The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard Produced by Liza Finley with Marcelena Spencer and Sara Rodriguez (This story previously aired on Aug. 13, 2011. It was updated on Dec. 27, 2014.) Mark Stover was known as the dog whisperer of the Pacific Northwest -- a man who could tangle with the most ferocious canine and bring it to its knees. "He was almost more dog than he was human. I would see him get down on all fours and look at the dogs right in their eyes and he just had this amazing connection," said friend and client Andrea Franulovich. "I think every once in a while you run across these people that are extraordinary. And Mark definitely was ... extraordinary," she continued. "He just had this way to be able to walk in the room and just grab the attention from everybody."
Mark Stover An outdoorsman and avid hunter, Stover was also a history buff and gun collector with over 30 firearms, says his sister Vicky Simmons. Simmons described her brother as, "Highly intelligent, well-read, excellent cook. ...He could be difficult. He could be pointed in his comments." A hard edge, she says, that came from a tough upbringing. Their father died when Mark was just 18 months old; then, a sister died. "It wasn't a normal childhood. Survival was a pretty big item on our list," Simmons said. "And my