Tempting Dogs Who Let the Dogs Out?

Want to see some hairy dogs?

Some Elvis-impersonating dogs?

Or some very spoilt dogs? Yeah?

Then sit down and shut up,

because at the Dog House, champion dog trainer Zak George

teaches ordinary dogs incredible things.

Welcome to Who Let The Dogs Out?

Today on Who Let The Dogs Out?,

dogs are singing,

getting married,

doing cute tricks,

plus three dogs will learn to resist incredible temptations.

Could your dog walk past a plate of tasty sausages

without giving them a sniff?

Would your dog ignore their favourite toy?

Today's challenge is called Temptation Alley.

Let me tell you what it's all about.

I'm going to scatter objects that dogs love all over Temptation Alley.

The three dogs on today's show must,

when called by their trainer,

run the length of Temptation Alley without sniffing at anything.

The dog that gets to their trainer in the fastest time

will win the challenge.

Teaching your dog to come to you,

even when there's temptation around, is very important,

so I want to start with dogs that understand

the basic "Leave it" command,

and that's what I was looking for at the try-outs.

Over 400 kids,

from all round the UK,

-brought their dogs to the try-outs.

-Oh, I've got to see that!

They all wanted to make it into the Dog House,

but first, they had to impress Zak.

That was pretty impressive, I've got to say!

He saw leaping dogs,

noisy dogs, happy dogs,

and hot dogs!

Some were a bit bonkers,

while others just couldn't be bothered.

But Zak only needed three teams to go to the Dog House,

not 400!

And in the end, he chose these ones.

My name is Eleanor,

and my dog's name is The Stig.

I come from the Wirral.

What an unusual-looking dog! He's very handsome.

Why don't you go ahead and show me some of the stuff that he can do?

Eleanor is ten, and her dog, The Stig, is only 18 months old.

-Roll over.

-Woah!

Once, Eleanor and her sister

dressed The Stig up as a fairy!

And then we put him in a belly dancer's costume,

which was just really weird.

I'm so sorry that you were dressed up as a fairy!

Never mind that, Zak, he was a belly dancer!

Leave it. Leave it.

Go ahead and give it to him.

Go on, then! Good boy.

Because The Stig was so good at "Leave it",

Zak chose them for Temptation Alley.

-Excellent job!

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

This is Red. I'm Josh.

And she's a red border collie,

and we come from County Durham.

Why do you want to come to the Dog House?

Well, I think Red's got really good potential, and I think she'll

do all the tricks really well.

-I want you to just do your thing.

-Wait.

Josh is 12,

-and his dog, Red, is five.

-Go get it! Go fetch!

Check for you, just to make sure.

-Good girl!

-Very nice.

Josh and Red are at level six in agility,

which is just one level below World Class!

Josh has eight other border collies in the family,

but Red is his favourite.

Zak loved Josh and Red's relationship,

and he felt that they could do really well at this challenge.

And the grin on your face is priceless right now!

-Terrific job!

-Thanks.

-Very good.

My name's Amy.

My dog's name's Woody, and I've come from Dartford, Kent.

Woody's very confident,

-and he always does as he's told.

-Show me.

Amy is nine years old, and her dog, Woody, is three-and-a-half.

-Woody lives with Amy's nan.

-Everything proper. Look at you!

So every time Amy goes round to see her nan,

Woody goes crazy!

They're best friends.

OK, will he stay when you walk away?

Yes. That's my answer!

Together, they do training classes and agility.

And Woody's even competed at a special obstacle course at Crufts.

Woody, Woody, Woody, Woody!

-Stay.

-Woody, come here!

That look, right there,

that is what I look for in a highly-trained dog.

Zak was very impressed with Amy and Woody,

and thought they did very well at this rather difficult challenge.

Really, really good job.

So Eleanor and The Stig,

Josh and Red,

and Amy and Woody,

have all made it to the Dog House.

Here, they'll undertake two days of intensive expert dog training,

before going head-to-head in Temptation Alley.

And the winner will take home this shiny thing,

the Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog trophy.

Come on, guys!

So, I have brought you all to the Dog House today

to put your dogs to the test

in Temptation Alley.

Now, you'll see, we have some moderate distractions here.

Food, toys, those are things your dogs like.

Now, just because they're on the ground,

doesn't mean it's OK for them to pick up whatever we want.

One by one, we're going to walk up and down this mini Temptation Alley.

I'm going to start with Eleanor and The Stig over here.

So, let's go!

-Come on, Stig.

-And The Stig is off!

-Leave.

