oakland soundstage

My life as a dog

If you are familiar with the dog family, you know we have two dogs. A pit bull and a chihuahua. Well, they often get to hang around the studios and for our first real photo shoot, they of course got their time to shine.

Here are some great photos, courtesy of Corduroy Media, of the two dogs on set.

The two dogs of Mama Dog Studios Oakland
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The big guy is an original pound puppy. We adopted him almost 13 years ago. And the little one is a real Mexican Chihuahua. Her motherland is Zihuatanejo. They make a perfect pair.

We love dogs and hope to welcome more dogs to our studios for events and rentals!

All the Construction, Part 1

It took a lot of work getting the building just so. After gutting the space, we found that there was quite a bit of structural work that needed to be done to firm up the building supports and get the floors in tip-top shape. We brought in a structural engineer and put in some new hefty beams and joists.

You can also see from the photos, that during construction we also created a secondary wall with extra insulation inside the building walls where the soundstage is located. This helps with the soundproofing of the soundstage.

Here are some images from the construction zone at Mama Dog:

Mama Dog Studios before the new construction and revamp

The Before Picture (after all the previous occupant’s rooms and walls and stuff was taken out)

New beams and joists, extra strong.
heavy metal joists and beams in the rafters at Mama Dog.
construction of the client room and restrooms at Mama Dog Studios
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view from the client room at Mama Dog Studios, during construction.

In this photo, the walls are almost done and things are looking clean.

Stay tuned for more photos of our construction process.