The Precious Pets DVD is a beginner's introduction to cake sculpture in buttercream. I assume that the viewer has a basic understanding of making icing and using piping bags. Starting with an 8" square cake, I show you how to carve the cake and ice it in smoothed buttercream to make a basic dog using the generic animal templates included on a separate CD. I make the dog with long curly ears and an upright tail, but I also show you how to do upright ears for variety. Next, I use the same basic animal template and show you how to change the position of the body and hind legs, use different ears and tail to make a sleeping lion that's used as a topper on a sheet cake. At the end of the lesson, there are some photos of other animals you can make using the same template and the things you just learned from the DVD.