The worlds first dog-billboard? "Bark if you love Bonzo!"

It's true what they say, advertising has gone to the dogs. You might remember when pet-food advertising elevated from its usual P&G-inspired bore-and-repeat style as Whiskas dared to venture out on the creative branch with the world first commercial aimed at cats. The commercial depicted things cats (apparently) would react to, and another ad showed hidden camera footage of cats in their homes trying to chase down the funny squeaking and moving things on their master's tellies. My cats didn't much care for that ad, but then again, they only watch sheep-hearding and golf on TV. True story.

Well - new ground has been broken again as the world's first dog billboard - aimed at both dogs and their masters - is currently seen in Holland....

Every 10 seconds the billboard emits an ultra-sonic sound that people can't hear, but dogs can.
Matter of fact dogs can hear it extremely well.
The animals respond by barking, so dog owners could actually think the dogs are responding to the headline.

I can see it now -"My Fido is so smart he can actually read".

Yes kids, it's the birth of a new medium: the dog billboard.

These limited edition dogbillboards are made a comfortable size for the actual target - the dog - at 100 x 70 cm. They will be placed in city-parks throughout the Netherlands 19-1-01. The headline reads: "Bark if you love Bonzo!"

The concept was dreamed up by:
Pim Gerrits, Ben Lambers, and Raphael Bartels at Publicis

The account was handled by Hildegard Singerling (that's the cantina lady, which explains a lot about the account handlers at Publicis - hahaha!)

Production: Eibert Draisma & Jan Rozenbroek from Invention Promotion