Morning Man Encore: Brandon McMillan!

Originally posted on Sept 8, 2014 – not updated

Was sacked out on my dad’s sofa in Huntington Beach and a show came on next called Lucky Dog in which this very handsome dog trainer, Brandon McMillan, takes dogs that are about to be euthanized and matches them with a new owner.

Brandon grew up in the circus because his family is animal trainers. He jokes that he’s been “picking up tiger poop” as far back as he can remember.

Since becoming an animal trainer, Brandon has trained lions, bears, tigers, reptiles and even insects for such films as The Hangover, We Bought a Zoo, The Jungle Book II, I Am Sam, Buddy, Soul Plane, Red Dragon and television’s 24, Dharma and Greg, Jackass, Wildboyz and Carnivale, plus hundreds of commercials and ads.

Brandon is well known in Los Angeles for rescuing dogs out of the pound that are just days away from being put to sleep and turn them into movie stars. Many of Hollywood’s A-list celebrities call upon Brandon to help with their out of control pets at home including Ellen and Portia (see video below).