Animal training
for film and TV

After a cat to lick its butt on cue? A rooster to 'act' aggressively? How about a dog to dance around with a basket on its head, or a chicken to give a dying performance? We can bring your creative genius to life. Nothing is impossible. The only limit is your imagination.

Our latest project: Runt!

Nimble, fast, agile, quick, smart and loyal. We knew as soon as we met her, Squid was Runt – and Runt was Squid.

Learn more about Squid who played lead character animal actor in this soon to be released, film based on the incredible & award winning novel by Craig Silvey.

Watch the trailer and read about the movie here.

Experience with many creatures, All Great and some Small...

With experience spanning from insects to elephants, we’ve had the blissful opportunity to work with many of the incredible animals that call this planet home. As animal trainers and animal wranglers in the film and TV industry, we use this experience everyday.

We Do Animals is a little different from others in the entertainment industry:

Experienced film trained animals

We train to the script so animals are trained according the project requirements

We specialise in lead animal characters

We Do Animals firmly establish animals as strong characters within each story

Bespoke animal curator

Tailored approach: We select the right individual animal, not just in looks, for your project

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Services tailored to meet your requirements

Script development for Film, TV, Theatre

We get to see a variety of personalities behave in fascinating ways in diverse environments. Contact us for all your 'how would an animal behave in this scene' questions!

Animal auditioning, costing and sourcing

Whatever your needs, we can arrange auditions or source animals that are perfect for your story, who can work comfortably on set, equating to higher standards of welfare, better action, safer situations and quicker filming.

Script breakdown

We offer script breakdown for all animal action throughout your screenplay & offer up suggestions for believable animal actions.

Animal training for your animal characters

Once our animal roles have been cast, we begin training to create the animal character. Far more than just tricks, we focus on creating natural looking behaviours which are Actor lead

Pre-production

During pre-training and pre-pro, we send video updates of the training & begin to create the scenes from the script.

Filming

Think of us as puppeteers, you direct us and we direct the animals. This is such a great collaborative process, as good communication is the foundation for magical moments on screen.