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Hey, everybody, welcome to Animals At Work, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
the show that brings you... animals at work. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
Around the world there are millions of animals that have jobs. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:11 | |
This is the show that brings you | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
the most extraordinary, bizarre and unusual animals at work. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
Coming up next on Animals At Work... | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Teddy the donkey trains for his first day... | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
Easy! Teddy! | 0:00:24 | 0:00:25 | |
..and has a lot to say about it. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
TEDDY BRAYS | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
Border Collie cross Rocky sings for his supper. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
ROCKY HOWLS Well, howls. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:34 | |
And this elephant causes a real stink at work. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
ALL: Ugh! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
Hi, and welcome to the show. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:57 | |
Now if you're anything like me you'll be a sucker | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
for home deliveries. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
But my postman, well all I can say is hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
He always turns up late | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
but in Britain's countryside | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
there's a brand new shopping ass-istant. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
HE LAUGHS Ass-istant. Get it? | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
I don't write this stuff, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
but four legs will hopefully be better than my postie's two. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
He's a little donkey who's taken on a heavy load, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
and Animals At Work is joining him along his dusty road. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
First off, we're going to the village of Chalford in England. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
Nearly 100 years ago, the villagers of Chalford | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
had their shopping brought to their front doors. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
They didn't have cars back then to get up the steep hills | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
so they gave the job to a donkey. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
Let's call him Ned. Ned the donkey did the job for many years | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
and when he retired, no-one thought to replace him. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
In modern day Chalford, the hills are still as steep | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
and the invention of cars has not made the paths any wider! | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
The villagers still have to carry their own shopping | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
and they are sick of it. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
They have decided it's time... | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
Bring back the donkey! | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
Step forward, Teddy. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
This is Teddy. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:23 | |
Teddy's got a big job in front of him, yeah, to become | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
a professional delivery donkey. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
When Anna met Teddy, he was living at the donkey sanctuary | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
after an unsuccessful career as a beach donkey. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Anna gave Teddy a new home and for the last five months, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
he's been living the good life! | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
# Upside, inside out | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
# She's livin' la vida loca | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
# She'll push and pull you down | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
# Livin' la vida loca | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
# Her lips are devil red | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
# And her skin's the colour mocha | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
# She will wear you out | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
# Livin' la vida loca, all right! | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
# Livin' la vida loca. # | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
KISSING | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
Come on. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:07 | |
Teddy's really landed on his hooves with Anna. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
She sees to his grooming... | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Just groom him in the direction of his fur | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
and make sure I do his legs as well cos they get muddy. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
..his food and drink, and generally waits on him hand and hoof. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
What you've got to do with one of these is | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
pick out all the mud that gets stuck inside the hoof | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
and he also can bite you while you're doing this. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
It's not an easy task. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
But all this is about to change. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
Teddy is in for a rude awakening when he finds out that soon | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
Anna is going to turn from his maid to his manager. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
His new job is delivery donkey to the village | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
and he has to learn to wear saddlebags | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
so that he can carry the townspeople's shopping | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
up the steep hills to their home. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
But Teddy has really kicked back while he's been living with Anna, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
and her plan for his new job may not go as smoothly as she hopes. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
Teddy can be quite unpredictable. Ow. Stop it. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
He's only four, he's got a lot of energy so he will get, you know, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
a little bit unruly, yeah. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
Come on! Because he's a teenager. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
Oi! | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
So, yeah, it's really important that we train Teddy and get it right. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
That is going to be the challenge for us. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
When Teddy came to live with Anna, she soon realized that he needed | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
a playmate for all those lonely days frolicking in the fields. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
So, she introduced him to Chester. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
They bonded like brothers and this new job | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
will be the longest amount of time that they have ever been apart. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
Chester's the little brother who follows the big brother around | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
and he will do absolutely everything that Teddy does. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
They hate being separated. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
Although there's no denying that Anna is Teddy's biggest fan, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
she does struggle when it comes to managing this pampered mule. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
I'm training Teddy pretty much from scratch. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
When I got him first I wasn't sure if he was up for the job | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
because I didn't know him | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
so the character's really important and that he'll get on with people. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
