Training for Movies

If you want to learn about actually getting your animal into moviework, click here.

If you are just curious about some of the behaviors, here are some thoughts:

First and foremost, any animal that is going on set needs to be extremely socialized.  It is going to encounter noises and sights and people in the extreme.  In order to succeed, the animal needs to not only be able to tolerate extreme sensory input, it needs to be able to ignore all these distractions and keep working.  It needs to maintain a happy attitude, and have fun in this environment for hours.  It needs to be ready for hundreds of people wanting to say hello. 

Any animal on a movie set also needs basic manners--it needs to not annoy people, or beg at craft services, or urinate on set.  It needs to stay quietly in a crate between scenes.

Any animal that is going to work on set needs to be able to do all behaviors at a distance and needs to be able to work on either voice OR hand cues.

Common set commands include: