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over it) and run after the Darling children as if he   painted to look like wallpaper which was
           was going to bath them as this was his job as       covered in trees and birds, it was so intricately
           “Nana”.                                             painted it was beautiful).  In this room Mrs
                                                               Darling was sat in tears as her children had
           The film set was a mock up of Great Ormond          flown away with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, so
           Street Hospital, including all hospital machinery   Theo had to lie down with his head between
           and wards.  There were actors as nurses sat at      his paws and look sad.  The only thing that was
           a desk on the ward and Theo had to walk past        a struggle for him during the filming was when
           these and totally ignore them.  The trainer would   the directors wanted him to jump about with the
           not let Theo associate with them beforehand         children when they all returned from Neverland.
           as she was afraid he would look at them as he       As we had always trained him to be calm around
           walked past.  This would not have happened as       children due to his size, this was a no no for
           he is totally focused on me when he is working.     him, so we settled for enthusiastic barking
           The actors were devastated as they wanted a         instead.  At that point Mr Darling (Stanley Tucci)
           cuddle and to take photos.                          told Theo to go and fetch his wife, which he did
                                                               bringing her back with him.
           In the hospital he had to walk from the ward
           playroom to check on the children in each bed,      We were really surprised that Theo wasn’t
           then walk to a private room and look around         frightened by the huge cameras and the
           the door into the ward to check the patient in      equipment they were using, he just took it in his
           intensive care.                                     stride as long as I was close by.

           Afterwards he then had to go into the house         We were so proud as he did everything we
           belonging to Mr & Mrs Darling (this room looked     asked of him.
           like it was wallpapered but it was actually








































             Theo in a scene from the Peter Pan movie


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