So it's really still early days with the training. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
Physically, he's strong and also character-wise, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
he's a wonderful donkey. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
Munchy, munchy. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
But he's got a weakness... he's a pig. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
He is quite food obsessed. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
He's not fat but he shouldn't put on any more weight. Good boy! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
Later, we'll find out if Teddy can leave his pampered past behind him. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
He might not get much further than this, to be honest. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
And make a success of his delivery days. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
Now we're off to St John's on the east coast of Canada. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
This is Rocky, a two-year-old Border Collie cross. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
He lives in St John's in Newfoundland, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
with his co-star Damian. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:14 | |
Damian and Rocky are local celebrities. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
I think I recognise your dog. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
-You've probably seen him on TV. -On TV. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Have a great evening everyone and we will see you again tomorrow. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
Take it away Rocky. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:27 | |
When Rocky is not singing for his supper, | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
he goes on local TV to raise awareness for animal welfare. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
ROCKY HOWLS | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Rocky's special talent is singing along | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
to Damian playing the harmonica! | 0:06:39 | 0:06:40 | |
I think it definitely makes a difference. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
Him being on the air singing, again it encourages people | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
to get involved, to donate money. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
Howling is a way of communicating over long distances. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
When Rocky howls along to music, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
he is interpreting the sound as another dog howling | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
and he is talking back. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
But howling is not always a good sign. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
If a dog howls with no accompaniment, it could be a sign that he's lonely. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
But this isn't the case for Rocky! | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
His radio and TV performances | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
have been going so well | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
that tonight, for the first time ever, | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
Rocky is going to sing with Damian in his stage debut at a local pub. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
This is the big time! | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
Very nervous for Rocky, extremely nervous for Rocky. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
I never get nervous but this is nerve-racking. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
He's a bit wary, there's such a crowd of people. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
As he takes to the stage for the first time | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
it looks like Rocky has a touch of stage fright. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
DAMIAN PLAYS HARMONICA | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
The pressure is too much for Rocky and he's forgotten his lines. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
Damian needs to do something drastic to get rid of Rocky's stage fright | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
and get him to perform. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
Come on, Rocky! | 0:08:11 | 0:08:12 | |
THEY HOWL: How Much Is That Doggy In The Window? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
Looks like rock star Rocky is a born performer, | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
and he's not leaving tonight until he's given his fans an encore! | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
We've been surfing the net to see what animals get up to | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
on their days off. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:46 | |
Take Sharky the pit bull and his dinky duckling mates | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
from Texas in America. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:51 | |
They like to relax by the pool on a hot summer's day! | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Friends come in all shapes and sizes! | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
We're heading back to England, to the village of Chalford. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
Teddy the teenage donkey | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
has been living a perfectly pampered life | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
since moving in with his adoring manager, Anna. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
That is, until she signed him up | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
for a heavyweight job delivering groceries. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
His hooves will go where wheels fear to tread. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
Today is the first time Teddy will wear a trial saddle | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
and attempt to climb the highest spot in the village, Rack Hill. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
It's time to introduce Teddy to his two newest helpers. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
Elle and Mim. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:48 | |
Elle and Mim live in the highest house on the tallest hill | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
so they are very keen for Teddy to learn his trade and save their legs! | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
He's not used to this so what we need, | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
do you want to pick it up and just let him smell it. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
Accepting any burden will be new to Teddy, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
so his training involves | 0:10:05 | 0:10:06 | |
adding weights to his back gently and evenly and not all on his spine. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:11 | |
Place this on his back, and what's really important | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
is that it's done evenly so that it's not off balance. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:19 | |
When properly distributed, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
this diva donkey can carry weights of up to 50 kilograms. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
That's over 100 bags of sugar! | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
Sweet! | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
It would be great because it would save... | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
It's always very hard to bring a veg box up. It weighs a tonne. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Good boy. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:35 | |
I've always wanted to have a horse or donkey | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
come to my house cos I've always loved them. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
Yeah, she really likes them. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:41 | |
So we're gonna lead Teddy down to the village, down to Chalford | 0:10:41 | 0:10:46 | |
and I hope we're gonna take him up Rack Hill. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
-That's where you live, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
He seems a bit nervous already, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
but like any teenager, who knows what's going on in his head! | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
Bye, Chester. Bye-bye. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
Don't get too upset. He'll be back. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Good boy. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:05 | |
In three months, he'll be, like, perfect. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
