Skateboarding Who Let the Dogs Out?

If you don't believe in flying dogs...

-DOG HOWLS

-..piano playing dogs,

or crazy balloon bursting dogs,

then you'd better sit down and shut up

because at the Dog House, amazing dog trainer Zak George

teaches ordinary dogs things you will never believe.

Welcome to Who Let The Dogs Out?

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# Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who?

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Today, on Who Let The Dogs Out?, we are going to see amazing dogs,

talented dogs and even record breaking dogs

and three dogs are going to learn something really weird.

Today, our dogs are going to learn how to skateboard.

Yep, you heard me right, skateboard.

Now if this sounds like it might be challenging for a dog, you're right.

It's all about balance.

In this challenge, the dogs must get on a skateboard,

start it moving and stay on it while it rolls down a slope.

Dogs will receive one point for every metre travelled

and extra points if they push the skateboard along with a paw.

The dog with the most points will win.

A dog that can already confidently stand on a skateboard

has a head start for this one

and that's what I was hoping to find at the try-outs.

Over 400 kids brought their dogs to the try-outs.

Really cool!

They all hoped that Zak would take them

to the Dog House to learn an incredible stunt.

Oh, I've got to see this.

He saw trendy dogs, patriotic dogs...

Hey, stop trying to be cute!

A few drank too much water on the way here,

while others didn't want to come at all.

All these dogs and trainers showed up and did tricks,

just to see if Zak would take them to his Dog House.

They didn't even know what stunt they'd end up learning.

That was pretty impressive!

The thing is, Zak only needed three teams for every stunt, not 400.

So in the end, for skateboarding, he chose these ones.

My name is Oliver.

My dog's name is Weasel. I come from Shrewsbury.

-What do you want to be when you grow up?

-I want to be a vet.

-A vet?

-You have a love for dogs and animals.

-Yes.

-You are ready to go, aren't you? Do whatever you want to do.

-Weasel!

Oliver is 13 years old and Weasel is seven.

Look at the attention here. Very nice.

When Weasel was born, she actually looked like a weasel.

-Hey!

-Good girl!

-I was not expecting that. Was not expecting that.

Nice heel. Sit at heel position there.

Oliver takes Weasel to agility competitions

and apparently they're good. So good that they went to Crufts.

The local paper wrote about them, so they're practically famous.

Weasel might be brilliant at other things, but can he skateboard?

Weasel, come. Weasel.

No. He's never even tried, but Zak reckoned he could teach him.

You have a lot to be proud of, Oliver.

I think you are on to very big things.

You did a very good job today.

What a very cool dog you have.

My name is Agnes and my dog is called Dolly and we're from London.

I want to come to the Dog House because it sounds very fun

-and I'd love to teach Dolly some new tricks.

-Do your thing.

Agnes is 11.

Her dog Dolly is a one-and-a- half-year-old French bulldog.

Agnes says that Dolly can bodyboard and she's quite sporty.

-You've worked on skateboarding?

-She can't push herself.

-Take your time.

I've heard sometimes Dolly can't even be bothered walking home

and instead, sneaks a lift on Agnes's mum's scooter.

-You're doing very well.

-That's not sporty! That's just lazy!

But even though Dolly's lazy, Zak felt that Agnes and Dolly

were a good team and he could get Dolly to skateboard.

Agnes and Dolly, I am super-impressed by you guys. That was very cool.

You look really, really prepared here.

I'm Freya, this is Jack and I come from Suffolk.

Jack's extremely intelligent. I'd love to teach him new things.

-You're serious about dog training.

-Yeah.

-Show me.

Now Freya is 13 years old and she has two dogs

and trains them both at the same time.

Jack is one-and-a-half

and was bought as a dog for her dad, who was ill. Wait...what?!

-Beautiful job.

-She stole her dad's dog!

-Where did you learn how to do that?

-I taught myself.

Since then, she has taught him 60 tricks. 60?!

I don't even know 60 tricks!

-Jack rebound. Good boy!

-OK, OK.

-Jack, up. Up.

Freya is so good at dog training that she'll probably teach Jack

to skateboard in ten minutes and then move on to sheep shearing.

