Brandon McMilan's Training Center Inspired the Show
Brandon McMillan, the former host of the CBS collection, 'Lucky Dog,' trains "unadoptable" canine on this ranch in California. Learn extra about his work,
Since 2013, Brandon McMillan has captured the hearts of animal fans as host of the CBS series Lucky Dog. The show follows Brandon rescuing "unadoptable" canine from shelters and rehabilitating them at his training facility, the Lucky Dog Ranch — or a minimum of it did until he stepped down from the place and new hosts took over in 2021.
Despite his leaving the show, lovers remained thinking about the ranch itself.
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Brandon's history of operating with animals dates back to his youth; his father and uncle worked in the animal entertainment industry. Before his Lucky Dog status, he educated animals like lions and tigers — or even insects — for motion pictures and TV shows.
It wasn't until 2010 when Brandon opened a canine boarding and training center, Lucky Dog Ranch, which is positioned outdoor Los Angeles. That's when he began training carrier canines and therapy canine.
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Lucky Dog Ranch has helped masses of canine.
"I started reading the statistics about the amount of dogs that are put down every year because they can't find homes — 1.5 million dogs are put down because they can't find homes," he advised Ellen DeGeneres in 2014. "And so it really set me on a different path. So I started rescuing these dogs, and I started turning them into movie stars and service dogs. These are great dogs; I just needed to give them a second chance."
He has additionally labored with canines of celebrities, together with those belonging to: Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres, Kate Hudson, High Hefner, Chris Hardwick, Don Cheadle, and James Caan.
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The canines that come to Lucky Dog Ranch are totally immersed of their training, Brandon defined.
"These dogs eat, sleep, and breathe training," he told Watch! mag in 2019. "I compare dog training to martial arts. These dogs have to be black belts by the time they leave my ranch."
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How did Brandon McMillan get his eyebrow scar?
Those who've been following Brandon for some time on Lucky Dog have likely spotted the scar on Brandon's right eyebrow. But how did he get it? In 2018, he defined the instances leading to the scar in an "ask me anything" thread by means of Reddit.
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"I was working with an Akita about 15 years ago, he had serious known aggression issues so I knew what I was up against going into it," Brandon recounted. "The ground I was working on was very old, cracked concrete. My heel hit a lip in the concrete, I fell back on the ground, he launched and grabbed my face, shook it — taking my entire nose apart with it."
Brandon endured, "Along with my nose being in pieces, I had a hole through my cheek, and of course my right eye was gashed leaving me with the scar you see today .... Thankfully I live in Los Angeles that has some of the best plastic surgeons in the world. If you look even more closely you'll see I have a scar that goes right through my left eyebrow which is horizontal. That was from a horse attacking me when I was 11 years old. Nearly killed me."
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