-Now, the toys look fun,

and those curly bacon things look very tempting as well!

And remember, they're not going to be allowed to sniff those items

or anything. Oh, boy!

The Stig couldn't resist it.

There he goes! Look at him, picking up the treats!

How are you feeling?

-Stressed!

-A bit stressed, huh?

-Josh and Red, you're up. Let's see what we've got here.

-Leave. Leave.

Uh-oh! Has Red's nose got a sniff of that bacon?

-Leave it, Red.

-Oh dear! Irresistible!

So you got a treat. You little sneak!

Amy and Woody, how are you feeling about this before you try it?

-Umm... quite confident.

-Quite confident? Well, let's see.

Amy's confident, but those curly bacon treats are very tempting!

And that's interesting.

She's using the treat to say,

"I've got something better."

-But it's not working.

-Woody, come.

-Oh, boy!

Initially very good.

Warm-up's over.

It's time for Red, Woody and The Stig to learn some discipline.

So he's going for this treat.

Now, within 30 seconds,

almost anybody, with any dog,

can have their dog leaving a treat alone,

no matter how much they want that.

And I'm about to show you how that's done.

-Will you be using a clicker today?

-Yeah.

-OK, good. The second he looks

away, I want you to click. Tell me what that click means.

He's a good dog, and he's done something I like.

-And you follow it up with...?

-A treat.

-Absolutely.

The second he looks away, I want you to click.

-Be ready.

-OK.

-I'm dropping it right here.

Covering it up. Click. Yes!

OK, once again. Watch.

Now say, "Leave it alone" as he leaves it this time.

Yeah.

-CLICK

-Leave.

Oh, very nice! Very nice!

Exactly! Now watch this.

Leave it alone.

Uh-uh.

Leave it.

Click. CLICK

-Yes!

-Goodness, that was quick!

The Stig's leaving the bacon already.

By the end of the training session today,

we ought to be able to drop all of these and our dogs should leave it

alone, no matter what. And that's today, so we have a lot to do.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-I want you guys to start practising.

Leave it. Leave it.

-Leave it.

-Woody looks like he wants that bacon!

We come over here to you, Josh. Very good.

Don't let them get that treat.

If she goes for that treat, you've got to let her know,

"No, that's not cool." And the way you do it is by covering it up.

So show me that again. Let her know it's there.

Make it tempting. You're not doing any favours by making it easy.

-There you go.

-Leave.

-In that look up to you, I love that look.

-And followed up with a reward.

-Well done, Red!

-Nice work.

-But will Woody do it for Zak?

OK, let's see what we've got.

-Show me.

-Leave it. Leave it.

That wasn't "Leave it".

You've got to be prepared to go in and cover. There's no chance that

Woody would try and bite you if you did that? This is your dog. You trust

them. You know Woody is going to behave appropriately.

You would not do that with a dog that you didn't know or weren't

very comfortable with. I want to see "Leave it"

with treats all over Woody's paws.

-Leave it. Leave it.

-Closer.

-Leave it.

-Closer.

-Leave it.

-Closer.

Leave it. Leave.

Reward big.

Show me some emotion. Show me some appreciation.

That was the easy bit. That was just one treat.

Next, there'll be lots of treats.

What I want to achieve now is teaching our dogs to come to us

at a short distance with temptation.

These treats may be tempting, but they are nothing

compared to what's in store for them at Show Time.

They had better train hard!

Come, Stig.

Come here, Red. Come here, Red.

Amy, Josh and Eleanor are doing very well.

But remember what Zak said.

Don't try this at home if you think your dog might bite you.

Being able to communicate with a dog is really important,

and dogs love to be understood, too.

In fact, some dogs will go to tremendous lengths

to make sure they're heard. Check this out.

If you want to get a dog singing, get a mouth organ.

TELEPHONE RINGS

Isn't "dog and bone" Cockney rhyming slang for "phone"?

It's for you!

Good boy!

Can someone please get the dog?

DOG WHINES

Oh, it's Mozart's Concerto, but tiny saxophones and dogs.

Although I prefer Beethoven's Mad Dogs And Windscreens.

DOG BARKS

DOG YELPS ALONG TO SINGING

# How much is that doggy in the window? #

Nice singing,

but looks-wise I'm afraid you're just not boyband material.

DOG WHINES

What did you say, Sookie? I just didn't quite catch it.

DOG GROWLS

I think Sookie said, "Grrr!"

DOG GROWLS

Yeah, that's what she said.

It's not as if a dog can say hello or anything.

Hello. DOG BARKS "HELLO"

What was that?!

