Movie Dogs Who Let the Dogs Out?

If you want to see happy dogs, scaredy-cat dogs,

or really brave dogs,

then this show is definitely for you.

At the Doghouse, champion dog trainer Zak George

teaches ordinary dogs INCREDIBLE things.

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Today on Who Let The Dogs Out?, dogs are having a shake down,

getting rescued,

learning new tricks,

and starring in the movies.

Today's challenge is called Movie Dog.

Three young trainers are going to teach their dogs

how to act out a scene from a movie.

Their challenge is to pull off a set of six tricks on a movie set,

using our movie props.

At Showtime, the dogs will need to perform each trick first time,

because every time the trainer repeats a command,

they'll lose a point.

For Movie Dogs, I need three advanced trainers.

And from their dogs, I need to see something very special.

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

Over 400 kids brought their dogs to the try outs,

Really cool!

They all hoped Zak would take THEM to the Doghouse,

to learn an incredible stunt.

Oh, I've got to see this!

He saw furry dogs,

spotty dogs,

energetic dogs.

He saw a dog wearing a tutu.

And a dog that wanted the loo.

All they could do was show Zak their top tricks,

in the hope he'd choose them to come to the Doghouse,

where they'd see what stunt he'd chosen for them to learn.

But Zak only needed three teams, and competition was fierce.

For Movie Dogs, here are the teams that impressed Zak the most.

My name is Emily. My dog's Timmi, and I come from Wem in Shropshire.

You strike me as someone who really knows dogs.

I've another nine at home I train.

You have another nine dogs at home?

-A total of ten dogs?

-Yeah!

-Go ahead. Do your thing!

Emily's nine. Timmi's 2½.

Emily says Timmi's favourite thing, apart from food is...

Emily.

This is a dog trainer. Someone who understands dogs.

Ring the bell. Ring it. Good boy!

She loves Timmi as he has a big, cheeky personality,

-and makes her laugh with all the great tricks he does.

-Sit!

I imagine that he does a lot. This is wonderful!

Zak thinks Emily has a gift for teaching Timmi tricks,

so they'd be a great movie team. Born for the silver screen.

The name's Charity. This is Blue.

I come from Rayleigh, in Essex.

I love dogs, and I love training dogs.

Let's get to it. Go ahead and show me what Blue can do, please.

This is Charity. She's 13 years old.

She decided to bring TWO dogs to the try outs.

First, there was Blue, the Polish Lowland terrier,

and she also brought Twyla, the Tibetan terrier.

-She's beautiful.

-Sit high. Clap!

Charity loves it when Twyla claps, and think it's a really great trick.

Twyla's a completely made up name.

But Charity thinks it's cool.

Twyla likes to hide in boxes, just for a bit of fun.

-Oh, paws up in the basket!

-Good girl!

I'll put you in a movie tomorrow. Look at you.

Zak though that Charity was a great trainer,

and that she could bring either dog to the Doghouse.

She chose to bring Twyla.

You and Blue, and Twyla, were incredible today.

My name's Robbie. My dog's name's Sam. He's five years old.

He's a Border collie. And I came from Derby.

I would like to come to the Doghouse

because I'd like to teach Sam something new,

and I'd like you to help me do that.

My gut tells me that you have a lot to show me,

so I'll be quiet and let you do your thing.

Robbie is 13, and Sam the Border collie is five.

Robbie describes Sam as a "clown",

and loves the fact he always looks like he's smiling.

When Sam hurt his paw on a beach,

which stopped him being so active,

Robbie decided to teach him lots of tricks

to stop Sam from getting bored when he was inside.

Sam!

-That's what you're going for, right?

-Yep.

-That's what I'm talking about.

-Go to bed.

Zak thought Robbie and Sam had loads of potential,

and that with the movie trick, this pair could be real stars.

-Dynamite dog!

-Sam, come here!

Very impressed! You got a VERY special dog.

So, Emily and Timmi,

Charity and Twyla,

and Robbie and Sam have made it into the Doghouse.

There, they'll receive two days

of intense expert dog training from Zak,

followed by three weeks of practice, before going head-to-head

in the Movie Challenge.

The winner will take home

the Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog Trophy.

Hey, guys!

So, you guys will have your dogs

in their own little movie.

That means you'll apply a lot of the tricks they already know,

but we'll make them a little more challenging than they already are.

I have a storyboard for each of you here, for your own little movie.

Charity and Twyla, you'll be in a thriller movie,

but don't worry, it won't be too scary.

Robbie and Sam,

you all are going to be in an adventure movie.

And Emily and Timmi, you guys will be in an action movie.

-Sound good?

-Yep.

OK, guys. Go find your props

and we'll get started on training.

Zak's storyboards show the trainers exactly what's involved

in this challenge.

In Emily's action movie, Timmi will have to rescue a cat from up a tree.

This could be really tricky for him,

as fetching is something he's never been very good at.

You don't just ask him to go and get something

without making it fun first.

So, right here in this area, just play around with him.

Timmi!

HE BARKS

Hello. What's distracting Timmi?

He's barking at a camera.

This could be an issue for your movie scene.

This is something you have to work through right now.

So, go ahead and take your time.

Looks like Timmi will throw a film star-style tantrum.

Twyla will be starring in a thriller movie.

One of the tricks she'll have to perform is jumping into a basket!

We saw her do this in try outs,

but that was when charity was standing right next to her.

Your big challenge is to have Twyla respond to you.

With a significant distance between you.

Easier said than done.

In the box! In the box! Twyla! In the box!

She's like, "I think I know what to do,

"but this is further away than we normally do this.

"Are you sure this is right?"

Get in the box! Twyla!

Not a GREAT start to Twyla's acting career.

Robbie and Sam will be making an adventure movie.

Sam's first trick is to retrieve a bone.

This might sound easy, but before fetching,

Sam has to go from a lie-down to a sit position,

and wait.

-Nice work!

-Yay!

For this particular scene,

you are going to work on having Sam lie down,

-go up into a sit, and then grab the bone.

-Right.

-Sam.

-Beautiful work. You caught her perfectly.

Timing is EVERYTHING on clicker training,

and you nailed it right there.

Wondering what a clicker is? Well, listen to this.

Dog trainers use a clicker

to tell their dog he's done something right.

They click, give a treat,

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

Nice work, Robbie. You're doing a great job.

Lie down!

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

Here's some dogs doing just that.

In the battle of dogs versus cuddly toys,

dogs will always triumph.

Unless the toys release their secret weapon.

So THAT's why it's always important to say your prayers before battle.

Every dog knows that if they cross their eyes, they get a treat.

Hey, that was great! Let's see that again.

There is no way that stick will fit through THAT gap,

See?

This one really takes the biscuit!

NOT!

But nothing tastes better than the food on THESE cookery programmes.

Or the telly showing them.

Now, THIS is a real "dog's life".

"Just chilling out. Paws up, watching yourself on the telly.

"In Who Let The Dogs Out? Mm-mm!"

OK, you're in a boxing match

And you're knocked out. Oh!

Stupendous(!)

Still to come, we have some AMAZING doggie survivors,

Zak's Quick Trick,

and we'll find out who wins the Who Let The Dogs Out? Top Dog Trophy.

All right! How we doing, guys?

Let's start with you, Robbie.

D'you have any questions on this particular part of the scene?

I'm just teaching at the moment, so no questions.

Are you telling me to leave you alone and let you work with your dog?

-Yeah.

-It's what he's saying!

I'm going to go over to Charity and Twyla. Keep up the good work!

Charity and Twyla,

what d'you think will be the most challenging part of this?

Getting her to go into the box from a distance.

We'll shoot this just like they do in the movies. One shot at a time.

They don't have to do it continuously.

So you can focus on each trick and making it look pretty.

Remember you want them doing the trick the first time

for maximum points. Does that make sense?

-Yeah.

-Great.

Emily and Timmi, how we doing?

-Fine.

-How d'you feel about training today?

It WAS a bit tough,

because I thought that he would pull the cat down.

He didn't do as quickly as you'd thought, huh?

Our dogs sometimes don't get new tricks instantly.

It takes time and dedication.

