15 Facts About Olate Dogs

1.

Olate Dogs is an American dog trick act featuring father-and-son trainers Richard and Nicholas Olate.

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2.

Richard Olate grew up in Santiago, Chile, where he adopted a stray dog and taught it tricks.

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3.

Olate Dogs performed in the Big Apple Circus and Ringling Bros.

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4.

Richard Olate Dogs is a third-generation circus performer who grew up in Santiago, Chile.

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5.

Shortly after coming to America, Richard Olate Dogs met Rebecca Smith, a circus performer who performed as a human cannonball.

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6.

The older two Olate Dogs children returned to Chile, where Richard's daughter and her fiance run a circus, and his older son works as a chef.

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7.

Nicholas Olate Dogs was hyperactive as a child, learning dance and tumbling at a young age.

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8.

In 2001, the Olate act, then called the Olate Family's Dogs appeared in the Big Apple Circus.

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9.

Olate Dogs, based in Houston, Texas, have four distinct acts featuring a variety of tricks.

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10.

Olate Dogs headlined the America's Got Talent Live in Las Vegas stage show at The Palazzo Theatre in the fall of 2012 and again in early 2013.

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11.

From February through April 2013, Olate Dogs appeared in The America's Got Talent Live - All Star Tour, a cross-country tour featuring top acts from seasons six and seven.

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12.

Nicholas Olate Dogs is recording a music album "Think Big" to be released from Domo Records on October 8,2013.

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13.

On September 11,2013, Olate Dogs returned to "America's Got Talent" as a guest performer during the Top 12 results show.

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14.

In 2014 Olate Dogs made their movie debut by starring in "Le Sauvetage ", a short film that premiered at the Sonoma International Film Festival, and selected for the Festival de Cannes Court Metrage.

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15.

On Thanksgiving night of the same year, Olate Dogs performed on the TV special Fox's Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular, which was co-hosted by Jane Lynch and Hilary Swank.

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