HIT THE MARK ANIMAL TALENT
ABOUT US
HTM ANIMAL TALENT
With over 20 years of experience providing proven animal talent to the industry, Hit the Mark Animal Talent supplies sourcing, casting, and wrangling services for a variety of species of animal talent for projects across the United States and beyond. We respond and fill casting requests quickly, and provide experienced, trained, and vetted candidates from an extensive talent pool and wide variety of species of animal talent. Led by a Master Trainer, Canine Behavior Specialist, and Certified Professional Dog Trainer, we also source, train, and wrangle dog talent for print, media, live action, and film projects.
CONSULTING SERVICE TO PRODUCERS - from budgeting and pre-production to wrap on all the animal-related scenes, action, and compliance with American Humane’s guidelines - including breaking down scripts and workups to understand what animals and skills are needed.
ON-SET ANIMAL SERVICES - we are available to make sure the animal is safe and comfortable on set and as a professional on set for liability and insurance purposes.
MEET THE TEAM
Traci Murdock, CPDT-KA
Traci Murdock, CPDT-KA, is a Master Trainer, Canine Behavior Specialist, and Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and she is a Talent Scout and Wrangler, Barn Hunt Judge, and Rally Judge. She has trained dogs and their humans since 2000. She has trained and handled a wide variety of species for work on and off set.
Traci’s competition in dog sports and experience in print and film media has allowed her to broaden the set of skills and tools that she uses to train dogs and their humans. Lessons learned while training for Flyball, Agility, Rally, Obedience, Conformation, Herding, Freestyle, Frisbee, Barn Hunt, and Therapy work translate into enhanced methods for preparing animals and their humans for work on set and with human actors.
Talent Agent - Owner
Olivia Vescovo, CPDT-KA
With over 10 years of professional dog training experience and a degree in Technical Theatre, Olivia seamlessly meshes her knowledge of animal behavior and working sets to create positive outcomes for both animal and production. In her free time, she is an AKC Scent Work judge and competes in a variety of dog sports with her 5 dogs.
Senior Animal Wrangler
Patricia Debarros
Patricia Debarros-Kari has been training and competing in dog sports since 2004. She has a solid understanding of animal behavior, and animal training practices and techniques, mostly focused on domestic animals and birds.
Patricia is an AKC Earthdog Judge, AKC CGC Evaluator, and an instructor in the dog sport of Barn Hunt. She and her husband Brian share their home with 8 miniature Dachshunds, 2 cats, 2 miniature donkeys, and 10+ chickens.
Senior Animal Wrangler
Elise Smith
Elise has competed with her beagles in agility on a national level for over 20 years, earning multiple Master Agility Championship titles. She has trained dogs as an agility instructor and for work as animal actors. In addition to competing in agility, both of her current beagles are animal actors and have appeared in numerous national advertisements and network television commercials.
Animal Wrangler
Carrie Atkinson
Carrie has over 15 years experience as a trainer and volunteer therapy dog handler and therapy animal evaluator. She enjoys helping animals be successful on and off set and always looks for ways to make it fun for everybody. Training and competing with her three energetic terriers is one of her favorite things to do.
Animal Wrangler
OUR CLIENTS
SELECT LIST OF CLIENTS
BULL
Bull Films, LLC
DALLAS
TNT
Forgive/Forget
Empty Theatre Productions
Jules of Light and Dark
Artless Media
Mamma Dallas
HBO pilot
Queen of the South
USA Network
Red Wing
Integrity Film Productions
Save the Cat
Alex M. Kennedy
The Ghost of Goodnight Lane
Media World
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles
Trailmaker Productions
The Wiz
Dallas Theatre Center
Will Roger's Follies
Grapevine Theatre
AT&T
Aloft
Amazon
Animal Planet
At Home
Austin Humane Society
BJ's Restaurants
Banfield
Barney
Baylor
Belk
Brookshire's
Brookstone
Chase Bank
Choctaw
Choice Hotels
D Magazine
Dodge
Ford
Fossil
Four Legged Fashion / Fashion Group International of Dallas
Frito Lay
Front of the Pack
Frontgate
Golf Digest
HEB
Haggar
Haverty's
Hill's Science Diet
Horchow
JCPenney
Janimation
LL Bean
Loews Hotels
Marriott
Milestone
NIKE
Nature’s Variety
Neiman Marcus
Noom
Ollie
Orkin
Orvis
Papa John's
PawTree
Pedigree
PetSmart
Petmate
Pier 1
Puma
Purina
Redbubble
Reliant Energy
Ring
Sam’s Club
Shaw Flooring
Simple Solutions
Spectrum
Spike TV
Spirit Magazine - Southwest Airlines
Stainmaster
State Farm
T-Mobile
Takis
Target
Texas Health Resources
Texas Monthly
Texas Oncology
Texas State Lotto
The Home Depot
Toyota
Tractor Supply
Tractor Supply
Vet Meds
W Hotels
Whole Foods
Wyndham