Do you take your dog for a walk, or is it usually the other way around? Mark is a world-renowned Animal Behaviourist, Zoologist and Trainer. He has trained a variety of species for film and television performances in such movies as Narnia, Lord of the Rings and The Last Samurai. Mark comes to the Altbays Show to chat about our relationship with our pets, animal intelligence, the best dog training approach and much more!
Show 164 – Mark Vette (Animal Behaviourist/Zoologist)
Welcome to the Altbays Show (Feat. Steffen Lindner and Leo Magri)
Meet Mark Vette
Mark is a world-renowned Animal Behaviourist, Zoologist and Trainer. He brings together a unique combination of academic studies with 40 years of applied clinical animal behaviour consulting and treatment. Alongside his clinical animal behaviour work, Mark has trained a variety of species for film and television performance in such movies as Narnia, Lord of the Rings and The Last Samurai. Mark has also led 3 TV Series to date – Purina Pound Pups to Dog Stars, the UK-based Dogs Might Fly and his earliest work The Funny Farm.
Mark has drawn together his deep love and understanding of dog behaviour into Dog Zen and Puppy Zen – a training philosophy where to truly love your dog you must first understand them. This is delivered through Virtual Training Schools (for puppies, teenage puppies and adult dogs), books, consults and workshops.
Mark’s vision, his ‘big idea’, is to transform dog behaviour in New Zealand in 10 years through helping people understand dog behaviour and develop harmonious, loving relationships with their dogs, thus preserving this incredible millennia-long history we share together. He continues to learn much from these amazing wonderful beings that have been at his side all his life and never ceases to be amazed by their presence and joy.
If you were to ask Mark where his most profound insights come from, it would be from his 40 years of Zen practice under the guidance of his Great Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Mark was ordained into the ‘Order of Interbeing’ in 1994 and continues to practice and share.
For more information visit http://dogzen.com/
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