WINNER: Best Short Film of the year at the 9th annual Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (HRIFF).
WINNER: Bronze Bulb at the 2013 Vegas International Film Festival (VIFF)
Haapala managed to shoot 29 pages of scripted dialogue in 2 days time. The cast never exceeded 3 takes on any given set-up.
Dog it Down's Cinematographer, Skip McCraw, served in the Navy and acted as a technical consultant for the film in order to maintain historical accuracy.