-Good boy. Well done.

-Very cute. You are exceptional.

-Good lad. Well done!

So Freya and Jack, Agnes and Dolly and Oliver and Weasel

have made it into the Dog House.

Now they're going to get two days

of super-duper amazing dog training from Zak.

Then three weeks to practise before going head to head

in a skateboarding challenge.

The winner will take home this -

the Who Let The Dogs Out? top dog trophy!

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Today's trick is a tough one.

I wonder how they'll react when they find out what their stunt is.

You guys have got some energy over here!

Ladies and gentlemen,

you are going to be teaching your dogs how to skateboard.

-What do you think?

-Wow!

For those at home, who want to start teaching this to their dog,

they should use a block like this.

OK, here's how Zak suggests you use that block thing.

One - encourage your dog to get on and off.

Oi, Weasel! Stop stealing food!

What would you place the odds at Weasel learning to skateboard at?

-One in a million.

-One in a million?! You're not very optimistic here.

Hang on. Before the try-outs, Weasel hadn't even seen a skateboard.

Step two - you need to start wobbling the block,

to get your dog used to...wobbling, I suppose.

Just a little bit, see that?

Dolly has been on a moving skateboard before,

so she's probably laughing at Weasel. Hang on, can dogs laugh?

And step three - move on to a skateboard on the grass.

Freya here is a bit of an expert on dog training.

She's already taught Jack to start a skateboard moving by himself.

I put the skateboard down, but I made sure it was on grass.

-Play with that.

-Jack? And then I just rewarded.

-You're using the clicker.

Wondering what a clicker is? Well, listen up.

Dog trainers use a clicker to tell the dog he's done something right.

They click, give a treat

and the dog soon learns that a click means a treat's on its way.

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Let's teach our dogs to skateboard!

All right, perfect. Right now, all we're trying to do is get them

super comfortable on the skateboards.

Comfortable on the skateboard?! Jack's doing handstands on it!

These other dogs are never going to catch up with Jack.

Very impressed. What I love is this communication that you guys have.

Feeling a bit lazy, Dolly?

-I know what will benefit you. I want you to pick up your energy more.

-OK.

Uh-oh! Oliver is still trying to coax Weasel onto the skateboard.

Look at this. Two feet moving along. Click that. Reward that.

You wonder why more people didn't teach the dog to skateboard! So easy!

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Training is fun, but there's always time to chill out and play the fool.

Here's some dogs doing just that.

It is time for Dogs Have Got Talent and here is our first contestant.

THAT is style, THAT is classy. Apart from the bum.

Really good! Skipping! A bit tiring for the trainer there though! Hmm...

Ah, that's more like it.

Let the dog do the work. And the skipping, yeah!

R-O-L-L.

Good. U-P!

You pee?! Did she just say "you pee"?

That's a bit of a dangerous command to give a dog.

Make a bit of a mess on the carpet, that.

All ze great artists, zey are French!

Zey paint with ze brush, zey paint with ze feet,

zey paint with ze nappy tied around their neck,

zey are just fantastique in every respect-uh!

Rover, that's not a painting.

Meep! Meep! Meep! Reversing dog!

Meep! Meep!

This new breed of dog is called a Derren Brown.

With the power of his mind, he will find...a pebble.

Jumping...over...short... woman's...arms... Magnificent!

Look at him!

Pencil balancing!

Tub balancing!

Ball balancing! Oh, that IS nostril power!

Hmm, this dog seems to have confused playing the keyboards

with digging for bones. He's good though!

Oh, another musical dog!

And another!

A third!

Oh, he's good!

PLAYS PIANO AND HOWLS

-Oh, this is the one!

-DOG HOWLS

Oh, yeah!

Oh, take it away, daddy-o!

-Oh, get down!

-DOG HOWLS

Keep watching because soon there'll be some record breaking dogs,

Zak's quick trick and we'll find out who wins

the Who Let The Dogs Out? top dog trophy.

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-Good girl.

-I saw that. That was good.

Once you feel your dog's comfortable getting on and off

the skateboard and they're moving around,

we want them to push off with the foot.

