His name is Ryder, and he leads a pack of search and rescue dogs. Each dog has a skill set based on a real life job, such as law enforcement, construction work, aquatic rescue work, and more, and each lives in a dog house that transforms into a vehicle equipped with exactly what each dog needs to do its job. Sound familiar?

It will if you live with small people who are under the age of, say, ten. TV-watching kids will recognize the story line of PAW Patrol, an animated series in which a group of rescue dogs – a Dalmatian, Bulldog, German Shepherd Dog, Labrador Retriever, and a loveable mutt and cockapoo, work together to protect the community under the mantra that, “no job is too big, no pup is too small.”

We first got wind of the show from a reader whose 5 year old daughter stayed home sick several years ago. The Canadian CGI–animated series started five years ago is still going strong. Is someone you know a fan?