: Diesel’s nephews, Izzy (or Is-He) and Iko , served as stunt and stand-in dogs for more dangerous or physically taxing action scenes.
: Another relative, Dreamer , was occasionally featured for specific feats, such as those seen in Season 6.
In 2022, the lead role of Rex in the Canadian series Hudson & Rex was played primarily by one dog , .
While Diesel was the "face of the show" and performed about 90% of the acting, several other dogs were used to round out the crew for specific scenes during that time:
: Diesel vom Burgimwald , who played Rex for the first six seasons.