That can be their back foot, their front foot,

but for the competition, they're going to need

at least three feet on the board at all times.

So how do you teach a dog to push a skateboard?

I don't think that's right, Agnes.

Oliver's still struggling to get Weasel to stay on the skateboard.

Good girl.

Did Jack just push with one foot? It certainly looked like it!

Have you had him push off with one leg with three on the board?

-Yes.

-Today?

-Today.

-And that's never happened before.

-No.

Good.

-Perfect! You got it!

-Zak?

-Yes.

-How do you make her push off?

We're not making her do anything, we've got to make her want to do it.

So how do we do that? Well, it almost happens accidentally.

Yeah, right there. Click. That was your clickable moment.

She actually touched the ground.

-That's where it starts. Does that make sense?

-Yep.

-Cool.

-Keep working on that and I'll be right back.

-Dolly, come on.

-Come on. Good girl.

-So what's the latest here?

-She's got on the skateboard and pushed with two feet.

-Cool. Show me.

-Weasel, come on.

-Nice! We're looking for that third leg to get on. Yes!

Did you see that happen right there?

I'm trying to have that click quicker. That is exactly right.

-I told you you'd do better than you thought. Remember?

-OK.

I'm going to let those guys practise.

Let's have a look at Jack, Dolly and Weasel's mutt measurements.

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Jack is a Jack Russell.

Jack Russells are strong. Check out the muscles on Jack.

His favourite thing in the world is a football.

As you know, he's super smart and knows over 60 commands.

Jack will probably learn this stunt very quickly.

As long as he doesn't try to do a handstand and fall off.

Next up, we have Dolly. Dolly is a French bulldog,

often nicknamed "little clown".

Dolly's short legs and wide body make her good at balancing.

In fact, Dolly can balance pretty well on two legs.

Her balance might help her win this challenge,

unless she decides to be lazy and take a snooze.

Finally we have Weasel,

a mixture between a Manchester terrier and a Jack Russell.

She's got a very good sense of smell.

Weasel's arch enemy is the dreaded vacuum cleaner.

She hates it and even bites it!

Cross-breeds are great dogs, but will Weasel have what it takes

to learn to skateboard, or will her twitchy little nose lead her astray?

Hmm!

It's now day two of skateboard training for Freya and Jack,

Agnes and Dolly and Oliver and Weasel.

You guys are looking fantastic. I'm loving what I'm seeing.

You've been practising a lot, all of yesterday and today.

How much progress has Weasel had?

Weasel's missed the skateboard a few times. And she's been jumping off.

OK, show me.

Weasel. Skateboard!

-Ho-ho!

-Wait!

-Did you see that?

-Wait.

-What are you complaining about?

-That's pretty amazing.

-Wait... Wait...

Let her know! Let her know! Yeah! Good work! Good work!

-Very good. I'm moving on. How are you doing, Agnes?

-We're doing well.

She's picking it up better now and she understands it more.

Tell me how practice went yesterday.

Practice was harder for her because she had been on a board before,

but she hadn't been told to do anything.

Maybe she got tired or something and she just stopped.

I've learnt that if I am patient and if I take it slow,

then she will understand more and it will be easier for her to learn.

Show me exactly her progress.

-I want to see how she's been doing on the trick itself.

-Good girl.

-Yes.

-Good girl!

-You've got to hit that with mega praise.

You're going to see your training take off when you do that.

Continue working over here. I'm very proud of you.

-Hi, Freya. Hi, Jack. How y'all doing?

-We're doing really well.

How was training yesterday?

To start off with,

if I stopped the board he would put his back leg out like that.

Good boy. I rewarded that with lots of treats.

Now he'll jump on the board and push himself.

I like how she says that so matter of fact.

He gets on, pushes off.

Tell me when you would introduce a new command to your dog.

When he was offering it all the time and getting it right.

Exactly. The reason you've been able to progress

so quickly with this is because you put in that time.

They've now got three weeks to go home

and perfect their skateboarding techniques before coming back

to the Dog House for show time.

Guys, you've done a great job, keep practising,

take your boards home and I'll see you in a few weeks, all right?

Go on, get practising.

