The Performance Unlimited Team makes regular appearances at the McHenry Green Street Cruise Night in the summer. Recently, however, they were joined by a little additional star power.

Bambi, the 2-year-old Pomeranian from Aldens Kennels, 6810 Barnard Mill Road, Ringwood, made a surprise appearance and posed for photographs with the Performance Unlimited Team. Bambi is renowned as a canine version of Dos Equis, the fictional “most interesting man alive” from a brewing company’s advertising campaign.

Bambi is the star of magazines and film. He has one of three legs towards his Companion Dog obedience title, he trains in obedience, Schutzhund and agility and has been immortalized on canvas by world renowned photograph Aurdrey Wancket of Spring Grove based Wancket Studios.

With all that going for him, Dennis Norton, owner of Performance Unlimited, said it’s a wonder fame hadn’t gone to Bambi’s head.

“It’s really nice to meet someone of Bambi’s stature without that whole diva attitude,” Norton said. “Start to finish, he was a real gentleman and, well, personable.”

To learn more about Performance Unlimited, visit: www.4performanceunlimited.comor call: (815) 728-0343. You can also learn more about Aldens Kennels at www.aldenskennels.com and about Wancket Studios at www.wancketstudios.com.