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Pudsey stardom started off with Simon Cowell’s Britain’s Got Talent.
Now the millionaire dog adds another achievement to his book. He got a deal of a £350,000 deal for a ‘bi-dog-raphy’.
A source said: ‘Pudsey is one of the hottest tickets around. This book will follow him from puppyhood to Britain’s Got Talent winner and meeting Cowell. It’s a paws-and-all book and will be a fascinating read.’
The deal comes a week prior to Pudsey heads off to break Hollywood, with spots on the Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent.
Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey are flying out on Cowell’s private jet – as he is simply too precious to fly in cargo. He would need to be on a commercial because he is one of Cowell’s assets now.
Pudsey, a border collie, bichon frise and Chinese crested cross, and Ashleigh, a schoolgirl from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire scooped £500,000 for winning Britain’s Got Talent in May.
During their time on the ITV reality show, nearly 15 million watched as Pudsey and Ashleigh scooped the £500,000 prize.
Some experts believed that they could make as much as £10 million in five years.
Miss Butler trained the dog to jump, dance on his hind legs, and weave between her knees, culminating in their final routine set to the music of Mission Impossible.
When Butler and Pudsey won last May, Cowell said: 'My life's work is now complete.'
Pudsey - who was escorted by three security guards at the ITV studios - has had his name trademarked by Cowell's company Syco. Pudsey has a book a dog food advert.
He got his own pet passport so that he could travel to Hollywood - and is now being managed by showbiz agent Jonathan Shalit, who looks after Myleene Klass and X Factor star Tulisa Contostavlos, and discovered Charlotte Church.
It is said that he got insured for £1 million, and Miss Butler has been forced to pay for security around her family home, including a brick wall.
Originally, Pudsey was going to be sold for a few hundred pounds but was instead given to her as an 11th birthday present.
She admitted: 'Dogs have been my life since I was about five. That's all I have ever really known.'
According to Mail Online, she might not bother going back to school at all.
She said: I haven't had any time to do any revision - don't tell my head of Sixth! I've never been the brightest or the smartest at school.
After we won, mum said, "Oh, we won't have to worry about your results now, will we!".'
A source said: 'Pudsey is one of the hottest tickets around. This book will follow him from puppy-hood to Britain's Got Talent winner and meeting Cowell.
'It's a paws and all book and will be a fascinating read.'
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