Nicole Zuehl

"Who would have known that leaving her home town in Northern California would lead to the journey of a life time? Her enthusiasm, professionalism, patience and love for the animals have made her one of the top animal trainers in our industry.

Some of her responsibilities include animal training, script breakdowns, budgets, professional animal advice, and great translation of animal action that can save productions time and money.

Nicole's journeys have taken her from one end of the world to the other some of which include the Jungles of Sri Lanka all the way to the deserts of Mongolia working with almost every animal imaginable.

With a back ground in training exotic animals Nicole came to Working Wildlife with ambition in her blood, she has become our head dog trainer and coordinator. With the abilities to train almost any animal Nicole finds that the dogs are very rewarding and enjoys being in charge of our amazing canine actors rising to the top.

Some of her experiences include Spy Kids 4, The Search for Santa Paws, Santa Buddies, Rita Rocks, Monster Mutt, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies, Resident Evil Extinction,Jungle Book II, Mowglis Story, Animal Rescue Kids (Discovery kids show), Steven Kings Desperation, and many of the most prominent advertising commercials on television today. Nicole believes that building a relationship with the animals is one of the most important keys in training animals. She trains using positive reinforcement methods which brings out a good attitude in the animals. We know that Nicole's fun loving attitude and professionalism will bring enjoyment to working with animals in your production. "