DOG BARKS "HELLO"

Wow! Could it get any weirder?

GUITAR PLAYS

Well, obviously it could. There's now a dog Elvis.

He must be playing his hit, Hound Dog.

Still to come, dog food like never before.

Zak's quick trick.

And we're going to find out who wins

the Who Let The Dogs Out top dog trophy.

Very good, guys. Keep working for ten minutes.

Don't let anything distract you, keep working with them.

We're understood? All right.

So, Zak's told them not to let anything distract them,

no matter how tempting.

If the dogs can do it, so should the trainers.

But hang on, what's this?

Zak's testing them. He's sent a member of the TV crew in

to tempt the trainers away from their training with ice lollies.

Stay, Stig. Stay.

-And it's working.

-Thank you.

All right, so...

-What's going on, guys?

-Stay, stay.

Hold on, hold on one second.

I asked you to work with your dogs solidly for ten minutes

and not be distracted by anything.

I come back and all three of you have ice lollies!

Your dogs are better at this than you are. Do you understand this?

Our dogs don't know what they're supposed to have or not

that's why we teach them.

But I've got to admit, they do look pretty good!

So now you all know how hard it is for your dog.

I want you to keep working on this. I will see you tomorrow, OK?

-Bye.

-Bye.

Woody, The Stig and Red are all very different dogs.

Let's have a look at their mutt measurements.

The Stig is a cross between a greyhound and a whippet.

They are two of the fastest dogs around.

But when The Stig is indoors, he's a total couch-potato,

curling up in front of the telly and having a sleep.

The Stig is the fastest of all the dogs here today,

so blink and you could well miss him on Temptation Alley.

Woody is part spitz and part something else.

Amy's not quite sure what he's crossed with.

Woody's favourite thing in the world is sausages,

so Woody has a disadvantage in this challenge.

Being so near to the ground,

Woody's going to be closest to the temptations on Temptation Alley,

and there's going to be sausages there for sure.

This is Red, she's a red Border collie.

They're more unusual than the traditional black and white ones.

Red is one of nine Border collies in her family

so she's very sociable and active.

Red's most enjoyable pastime is chewing on her toys.

Collies are very energetic, but will Red have the energy

to run past all the great toys in Temptation Alley?

-Hey, guys. Right, so how we doing?

-Great.

-Awesome.

Tell me how training went yesterday. Let's start with you, Amy.

Went really well.

I put three piles and tried to make him go through it

-and he went straight through it.

-Josh and Red?

I was hoping she'd go straight through,

but because there was an open space,

she'd always just go around the outside.

For Temptation Alley tomorrow, they must go in a straight line. Eleanor?

Well, I think he did not that well at the start

where he went for all of the food,

but ever since we've done the training, he's really improved.

Well done. Very good.

All right, what we're going to work on today is having our dogs

navigate this course in a straight line.

That's a pretty fair distance to ask your dog to come to you.

I want you two to work with your dogs on the stuff we worked on yesterday.

Amy, Woody and I will start right here.

The pressure's on for little Woody.

-Put Woody into a sit state here, please.

-Woody, sit.

Toys all over the ground,

and Zak's going to be distracting Woody with a toy from above.

OK, come, come, come!

TOY SQUEAKS

-Good on the toys, but can he resist all this food?

-Wait.

-Whenever you're ready.

-OK, Woody, Woody, Woody!

That's what I'm talking about.

Woody was like, "I think it's OK for me to get that,"

and then you called Woody and Woody said,

-"No, I'm not going for those, I'm going to my trainer."

-Yum!

Oh, never mind the dogs,

Zak and the trainers must be tempted by a whole roast chicken.

-Poor Woody.

-You know what to do.

-Wait, wait.

-Go on.

-OK, Woody, Woody, Woody!

-And now Zak's distracting him.

Go on, Woody, go to Amy.

-Woody!

-That's it.

-Yes!

-Beautiful job.

-Now, let's try it all the way up the other end in one shot.

-Wait.

-Go on.

OK, Woody, Woody, Woody!

-Very nice.

-Wow, there's a dog who knows how to earn his sausage.

Excellent job, Amy. We're going to bring Josh and Red over.

-Now, Red is a play-motivated dog. She loves toys, am I right?

-Yeah.

This is a tough distraction for her.

Border collies do love their toys. Will Red be able to resist?

-Wait.

-Go on.

-Wait. Come on then, Reddy! Reddy, come on!

-Yes!

But don't get too smug - the food is next.

-Wait, Reddy.

-Go on.

