Welcome to Check The Gate!
 

​Sue Chipperton has trained animals for Hollywood for 29 years.

Arriving in Hawaii from Los Angeles after 21 years working for one of the leading animal companies (Studio Animal Services)​ ​ ​where she was a senior trainer and animal coordinator.

in 2014 she started her own company...check the gate ~ animals for film and TV
 

You can visit the Credits page on this site for a complete list of all the work Sue has done in the past two decades - which included  training The Taco Bell Dog, The Aflac Duck and the puppies for the Budweiser Super Bowl commercials.  Sue has also traveled the World working as a studio trainer in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Chile, Hungary, Mexico and Canada to name a few.
 

You can trust her experience to supply your production - no matter how large or how small - with animals of all shapes and sizes, either in Hawaii or wherever your location may be.
 

Please call or email for a script breakdown, budget and photos or if you have any questions.

 

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**productions please note:  certain animals to be imported from the mainland   may require up to a three month lead time for import paperwork to be processed by the dept. of agriculture. please contact me if you have any questions.