Gone To The Dogs?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5083884/Dogs-to-audition-for-Shakespeare-play-Taming-of-the-Shrew.html

Who was it that said to never act with dogs or children?  This Taming of the Shrew director never heard that, and is auditioning real dogs for a scene in Act IV where Petruchio asks for a spaniel, only to be brought a different breed of dog.

P.S. I’m very very sorry for the pun.  ;)