-Come on, Reddy! Reddy, come on! Good girl!

-Wow! Red's resisted that, too.

What are you thinking over there, Eleanor?

I'm not surprised Eleanor's worried, Red seems immune to temptation.

Let's see if she can do the whole lot.

-Come on, Reddy, Reddy, Reddy, Reddy!

-Go on.

-Reddy, come on! Good girl!

-Wow!

-Well done!

-Talk about progress!

In 24 hours, we've gone from OK to amazing.

And it needs to go about three times further than this

to be amazing tomorrow.

-Eleanor and The Stig, come on over.

-Can The Stig follow that?

-Sit.

-Don't push that butt down, no need to do that.

-Stig, sit.

-Watch this. Sit.

Don't need to touch our dog.

It's important to teach our dogs to do something voluntarily.

Anyone can make a dog sit, but we want them to think,

-they're fully capable.

-Stig, come!

-Beautiful job.

-One out of one.

-Be ready to block these treats if he goes for them, OK?

-Come, Stig! Come!

-That's good, you're doing exactly the right thing.

-Come, Stig.

-Ahh, one-and-a-half out of two.

-Stig, come!

-Beautiful, absolutely perfect.

-Two out of two.

-And now, what are you thinking here? Talk to me.

-I don't know.

-Is this intimidating? You feeling good?

-I'm feeling nervous.

Go with, "Stay." Communicate, don't dominate.

-Stay, stay.

-Very good, nice work.

-Stig, come!

Look away from the chicken. Look away from the chicken!

-Come!

-It's good, he's trying! Very good.

-No.

-Nice body block right there! It's like American football.

-Come on.

-Nice work.

-Well done, Eleanor.

-Stig! Come on.

Once more, without the body block, and time for the whole caboodle.

-Excellent.

-Stay.

-And just stay right there. Whenever you're ready.

Stig! What's this? Come! Come, Stig! What's this? Come on!

-That's how it's done!

-Excellent, very nice. Oh!

-There you go. There you go.

-No.

Oh, boy, he got one. It's tough.

This is the exercise in communication.

You're doing everything correct here, really nice.

Most people don't do this because it's hard.

It's extremely difficult to tell a dog,

"Hey, don't eat this whole chicken sitting on the ground right now."

But dogs are capable of understanding it,

and it's up to us as humans to give them that credit.

You're doing a good job.

This trial is a walk in the park,

compared to the enticing Temptation Alley.

Here are Zak's six steps to avoiding temptation.

Get your dog used to walking on a loose lead near treats.

Teach them the "leave it" command while covering small treats.

Get them to cross treats at a short distance.

Work up to even bigger treats.

Work up to a bigger distance.

Keep covering treat, if necessary.

Today we've got a really sweet trick for you.

Nellie and I are going to show you how to teach your dog to hide.

Come on, Nellie. I've got one of your favourite foods, it's real meat.

Teaching your dog to hide has got to be one of the cutest things

you could ever teach them.

Let me show you what I mean. This way, here we go.

Firstly, I like to encourage Nellie to come up here.

Nellie, come here. Hop up. Yes.

Nellie loves to jump but she knows the difference

between jumping up on this and jumping up on you.

While she's here, I want her to stay. Stay. Very good. Yes.

Now she's up here she's staying

and I want to encourage her to put her head down in order to hide.

I'm going to say, "hide", as she does the action. Hide. That's so good.

Very good. Ready. Hide.

That was really good. One more time, hide.

Stay...

Yes, that's a jackpot reward. Wonderful job.

Remember, if you do this with the intention of building

your relationship, you are enriching their life. Good trick, Nellie.

I've always said, "let dogs be dogs" but those you're about to see

don't seem to be complaining.

Here are some unusual ways to make your dog feel more...

Well, human.

SONG: "Love and Marriage"

It's a blushing bride, with quite a bit of facial hair.

Ordinarily, that might be a problem

but not for these canine brides and grooms.

Walking down the aisle is what some doggy couples do

on the eve of every Valentine's Day in Hong Kong.

Nervous grooms await their brides, until paw prints confirm

they are now dog and wife.

At the UK's first ever dog wedding,

Timmy patiently waits for his bride, Muffin.

He looks a bit nervous. Second thoughts perhaps?

Timmy and Muffin exchange specially written vows,

but I'm not sure Timmy's heart is in it.

I'll give it six months. But the puppy-razzi are loving it.

I still think she should have shaved.

Here's a dog that looks happy, and why shouldn't he?

He's attending special pet food cookery classes in Korea.

