Katts and Dog

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this series growing up. It was one that if I was going to miss it, I'd set the record timer so that I'd have it. My mom new better than to interrupt me while this show was playing. Besides the fact that Andrew Bednarski was a heart throb of his time, the show dealt with a lot of great family oriented topics. It was moralistic, enthusiastic and dealt with everyday issues. I was surprised to find it on TV in Canada 7 years ago while driving through, but have never found it on re-runs in the U.S. With all the shows of the past hitting the tube, I think that this one should make that list as well. You can't even find anything on Ebay for it, it is almost like it never really existed...just dropped off the planet.

SEND THIS SHOW BACK INTO SYNDICATION, you'd be doing families a favor, what with all the immoralistic shows out there for our kids to watch, it would be nice to have a show with values to watch.

This was one of several excellent family-oriented Canadian productions from that time that were broadcast in the US and then disappeared. As other commentators have indicated, they were thoroughly enjoyable for all ages.

Imagine my shock when on visiting Montreal about ten years ago I turned on the hotel tv and, finding nothing better, checked out Katts and Dog. Which I had known exclusively as Rin Tin Tin, K-9 Cop. Now, you have to understand several things. First, Rin Tin Tin was a famous German shepherd dog character from a series in the late 50s. So it was perfectly logical for this dog to have that name. But the dog in Canada was Rudy, and I was amazed to discover that they had gone back over every single "Rudy" and dubbed in "Rinty" for the US audience. The dubbing was absolutely undetectable. But to this day I don't get the point.

Second thing you have to understand: They never made it clear where the show took place. It was intentionally an unspecified city in the Pacific northwest. The police uniforms looked plenty US to me but they must have been designed to look Canadian to the Canadians as well. (They did not have checkered caps.) Standard Canadian and standard US English, if there is such a thing, are scarcely distinguishable, so I guess they got by by not having the characters say "eh?" Because of PC or union considerations or both, there was a sequence of episodes in there where the female interest spoke with a French accent. In the context they made her French French, but obviously she was quebecoise.

Anyway, an excellent family show, and it is a shame that those of its ilk seem to be with us no more.

I have been a Rin Tin Tin fan for years. Rin Tin Tin K9 Cop(Katts and Dog was the title outside the US) is a wonderful family show that shows the life of a police officer and his partner, a German Shepherd. Just like the original series the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin , there was action and family values in each episode. The father/son relationship played by Jesse Collins as officer Hank Katts and Andrew Bednarski as his nephew/ adopted son Stevie was believable and realistic. The show took place in a generic metropolitan city. Each week brought new stories and unlike many TV series it didn't go preaching to the viewer. This TV show deserves to be released on DVD to be viewed by a new generation of kids and allow us older fans to relive the enjoyment of a family oriented police show.

In the USA, we know this program better as "Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop". I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this program. The concept of an uncle willing to adopt his nephew as his own son is inspiring. Jesse Collins was a pleasure to watch, as he effectively conveyed every emotion such a role would require. As the show contained no profanity or offensive material, it is also a good example of family-oriented material. I only hope that re-runs return soon of this program, as I would enjoy seeing them again.

Katts and Dog is a Canadian production. Like almost all Canadian productions, it is co-produced with another country, in this case France. This is done to join costs to make a more attractive show, a show that will attract viewers from all over the world. The french character on the show was not to show the Quebec/Ontario relations (although it does a nice job).

The character was there to represent the production with France. The characters and the show itself are created in a neutral manner. The people in many countries can relate to the characters and the setting because there is no real connection to a particular city. Canadians can relate as Canadians, and the rest of the world can relate as well.