This amateur film produced by Stephen Gray features him dressed as a dog taking part in a Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 'Good Dog' campaign to encourage good dog ownership in the borough and to prevent street and verge fouling. The film features Stephen travelling around borough handing out balloons to children and leaflets to adults. The film begins with an animated title sequence showing a series of pamphlets relating to the ‘Good Dog Campaign’ appearing on a desk. The...

This amateur film produced by Stephen Gray features him dressed as a dog taking part in a Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 'Good Dog' campaign to encourage good dog ownership in the borough and to prevent street and verge fouling. The film features Stephen travelling around borough handing out balloons to children and leaflets to adults. The film begins with an animated title sequence showing a series of pamphlets relating to the ‘Good Dog Campaign’ appearing on a desk. The title card moves across the desk, underneath which is a copy of The Sun newspaper opened at page three. Title: Paws for Concern Outside Gateshead Civic Centre a Sherpa van is parked covered in a white sheet, nearby sits dog warden Brian Cawley reading a newspaper. Stephen Gray, dressed in a fur dog suit and wearing a dog mask, stands beside the now uncovered van holding a number of balloons. He shakes hands with Councillor Pat Wallace, Chairwoman of the Environmental Health Committee. Writing on the yellow and red coloured van reads ‘The Gateshead Good Dog says please don’t foul the footpaths and verges.’ Standing nearby are a number of men in suits watching proceedings. A number of balloons are released and float up into the bright blue sky.   Five women from the councils departments for Environment Health and Consumer Services stand holding white balloons. Stephen, still dressed as a dog, squats on the ground beside the van and waves. He gives another balloon to a small boy before standing beside the five women in white. He hands out balloons to a number of children before he and the women walk along a road all carrying balloons. Beside a lamppost he pretends to relieve himself. Walking past shops on Jackson Street in Gateshead he continues to handout balloons to young children while the women hand out balloons to a number of adults. A dog barks at him before he heads inside Symons Pet Store. Inside Trinity Square shopping precinct Stephen gives out more balloons and leaflets before coming out of a shop and squatting in the doorway like a dog. Three of the women begin to pat and stroke his head, he hands a leaflet to a woman.  Back outside the civic centre in Regent Terrace  seven women walk in a line while Stephen runs around them on all fours. Dog warden Duncan Craig climbs into the ‘Gateshead Good Dog’ Sherpa van followed by Stephen. A phantom car ride through Gateshead follows with Stephen resting his arm on the open window. The van pulls into a car park behind Durham Road in Birtley and Stephen gets out. He hands a badge to a small boy and gives a leaflet to a woman before waving goodbye to the boy. Another phantom car ride is followed by Stephen walking past a number of people sitting or standing bedside a low wall in Felling. Again, he gives away two balloons to two small children. After another brief phantom van ride, the view changes to the van back in the service yard at the civic centre. Stephen  climbs out and cocks his leg against the front tire of the van like a dog. He then walk along a path on all fours and pretends to urinate against a wall. Pest Control Officer Michael McDermott appears, grabbing Stephen by the collar and throws him into the back of the Sherpa van. The film ends with Stephen in the rear of the van attempting to claw at the rear window as it is driven away. End title: The end