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HIT THE MARK ANIMAL TALENT

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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

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

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

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 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 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

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