You have definitely shown you're willing to be dedicated,

so I have no doubt you will be. Timmi, how you doing, buddy?

SHE LAUGHS

You guys have done just wonderful today. Very proud of all of you.

Tomorrow we'll be working on different elements and tricks,

so be ready to work, OK?

All right. See you guys, bye! ALL: Bye!

Twyla, Timmi and Sam are all very smart dogs

that were bred for very different things.

Let's look at their Mutt Measurements.

First up is Timmi, the spitz. Spitz-type dogs have been around for

6,000 years.

They came from the Arctic, so no wonder he has so much fur.

Timmi specialises in being cute.

And being a bit kooky.

He sounds like he could be the doggie version of Johnny Depp

when it comes to movie tricks.

Twyla is a Tibetan terrier.

Tibetan terriers used to live with monks in the Himalayas.

Twyla loves clowning around,

but her favourite pastime's eating her dinner.

Tibetan terriers are quick learners,

but can be a bit shy.

Let's hope she doesn't get stage fright at Showtime.

Finally, we have Sam. He's a Border collie.

They were originally bred for herding sheep.

Sam likes to taste everything Robbie cooks.

He never leaves a single crumb.

Collies are hugely intelligent,

but very excitable.

Will Sam be too excited to learn his scenes when it comes to Showtime?

It's Movie Dog, Training Day Two

for Charity and Twyla, Emily and Timmi

and Robbie and Sam.

Wow, looking real, real good, guys.

-How we doing today?

-Good, thanks.

Robbie, you were going to work on having your dog, Sam, lie down,

go up into a sit,

and then grab the bone.

-Yeah.

-Show me.

-OK, Sam?

Sam, come.

Sam, down. Down.

Wait.

Wait.

-Sit.

-Stay. Very nice, and then get it.

Get the bone, get your bone!

-Beautiful work!

-Good boy!

-Great shot. That's good.

We have all of these modified agility obstacles

because you're a seasoned agility competitor.

-Is that right?

-Yep.

Tell me what we do when we have a modified obstacle like this.

We have to introduce the dog to the new object.

Then, as soon as he's comfortable, you can start going slow,

then work up your speed from there.

That's exactly right. You want to start with the weaves?

-Yep.

-All right. Go about it.

You can see he's not saying, "Go through the weaves",

he's just going nice and slow through it.

Whenever you're ready. Then medium.

Now, that's an agility dog. It just makes me happy.

Next up, the jump.

He's letting him check it out, get familiar with it.

Looking lovely!

-Go on! Go, boy!

-Beautiful!

No problem there, but how will he get on with the tunnel?

Is it all right? Oop! That's it. Are you going through?

-Nice work.

-Good boy.

-Very good, and click that, let him know you love it.

Although Sam has no problem with the weave, tunnel and jump,

he'll have to do all this while holding a bone.

And he still has to master rolling under the bar.

Take your time here.

Sam, roll it. Down. Roll over.

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Fantastic!

Right, Robbie and Sam. Done a great job. I want you guys to take a break.

Charity and Twyla, looking good here.

Your homework was to work on this and build some distance with it.

How far were you able to get?

To about...this far.

-OK.

-Wait. Ready.

In your basket, in your basket!

Good girl!

You get the idea of what we're looking for.

In the film, you'll have to have Twyla growl and bark.

One of the most impressive things you do with her.

Let's start with barking.

-Speak! Speak!

-WOOF!

-Good girl!

-That's a speak.

-And show me a growl.

-Sit!

Growl! Growl!

GROWL.

Good girl!

Charity, we're going to work on the next part of this trick.

For this shot, she has to pick up the bone, walk towards you,

drop the bone and back up.

Let me see that.

Twyla, get the bone. Pick it up.

-Good.

-Good girl. Come.

So, come here quick. Tell her let go.

Drop! Good girl!

Perfect. Ask her to back up.

Back up! Twyla, back up, back up!

She had to stop and think there, and that was fine.

Back up! Good girl!

Very good! An extremely rough draft of the trick.

Keep working, you got a lot of work to do. I'll go see Emily and Timmi.

-Thank you.

-You bet.