So, here are Zak's six steps to skateboarding.

Use a low block to get your dog familiar

with something raised and stable.

Move the block a little and when your dog's comfortable,

move your dog onto a skateboard on some grass.

Then, when your dog's feeling ready, put the skateboard onto a path

and move it along.

Then encourage your dog to put a paw on the ground.

Build up to having your dog push themselves along -

a skateboarding dog!

Here's Nellie.

I'm going to show you how to teach your dog to roll over.

Come here, Nellie. Come on, girl, let's play.

Nice work, sit.

I'm using real meat to teach Nellie how to roll over today

because she really loves it.

That's the quickest way to teach this with many dogs.

First, I'll put her into a lie-down position like that. Here we go.

Go into a rollover, just like that.

She's already in the right position to go this way.

I'll click her because she's on the right track.

I won't force her into it.

It would be a terrible thing if you tried to roll your dog over

and make them do it.

It might scare them and if it scares them,

they'll probably never do it really gracefully.

Come on. Roll over.

Good dog. Very good.

Notice how I said "roll over" only when she rolled over

because it's a new command.

Here we go.

Roll over. Fantastic. Very good. Roll over. Very good.

Timing is everything.

Yes! Good job.

She's at the point where I probably don't need

to use treats any more. Let's try. Come here.

This can take a little while to do with a lot of dogs

so be very patient. Lie down. Ready? Roll over.

Just like that. You are awesome. Wonderful job, Nellie.

I love you very much.

Always let your dog know that you love them

and that you appreciate them. Good work.

What I love about dogs is that they're all completely different.

And they all have their own special and individual talents.

But the dogs you are about to see aren't just special,

they're record breaking.

This is Anastasia from the USA.

She is a four-year-old Jack Russell and is determined to break

the world record for the fastest popping of 100 balloons.

She is proper crazy.

This isn't even speeded up. What a BALLOON-ATIC!

Go on, you can do it. Come on. Yay!

44.49 seconds. Outstanding!

Over in Australia, the Parramatta Pandemoniums

and the Norwest Thunderdogs

went head to head for a different world record.

They wanted to be the fastest flyball team in the world.

Flyball is a relay race where two teams of four super-fast dogs

jump four hurdles to collect a ball.

The dogs hit a springboard to release the ball

before taking it back to base.

It's like extreme fetch for hardcore dogs.

It's a record at 18.16 seconds to Norwest Thunderdogs.

Norwest Thunderdogs won the world title

by running at a ridiculous four seconds per fetch.

Four seconds!

In Spain, dogs compete in a total mega-weave. Check this out.

Alba makes weaving through 24 poles look easy.

5.88 seconds. Too fast.

Replay, por favor.

That is a world record. Well done, Alba.

I mean, I mean, totally...aw!

Over to Italy. Famous for pizza and Frisbee dogs, apparently.

This is Jackie. Now, Jackie can catch more Frisbees

in three minutes than any other dog in the world.

How many, Jackie? 11? That's record breaking!

Right. Meet Puggie the Pekingese from the USA.

Now Puggie has something rather unique.

In case you haven't guessed,

Puggie has the longest dog tongue in the world.

Yeah, it measures a huge 11.43 centimetres.

But Puggie doesn't find eating or drinking a single problem.

OK. The three weeks have now passed and the dogs are back.

This is the most exciting challenge that Dolly, Weasel

and Jack have ever faced.

So who...

is going...

to win?

Last time we saw Weasel, she couldn't stay on the skateboard!

Then they went home to practice and now Oliver says

Weasel can skateboard a whole ten metres!

Ten metres?! Do you believe that?

Heh! I don't.

When I found out it was skateboarding,

I felt she had a one in a million chance.

Now I feel she has a one in two chance.

Agnes and Dolly have also been practicing at home,

although Dolly's probably practicing snoozing.

Agnes says that Dolly can now push the skateboard with her paw.

Oh, yeah?

It's been going really well.

I feel Dolly has improved greatly.

Freya and Jack were good at skateboarding already,

and were just perfecting their technique.

So Jack can probably drive a car now, as well!

Jack's the most intelligent dog you'll ever meet

and no dog compares to him.