I think he might do pretty well. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
It's a long walk into the village | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
and it's a long time since Teddy's tender little hooves | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
have trotted so far! | 0:11:15 | 0:11:16 | |
If it rains, the game is up. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Donkeys hate the wet as their fur is not oily enough to be waterproof, | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
and Teddy will stay stubbornly undercover until it stops. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
Or even worse... | 0:11:27 | 0:11:28 | |
If he sees other horse poo on the floor | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
he'll have to stop and sniff it. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
He's really interested to see who's been past here before? | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
Who is it? | 0:11:38 | 0:11:39 | |
It's time for Teddy's ultimate training test. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
So up here is the path that we will be taking him on | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
and this will be part of his training programme. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
I'm gonna try and get him to go up there | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
but I'm not sure he wants to go right now. Come on. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
Do you want to give him a pat, girls? | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
He might not get much further than this. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
The training was going well. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Let's hope there won't be a waiting list for deliveries any time soon. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
He's fed up. He wants to go home. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
Will Teddy's first delivery go according to plan, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
or will he make a fool of himself? | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
Teddy? Easy! Teddy! | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
People often complain that their careers stink | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
but get ready to meet an elephant that might say the same thing. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
Mind you, he might have some choice words to say to his career advisor | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
because his job is literally toilet. TOILET FLUSHES | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
And if you don't believe me, get ready as we travel to Thailand | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
to meet an animal at work you're never gonna forget. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta go do a really big job of my own. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
Now we're going all the way to Thailand in Asia. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
Address books, bookmarkers, photo albums, | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
all goods made from paper. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
But these aren't products you can pick up in any stationer's. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
Because they're all made from... | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
elephant dung! | 0:13:19 | 0:13:20 | |
This is Some Sei Ouu | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
and he lives here in the Thailand Elephant Conservation Centre. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
The centre was opened almost 40 years ago | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
to care for sick and injured elephants. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
Constant eating meant that the elephants' poop | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
was creating more than just a headache for the workers. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
Their digestive systems are very inefficient. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Maybe 40, 45% what they take in goes into their bodies. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
The rest comes out undigested. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
PHRRRT! | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
We've got 50 elephants. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
We get an incredible amount of dung every day, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
to the point where it was becoming a really serious problem. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
The elephants live on a healthy vegetarian diet of leaves and plants. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
An elephant eats about 5% of its body weight | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
every day in fresh food. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
After all that food, the two and a half tonnes of poop | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
that was produced every day used to be a big stink. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
That is, until they invented a system to turn the poop into paper. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
For anyone thinking this is a new idea, it's not. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
The idea was discovered in France in 1841 and Napoleon III | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
made paper from the dung of the Royal horses | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
in a factory at the gates of Paris. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
Nothing so regal here in Thailand. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
Some Sei Ouu is one of the centre's best poop providers. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
At full elephant maturity he weighs in at an incredible | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
4,500 kilograms. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
That's this many school children. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
And he eats 250 kilograms of food each day. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
That's this many kids. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
And he poops out the equivalent of this many kids - 50 kilos! | 0:15:12 | 0:15:17 | |
Which if you count all 50 elephants amounts to the weight | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
of this many school kids, plus our soundman! | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
Paper is made up mainly of cellulose, which comes from plants. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
And elephant dung is 80% cellulose, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
which makes it a perfect starting point for paper! | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
Most people's first reaction is either mild disgust or snickering | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
or whatever but then when you stop and think about it, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
it makes great sense because what is paper but fibre? | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
And what part of the elephant dung do you use? | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
You use the fibre. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
So what is the recipe for turning poop to paper? | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
To start with, first collect some freshly produced elephant poo. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
A few shovelfuls should do it. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
Mix with water to make a smelly liquid slurry. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
And remember, make sure you mix it well. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
On the first day it's a bit gross | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
but after a while you get used to it. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
Then boil - we don't want any bugs left in it! | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
Though it doesn't look any cleaner. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
Once well boiled, it's bleached to give it a better colour. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
Then we need to break it down. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
The thick soup-like mixture is then poured on to screens | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
and checked for any bits and pieces... | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
Sometimes when I do this I find watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
..before finally allowed to bake for three or four days | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
in the scorching sunlight. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
And it's very popular with the children, | 0:17:13 | 0:17:15 | |
who can't quite believe that it's made from poop. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Just like paper, it doesn't have any smell. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