The dogs don't actually do the cooking

but they certainly do the eating.

Healthy, balanced meals are prepared especially for them

by these budding Jamie Olivers.

On the menu today, a salad followed by some delicious cakes

and should they fancy something else a bit special,

they can always pop along to this bakery for dogs in Singapore.

It offers shepherds pies, quiches and gourmet dog biscuits,

in all shapes and sizes,

with quality ingredients, providing the icing on the cake!

Fancy a 99?

Is that with or without a bone?

Yes, that is an ice cream van that is only for customers

with four legs and a tail.

There are two flavours on offer, canine cookie crunch,

a mix of dog biscuits and ice cream and dog eat hog world,

which is a gammon and chicken sorbet.

They are made from soya milk,

following advice from animal nutritionists.

Hey, you're meant to lick it!

Today is the big day. It's show time.

How tempting can Temptation Alley be?

What doggy delights will it hold?

Will any of our dogs be able to resist them?

Only two days ago, not Woody,

not Red,

nor the Stig could walk past the tiniest of treats.

Now each must face an alley full of temptations beyond

their wildest doggy dreams.

What do our trainers fear most for their dogs?

The most challenging thing would probably be

some kind of squeaky toy, like a constantly moving one.

He doesn't really care about toys that much,

but he really likes sausages.

I'm just really nervous if there are big sausages

because it's going to be 100 times harder than the first one.

Now, let's go walkies along Temptation Alley.

Our dogs must run right through the middle of all these doggy delights.

They'll have to ignore the doggie bowls,

traverse the sausage grid, pass over the toy trail,

go around the gravy train fountain,

leave the squirrel tails and flying balls unchased,

the tunnel unexplored,

the roast dinners unnibbled

and the lamp post unsniffed.

The fastest takes the trophy.

What we are going to do is have the trainers take their dog

to one end of Temptation Alley and the trainers will go to the other.

When the trainer calls their dog, we'll start the timer.

First up, Eleanor and the Stig. You can go first up here.

This is a big day for Eleanor and the Stig.

Yesterday, Eleanor couldn't persuade the Stig to pass

a roast chicken untouched. Will she be able to do it today?

Stig! Come, Stig.

Oh, no, what's he doing?

He's gone off course.

Eleanor leaps the squirrel tails as she comes to the rescue.

Come on, come on. Come on, then.

Nice work, look at that.

-Eleanor saves the day. Well done!

-Good boy.

Let's see that again.

There's Eleanor leading the Stig out of trouble,

through the roast chickens and across the line.

Then she's straight in with the reward.

Well done, Eleanor. We're now going to move onto Josh.

Josh says he's worried about the toys

and there are tennis balls literally flying overhead.

Wait, wait. Wait there, Red.

Will Red cope, or will she go chasing after them?

To beat the Stig, Red needs to go through

Temptation Alley in under 12 seconds. Can she do it?

Go, Red, go.

She's off. She leaps the sausage grid, eyes locked on Josh.

She flies straight as a dart down Temptation Alley.

She's done it, in two seconds!

Amazing! Let's see it again.

Right from the off, Red's focus is on Josh.

She looks down only to see how much sausage she must jump.

She runs straight over the squirrel tails

that two days ago might have snared her.

Through the roast dinners, past one last dish

and all in an amazing two seconds.

Surely Woody can't beat that?

Well done, Josh. We're moving onto Amy, now.

Wait.

This is extremely tough for Amy and Woody.

Even if he does resist all the treats, including the sausages,

he will have to complete the course quicker than Red,

which is surely impossible.

He's off, galloping like a horse,

soaring like a bird, through the squirrels,

avoiding the final dish to Amy.

That was really quick. Amazing!

Let's see it again.

The Alley is crawling with distractions

as Woody literally flies over the sausages, his favourite treat.

And, not even a glance at the squirrels.

He takes to the air once again,

at eye level with the roast chickens, but his little heart

is set on a treat from Amy and home he comes to claim his reward.

Both Red and Woody have the same time of two seconds.

Zak will have to go to fractions of a second to decide the winner.

Congratulations to each and every one of you, but who was the fastest?

With an unimaginable time of 2.5 seconds,

Josh and Red, you are today's top dog

and here is your Who Let The Dogs Out top dog trophy. Congratulations.

That's all for today from the Dog House.

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

Let's give these dogs some love.

I'm very proud of Stig.

He didn't go for any treats in Temptation Alley,

he only went off the side.

I'm happy he didn't go for the sausages

because I really did think he was going to.

It feels great. She's tried her very best.

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