Pick of the Litter (TV series)

Pick of the Litter is an American documentary television series by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy for Disney+ based on 2018 film of the same name, also written and directed by the duo, that began streaming on December 20, 2019.

[2] In August 2019, Kidscreen reported that Disney+ commissioned a six part series Pick of the Litter inspired by 2018 film of the same name attaching the film's writer-directors Dana Nachman and Don Hardy along with Mary Celenza, Josh Braun and Dan Braun as executive producers with ABC Studios producing the series.

When the idea about this series was pitched to Chris Beginner, CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind, he accepted as it would increase awareness of their organization.

[8] Allie Gemmil of Collider declared that Pick of the Litter manages to depict the important work accomplished by the guide dogs and their trainers, stating it reveals the pressure experienced across the training process, while finding the series emotional across the bond built between the puppy raisers and the dogs.

[9] Joel Keller of Decider stated that the series captures the tension experienced by the trainers and the dogs through the training process, found that the documentary manages to explain precisely how important the training process is, and why the selection of the dogs has a key role, while praising the diversity of the puppy raisers.