It's just normal like paper. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
But it's all in a day's work for Some Sei Ouu. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
We've been looking out for your home videos | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
of what your animals get up to on the weekend. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
Take Elsie the sheep as she gets a mutton make-over. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
# I love the way she fills her clothes | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
# She looks just like them girls in Vogue | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
# I love the way she plays it cool... # | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
From frumpy to fleecy. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:00 | |
Good show, Elsie! | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
Now, we're flying to Switzerland in Europe. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
These are the Swiss Alps, famous for some of the world's best ski resorts. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
And this is not a new European fashion in scarves | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
but Yukon, a five-year-old American-Canadian White Shepherd. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:30 | |
He's one of the best mountain rescue dogs in the world. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
He's one of the only dogs ever to dig out a living avalanche victim. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
This is an incredibly important job, as avalanches | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
in the Swiss Alps alone claim around 150 lives per year. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
Yukon works alongside Peter, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
and like most Shepherds he makes a great companion. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
He has all the qualities a rescue dog needs. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
He's intelligent, hard working and has a great sense of smell. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
And at 27 kilos, about the weight of four bowling balls, | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
Yukon is also portable - and that's very important for their work. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
Every day, Yukon and Peter scour the mountains | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
to check that the tracks are clear | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
and the snow is firm enough to ski on. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
But their main job is to save the victims of accidents | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
on the mountains. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:27 | |
They are on call 24/7. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
Each year in the Davos area, there are up to 1,500 accidents | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
and our purpose is to get them to hospital quickly. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
This is no ordinary job for Yukon and Peter. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
The bond they share means that working together | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
is a treat for both of them. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
-TRANSLATION : -The relationship I have with my dog is very close. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
Yukon is like the best working partner. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
Outside the job, I can say he's a very, very good friend. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
We're always together, day and night. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
In the four years Yukon and Peter have worked together, | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
they have survived 14 avalanche missions. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
Avalanches are one of the biggest mountain dangers to humans. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
They can be triggered by snowfall, the sun and people. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
Avalanches can reach up to 300 kilometres per hour - | 0:20:15 | 0:20:20 | |
that's faster than a high-speed train | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
and can contain over 10,000,000 tonnes of snow. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
Survival rates in avalanches are low. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
If you're caught in one, it's unlikely that you'll get out alive. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
But one rescue mission in particular stands out - | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
their search for snowboarder Lukas Lohner. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
One sunny December morning, Lukas had been snowboarding for a few hours | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
before he realised that he was late for an appointment in town. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:50 | |
He then made his dangerous mistake, he decided to take a shortcut. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:55 | |
As soon as he left the marked trail, Lukas entered avalanche territory. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
Lukas didn't even hear it coming down the mountain. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
Suddenly the ground was pulled | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
from under his feet. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
Lukas was sliding down the mountain | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
on a huge boulder of snow. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
Lukas was buried under five feet | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
of snow and still conscious. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
All he could hear was the sound | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
of his own heart. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:19 | |
It was another 15 minutes before the alert reached Peter and Yukon | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
back at the rescue centre. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
And by the time the helicopter touched down, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
30 minutes had already passed. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
Speed is crucial at times like this | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
because survival rates drop dramatically as time goes on. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
Peter knew the chances of finding Lukas alive | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
were dropping by the minute, | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
and the pair set out to work combing the area for a scent. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
With built in four-leg drive, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
a dog can cover terrain | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
eight times faster than a human. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
Yukon searched for pools | 0:21:55 | 0:21:56 | |
of human scent | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
rising up through the snow pack. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:00 | |
50 minutes had passed | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
since the avalanche buried Lukas | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
when Yukon found a scent | 0:22:03 | 0:22:04 | |
and started digging. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
With Peter's help, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:08 | |
Yukon found Lukas alive | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
and still conscious. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:11 | |
A miracle. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
And that's why Yukon is | 0:22:13 | 0:22:14 | |
one of the best mountain rescue dogs | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
in the world. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:17 | |
It's back to Chalford in England. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
Hello. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:29 | |
-Today is Teddy's first day on his new job. -Come on. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
Come on, it's your big day. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
Pampered and plump, adored by his younger brother Chester, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
his manager Anna has complete faith in him to perform perfectly. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:43 | |
So, today is Teddy's first proper delivery day | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
and we're really excited about that | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
