Critters of the Cinema Critters of the Cinema is a company which provides animal talents to film , television , music videos , commercials , print work , parades and live stage events . The company was founded by Rob Bloch in 1981 . Critters of the Cinema provided animal talents to several episodes of and and to the seventh feature film , . " Star Trek " . Critters of the Cinema started to work on " The Next Generation " in when several horses were required for the cliffhanger and its sequel . Bloch and fellow horse trainer John Hanna worked on these episodes and Hanna also appeared as a background actor , a buggy driver in the second episode . Bloch and his crew chose the dog to play Maura in the sixth season episode . Friday previously worked on the television series " Perfect Strangers " and for four years on " General Hospital " beside other projects . For the episode , Bloch chose the two wolves and . They previously worked as the wolf " Two Socks " on the Academy Award winning drama " Dances with Wolves " in 1990 . Critters of the Cinema also took over from Gary Gero and Birds & Animals Unlimited when they " cast " a new Spot . Animal trainer Scott Hart worked with Somali cats on the episodes and . Bloch and his crew changed Spot ' s appearance when they chose orange tabby cats instead . , , and became the lead " Spots " while later joined the group . For Spot ' s appearance in " Star Trek : Generations " , Critters of the Cinema worked with Monster for some early scenes and with Brandy for the end scenes . The back - ups and Zoe also worked on this film . " Star Trek : Generations " is the only " Star Trek " project on which the company received screen credit for their work . Karen Thomas - Kolakowski is the animal trainer who was responsible for the work with the cats on " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . For the final TNG episode she worked with the cats Bacall , Uma , Zeke , Bandit , Wendy , and Shelley , the fill - ins Aspen , , Buffy and Fido as well as their doubles , Sinbad , Sascha and Justin . All these cats can be seen as Data ' s cats in the anti - time future . For " Star Trek : Voyager " , Critters of the Cinema worked on the pilot episode , . They provided horses for a location shooting as well as the two dogs seen in this episode . One of the dog trainers was Rose Ordile . Other productions . Critters of the Cinema provided animal talents to dozens of film , television , commercial and print productions . Between 1995 and 1999 they worked on the comedy series " Unhappily Ever After " and in 1997 on the fantasy series " Power Rangers Turbo " . Other television work includes " Dinosaurs " , " Home Improvement " , " Married with Children " , " Alf " , " Knots Landing " , " Hunter " , " Murphy Brown " , " Falcon Crest " , " The Garry Shandling Show " , " S Club 7 in L . A . " , " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " , " Numb3rs " , " Without a Trace " , " CSI : Miami " , " Threat Matrix " , " Providence " , " Murder She Wrote " , " Matlock " , " Roseanne " , " Golden Girls " , " Mr . Belvedere " , " General Hospital " , " The Wonder Years " , " The Tracey Ullman Show " , " The Young and the Restless " , " The Fresh Prince of Bel Air " , " Remington Steele " , " Who ' s the Boss ? " , " The A - Team " , " Tales from the Crypt " , " Beverly Hills , 90210 " , " Melrose Place " , " 3rd Rock from the Sun " , " Moloney " , " Players " , " Cracker " , " Boy Meets World " , " Sunset Beach " , " The Bold and the Beautiful " , " Everybody Loves Raymond " , " Suddenly Susan " , " The Lion ' s Den " , " Monk " , and " Sex and the City " . Film work includes the romance " The Woman in Red " ( 1984 ) , the action adventure " Romancing the Stone " ( 1984 ) , the comedy sequel " Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment " ( 1985 ) , the horror film " Re - Animator " ( 1985 ) , the drama " The Men ' s Club " ( 1986 ) , the crime drama " Tough Guys Don ' t Dance " ( 1987 ) , the comic adaptation " Masters of the Universe " ( 1987 ) , the fantasy sequel " Teen Wolf Too " ( 1987 ) , the horror sequel " A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors " ( 1987 ) , the horror film " Puppetmaster " ( 1989 ) , the horror film " Howling VI : The Freaks " ( 1991 ) , the science fiction comedy " The Meteor Man " ( 1993 ) , the thriller " The Disappearance of Christina " ( 1993 ) , the drama " Corrina , Corrina " ( 1994 ) , the crime drama " Suicide Kings " ( 1997 ) , the crime comedy " A Life Less Ordinary " ( 1997 ) , the family movie " Stuart Little " ( 1999 ) , the comedy " Drowning Mona " ( 2000 ) , the comedy " More Dogs Than Bones " ( 2000 ) , the drama " Coyote Ugly " ( 2000 ) , the comedy sequel " Nutty Professor II : The Klumps " ( 2000 ) , the comedy " 100 Girls " ( 2000 ) , and the crime thriller " Red Dragon " ( 2002 ) . Critters of Cinema also worked on commercials and print ads for Toyota , ShowBiz Pizza , Sony , Ray Ban , Hitachi , Bud Light , K - Mart , Lipton Iced Tea , Oldsmobile , Pepe Jeans , Dorito Chips , JC Penny , Toys ' R ' Us , Sprite , Avis , Pepsi , Epson Printers , Meow Mix cat food , yahoo . com , T - Mobile , Wrangler Jeans , Wells Fargo Bank , Kelloggs , Chevrolet , Pac Bell , McDonald ' s , Nissan , Viacom Cable , M & Ms , HBO , Chysler , Honda , HIS Jeans , Ford , Wrigley ' s Gum , and Fruit of the Loom . Animal talents also worked in music videos for , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .