follow Sarah or just walk into a completely different room.
We eventually figured out that she would stay in a certain area if we teased her with her toy, doesn't mean that she would look at us though. She knew that we were working around her and she was gonna make us work extra hard to get the shot.
Here are some videos of her:
It wasn't long before she was sick of being teased by a toy and Melina opening and closing the door, so she ended up leaving us and didn't come back. We left her be and moved on to shoot other scenes within Sarah's house.