and so we're gonna take him down to the village, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
with his panniers on and get some groceries from the shop | 0:22:51 | 0:22:56 | |
and deliver them. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
This is the beginning of the rest of your delivery life today. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
What do you think of that? | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Today is D-day and Teddy will be delivering at Elle and Mim's house | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
at the top of Rack Hill. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:08 | |
All these years they've been taking their shopping up | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
so they're going to get things taken up by the donkey this time | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
so they won't have to worry, will they, Teddy? | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
You're going to do all that. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
Well, I'm a little bit nervous. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
Umm, I hope it will all go to plan. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
We might have a few little moments. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
Come on, Teddy. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:33 | |
While Anna takes Teddy to get ready for part one of his mission, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
what's Chester got to say about it? | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
CHESTER BRAYS | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
TEDDY BRAYS | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
Meanwhile in the village, Elle and Mim have done their shopping | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
and are waiting for it to be picked up. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
So it's time for Teddy to saddle up for the job in hand. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
I feel very proud about taking him out for the first delivery. | 0:23:55 | 0:24:01 | |
I think he's gonna do a great job, aren't you, Teddy? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
Well, buenos dias! | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
It's time for Senor Teddy to conquer the hills | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
and fulfil his role as an eco-delivery shopping service. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
TEDDY BRAYS | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
-He sounds enthusiastic enough... -Walk on. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:24 | |
-..but maybe not. -Walk on. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
Still waiting. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
You know what needs to be done. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
Come around here. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:34 | |
Teddy? Easy! Teddy! | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Easy. Teddy. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Easy. Teddy. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:41 | |
-No. Teddy. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:42 | |
CRASHING | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
Whoa! There's a donkey on the loose and a job on the line | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
and Elle and Mim are still waiting. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
Come on. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
He's a bit nervous at the moment. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
You don't normally do that, do you? | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
Ever forgiving, Anna manages to get Teddy back on track, | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
and with saddles reattached keeps him plodding on to complete phase one - | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
pick up the shopping. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
I have to pull. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
He should really be walking without any tension on my rope. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
I don't think the weight's an issue, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
it's just whether he wants to go or not. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
Come on. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
The girls have now been waiting so long for Teddy to show up | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
that they're starting to get suspicious about his whereabouts. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
The path isn't that steep. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
I think he'll be OK because the donkeys a hundred years ago | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
managed to go up. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:32 | |
With all her donkey training expertise proving fruitless | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
against Teddy's mulish behaviour, Anna resorts to bribery. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:41 | |
You'll like it here cos they give you apples. Yes. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
Look who's here. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
I got Teddy to come and deliver your shopping for you. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
Anything heavy in one side we have to... | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
Part one of the mission is complete! | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
-Teddy has the shopping. -Look at that! | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
Now he needs to avoid any more embarrassment | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
in front of his new customers and get that shopping up that hill! | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
OK, if you think the panniers... | 0:26:03 | 0:26:04 | |
It'll be fun for you to see him arriving at your door | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
with the groceries. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:09 | |
We're gonna go up the hill now. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
This is the first trial of the steep paths. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
He's not sure about that, he's not sure. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
He's on his way. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
Wow! | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
I didn't think he'd like the steps. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
He just wants to eat something really, that's all. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
Up we go. Come on. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
Not far to go now. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:31 | |
Let's go. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
-Walk on. -Come on, Teddy! -Good boy. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
-There you are. -Thank you. -Thanks, girls. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
Teddy has made it up the hill! | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
Well done, Teddy. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:47 | |
Do you want to give him an apple to say thanks? | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
-I think he was really good. -Wasn't he? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
I'm happy because I didn't think that he'd make it up there. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
Now he's up and running, | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
this is one job that he will hold down for donkey's years! | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
Oh, Teddy, you're brilliant. Well done. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
You get a big hug, big hug, yes. Well done. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:09 | |
Hey, Daisy, wanna hear a joke? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
What do you call a donkey with one leg? | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
A wonky donkey. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
Wait, wait. Come here, come here. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
I got a better one. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:19 | |
What do you call a donkey with one leg and one eye? | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
A winky, wonky donkey. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
What do you call a donkey with diarrhoea, one eye and one leg? | 0:27:24 | 0:27:30 | |
A stinky, winky, wonky donkey. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
I know, I'm sorry. No, don't go away. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
I'm not finished yet. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
I thought those up on the hoof. DAISY BRAYS | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Subtitles by Russell Morrison Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
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