Full Animal Actors On Location Show at Universal Studios!

Do not reach out to our birds in flight at any time during the show. Also, for your safety, may I ask that you do not approach the stage unless you are chosen as a volunteer. If you need to exit for any reason during the show, please use the exits at the top of the stairs. Thank you, and enjoy the show. We are here at Animal Actors on location, probably when the little light bulb goes off. Not just for the animals, but also for us as trainers. Animal training really is a language. It's problem solving and figuring out puzzles. So when that light bulb goes off, it's really rewarding. My personal favorite animal to work with is our two St. Bernards, Oakley and Maggie. They're each so different, so they teach me a lot about training and they're just a joy to be around. The favorite animal that I have here and that I've ever worked with are the birds of prey. I just really, really enjoy them. One of the best parts of my job is rescuing animals from shelters. We have rescued a bunch of animals here. It's really rewarding to go out to shelters and give those animals a second, third, fourth, maybe even fifth chance. I would say the most important quality to be an animal trainer is patience and persistence. I think communication is the most important, not only with our animals here, but with our staff. I think something that's intuitive. It's very important to be able to have that instinct of, oh, I like this, I'm going to give them a treat for that. Being a hard worker is really important. I think the most important quality you have to have is perseverance and dedication. Animal training is hard work. The best part of my job is being able to see the animals out in the world. I like being able to see a TV show, a movie, a commercial and say, I know that guy. I work with him. I've always known that I wanted to work with animals. I, as I said, it's in my blood. It's who I am. Animal actors, this is your stage manager speaking. We need a cleanup on the animal actors. Please put your hands together and stage one of these top trainers, your host. And now you press the dog. Here comes our next star. You can see him in 911. The techniques that every good dog needs to know, train them in the mark. Just like human actors have to hit marks on a scene. Your animal star. That was a great stay. Good boy. All right, go mark. Good job. Stay. Good. And after they learn that mark, you can train them the basics, like catching treats, which we're still working on. Back up. Stay. That's it. Feet. Wave. Wave. Good wave. Very nice. Lie down. Sit. Lie down. Head down. That's a good head down. Head down. Good boy. Try again. Lay down. Down. And he's getting himself out of trouble by looking really cute. Good job, buddy. Okay, show them what you do. How do you get out of trouble? What do you do? Hide your eyes. Hide them. You can do it. Hide your eyes. Good boy. bit more complicated but i'll need the help of a um volunteer somebody who loves dogs how about you in the purplish blue t-shirt right there from where where's that in this scene here comes your canine costar training techniques the work away the work away gets its name for the dog it's going to be working while facing away from the trainer so to set that up i'll start by placing one of Rodney's favorite treats right there on the ground for him to focus on I'm going to be moving behind Only verbal cues. This is a work away Rodney watch. Lie down. Okay, I'm going to do that one Rodney's not supposed to take that treat until I say the word When he's learning to be truthful a little bit, he gets extra snacks Okay, this is a work away Take two Sit Good. Watch it. Lie down. On your feet. Back up. Back. Back. Wave. Wave again Wave Sit. Lie down. Rodney's been cast in a movie where he's going to be playing an injured dog looking for you. And we've got this, so he's going to crawl over to you and then when he gets to you he'll get the strength to leap into your lap and give you a great big doggie kiss right on the lips. Just open your arms, get ready to catch him, he's about 95 pounds Quiet on the set, cameras rolling, take one, and action He's been injured, but he's going to crawl Here for a second. So cute together. Isabelle, we forgot to give you that movie star kiss, so we're going to bring Greta out here. Greta is from the movie Strays and she absolutely loves giving big doggie kisses Hi sweet girl. Go ahead and give her a kiss. Give her a kiss to be back at the stadium and everybody please remain seated because flying in from the Universal Films, the Mummy Resurrections, this is Safari. You look good. Let's take a look at you doing Men in Black 2. No. One of them. Help us out right here at Jurassic Park. Come on down this way. What's your name? Owen? Owen? Yeah. When we're here, you are going to be our actor. We're going to bring out your actor. Tell her two things you can wear. So go ahead. Go ahead and tell her two things you can wear. Got those Akiva? Hey, go pick it up. Bring it this whole week. She's out of the basket. And she's got something. She dropped it. Hey, go pick it up. Thank you. So the basket's over here. The bird trainer Now instead, okay? uh for this i'm gonna have you stick your right hand out i'm gonna whistle it or it's gonna fly in the end right there in the palm of your hand you just have to stay still look forward and smile like you're having fun here we go me on that one okay he is gone oh and i'm so sorry oh no oh that's disgusting um let that dry you guys can pick it off in about 30 minutes okay Okay, we're going to try this one more time with two hands out. We're going to give her two targets, this way she can't miss. But I do need some help with my whistling. Everybody whistle. This guy is a lamb, it's a vulture. Here we go. We have ever had on this stage. We're going to bring her on out here to show you a brand new training technique. You can see her in straight. What are you guys doing out here? That's not cool. Frank is out. That's not good. Hey guys, Frank is out backstage. Give me one second, folks. Hello, anybody? Frank is out. Frank's out. Looks like we're running into a little bit of technical difficulties. Not to worry. Our next animal star, what? Sounds like you said porcupine. Oh, that's not good, guys.