Date de pré-production : 2010
Date de tournage : 2010
Date de diffusion : 28 novembre 2010 (États-Unis)

Genre : pour la famille
Principaux interprètes :

Mario Lopez....................................voix de Zeus, le chien
Dean Cain......................................Ted Stein
Gary Valentine................................George Bannister
Adrienne Barbeau............................Cat Lady
Sierra McCormick..............................Kara Bannister
Elisa Donovan..................................Belinda Bannister
Mindy Sterling.................................Grandma Bannister

Écrit par : Richard Gnolfo & Michael Ciminera

Réalisé par : Michael Feifer

Tourné à : Keystone Resort, Colorado (États-Unis d'Amérique)
Budget :
Durée : 2 heures

L'histoire : La famille Bannister décide de faire ses valises et de partir en vacances de sli à la montagne avec toute la famille pour Noël.  La famille Bannister doit loger avec la famille, les enfants et leur chien, un beau caniche royal nommé Bella. Ted et Stewart, les deux voleurs que Zeus avait épinglé l'année précédente, viennent tout juste de sortir de prison et ont eu vent qu'une vedette allait loger au même hôtel que les Bannister. Cette dernière possède un collier serti de diamants qui vaut des millions de dollars. Les voleurs réussissent presque à dérober le collier par un habile stratagème, mais le collier se retrouve au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment.  Le collier est installé au cou de Bella et les voleurs tiennent à récupérer le collier en suivant la famille Bannister à la trace.  C'est encore à Zeus que revient la tâche de sauver Bella des griffes des voleurs.

Fait intéressant : suite du film ''The Dog Who Saved Christmas'', diffusé en 2009

Dean Cain Talks Slapstick, Humor, and Paris Hilton as a Dog  (voir article original ici...)

par Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith

Dean Cain, who showed off his slapstick capabilities as a bumbling burglar in last year’s “The Dog Who Saved Christmas,” says he wasn’t surprised when ABC Family decided to make a sequel to the comedy that features the voice of Dean’s buddy, Mario Lopez, as a yellow Labrador.

“It’s such a simple concept and so much fun to shoot, why not make another?” he says of this Sunday’s (11/28) “The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation” — which also features the voice of Paris Hilton as a French poodle.

Dean’s 10-year-old son Christopher was on hand for both shoots, he lets us know.  “He’s a big reason I wanted to do this.  He and his schoolmates can watch it….Very few things get bigger laughs in my household than me falling on my tail.”

Dean says he didn’t learn about Paris Hilton’s involvement in the movie until after wrapping his role.  The fact she chose to play a poodle, he feels, shows “her sense of humor.  That’s the whole thing.  It kind of tells you she understands the whole deal.  Like when I played Superman — you have to be in on the joke.”

Jeff Schenk, the executive producer of “The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation” chalks up Hilton’s casting to fast work and some serendipity.  “She travels nonstop, and we happened to catch her at a time she had just gotten back to L.A..  With her you get the feeling there are a lot of people coordinating things for her.  We said, ‘Any time in July’ and her agent — her agent is really the one who pushed it through — said, ‘Next week.’  So we had to be ready for her in just five days.”

As for why she said yes, well, Paris talks about her beloved grandmother’s French poodle being her inspiration.  Schenk also believes, “People see this fun-loving blond, they don’t realize that she is an incredibly astute businesswoman.  She certainly knows all about branding herself. We have this family brand.  We had the track record with the first movie; you can see it and see user reviews of people who enjoyed it.  She took all that into account.”  Then, “She came in prepared and did her work.  I wish I could say that about everyone I work with.”