Today is the big day.

It is show time!

Have they all learnt to skateboard?

Who will go the furthest?

And who is going to walk away

with the Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog Trophy?

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Woof! Woof! Woof-woof!

It's show time for Jack, Dolly and Weasel

and this is where the competition will take place.

First up, Agnes and Dolly.

-Come on!

-They're off!

Dolly! I'm amazed!

She's even pushing - that's five bonus points!

Agnes says Dolly can do three metres.

We'll see.

She's still going!

Wow! Looks like all that practicing paid off!

That was a full eight metres for Agnes and Dolly!

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Woof! Woof! Woof-woof!

-Next up is Oliver and Weasel.

-Push.

Here they go.

This is even faster than Dolly. What a breakthrough for Weasel!

Push. Wait.

Weasel easily scoops her five bonus points for pushing.

Push.

-They're building up some speed now.

-Push, wait.

Ooh! They're really doing it!

Push, wait.

Look at that back paw go!

Past the ten-metre yellow markers and on to main body of the course.

Push, wait.

They've easily got their extra five bonus points.

Push, wait, Weasel. Push, wait.

I can't believe this - they are still going!

Could the underdog win the competition?

They stopped! Oh, well done, Oliver and Weasel.

That was completely unexpected!

I've never seen anything like this.

Weasel travelled an utterly amazing 28 metres!

Can anyone beat that?!

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Woof! Woof! Woof!

Next up, Freya and Jack.

Freya and Jack. This should be good.

Wow! Very professional.

Watch you don't tip that skateboard, Jack.

Phew! That was very close.

Jack is the most experienced of our skateboarders,

and by far the fastest skateboarding dog.

Looking good!

If Jack wants the five bonus points,

then he'd better do some pushing off!

And soon.

There it is, five points.

This is far! This is really far!

Ooh, and he's off the board!

Well done, Jack. That was probably the best skateboarding in the world.

They were fast, they pushed off, but how far did they actually go?

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Woof! Woof! Woof!

What an incredible competition that was.

That's got to be one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

Agnes and Dolly, you had a full eight metres,

plus you got your five bonus points, because Dolly pushed off -

a tough thing to teach.

Oliver and Weasel, Freya and Jack, both of you did incredible.

Both of your dogs pushed off with their paw

and travelled an astounding 28 full metres each.

Which means...

we have a tie.

A tie-break. OK.

So before the skateboarding champion is crowned,

we'll need to see a second attempt from Oliver and Weasel

and Freya and Jack. Here we go.

First up, Oliver and Weasel.

Here they go again.

Another brilliant start.

Push. Wait. Push.

-Wait. Push.

-Yes!

Using their impressive technique, they're covering metre after metre.

Push, wait.

Push, wait. Push, wait.

Push, wait. Wait!

Push, wait. Wait.

Oh, no! They're slowing down!

Push, wait. Push, wait.

And they've stopped.

That is only 23 metres. The question is, is it going to be good enough?

Freya and Jack only have to beat 23 metres

to steal the Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog Trophy.

Wow! Look at Jack go!

Don't tip the board, Jack.

Oh, no! He's off! Oh, Jack's tipped the board.

I just don't think that's far enough.

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Woof! Woof! Woof-woof!

I can now reveal that winner

of today's Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog Trophy is...

..Oliver and Weasel!

Congratulations!

Amazing job!

-Take your trophy, it's yours.

-Thank you.

-How do you feel?

-Ecstatic.

I am so impressed at how far you've come.

You were having the most difficulty in the beginning

and then you came back and were just unbelievable today.

I cannot believe the progress.

I've never seen that kind of progress that quickly from anyone.

You deserve it.

I'm so proud of each and every one of you. You're very talented.

Well done!

That's all for today from the Dog House.

We'll see you next time on Who Let The Dogs Out?

Hey, guys! Good job, good job!

I'm very proud of Jack.

He could not go anywhere and I'd be proud of him.

Really happy for Oliver that he got Top Dog,

because he really deserves it and he worked hard and so did we all,

but he obviously worked the hardest.

I feel ecstatic that Weasel got Top Dog at skateboarding.

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