Very nice. Good. He's getting up here, he's touching it.

He's touching it with his paws,

but he won't quite grab hold of it and bring it down.

I think we should take a backwards step,

let him know it's OK to grab this. Come on over here!

Play with it. Good. Ask him to let go.

Then drop it.

Drop it. Now tell him to get it.

Come after me!

Right there, he's holding it. Pretty good.

That's just the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.

-Come on! No!

-That's OK.

-Get him!

Halt! He picked it up! Did you see that?

Let him know that's good.

It looks like Timmi's worked out Emily wants him to grab the cat,

but this IS just the first trick he needs to learn.

One of the other shots you have to work on is having Timmi

get into the firetruck, ring the bell.

Let's go ahead and work on this in slow motion.

That's good. Very nice.

Now you're going to ask him to ring the bell.

(Timmi. Yeah, what's this? Bell).

DING Nice. Very good. That's a start.

-Good boy!

-You got two weeks to practice this.

At which time you'll come back here to the Doghouse for Showtime.

Good luck and goodbye!

ALL: Bye!

Emily, Robbie and Charity need to practise their tricks a lot

because at Showtime they'll lose a point

every time they repeat a command.

Today we're going to show you how to teach your dog to crawl.

For this trick, your dog will already need to know how to lie down.

If you haven't taught that, make sure you teach that first.

Come on, Nellie! Come here!

Good girl! Very good! Sit!

First, I'll ask Nellie to lie down. She already knows lie down.

Once our dog's into a lie-down position,

we want to coax them forward with something really good.

Today I'm using real meat with Nellie.

I'm going to encourage her.

Yes, you're on the right track.

I'm looking for her foot to move just a little bit, just like that.

Good girl! Once she does it with two feet,

I'll say the word, "crawl", so she knows what she's doing.

One, two.

Crawl. Very good.

You want to encourage them to do it one step at a time.

Come on, let's go. Good girl!

Crawl!

Crawl! Look at that! Very good! Wonderful job.

As they do that, you can start building up more distance.

I'll do that now.

Stay.

Crawl.

Check that out!

That's a mean looking crawl, baby.

And that's how you teach crawl. Come here, Nellie!

I've met thousands of dogs, and it takes a lot to surprise me.

But even I was amazed by these.

This is Baltic, and he has a story to tell.

Poor Baltic somehow got stuck on a piece of floating ice.

He was swept 75 miles out to sea.

Imagine, days and days in the freezing cold with nothing to eat!

The crew on board a ship spotted Baltic floating on the ice

and thought he was a seal.

Then, they got closer to investigate,

and one of the ship's mechanics pulled him on board.

They named him Baltic,

and since his paws have returned to dry land,

it seems he prefers life on the ocean waves.

Baltic loves Adam, his rescuer, and won't let him out of his sight.

This dog is called Ban. He's two years old,

and his adventure started

when his home was destroyed by a huge tsunami in Japan.

The Japanese coastguard took this video three weeks later

when they were out looking for survivors.

Poor little Ban had been swept out to sea.

He managed to climb onto floating debris,

where he lived for there weeks, all alone, with no dog biscuits.

Ban was checked over

and found to be in quite good health after his ordeal.

When at last he saw his family, he couldn't say no to a cuddle.

It's Showtime. Weeks of hardcore training ends NOW!

This is the greatest challenge

Timmi, Twyla and Sam have ever faced.

Will they remember their moves,

and pull off a show stopping performance?

We are about to find out.

Two weeks ago, Timmi was having trouble

fetching the toy cat from the tree.

It's been going really well.

We've managed to get Timmi to retrieve the cat off the tree.

He was doing it first time.

Emily and Timmi were given an action movie challenge.

Let's see if Timmi can save that cat.

Positions, please!

Lights! Camera! Action!

Timmi's first trick is to leap from behind a table on cue.

Can he do it?

Here you come.

Yes! That's ten points.

Now, Timmi must get into the firetruck from a distance.

-Truck!

-Another ten points. Well done, Timmi!

This time, Timmi has to ring the firetruck bell.

Ring the bell!

-DING!

-(Good boy!)

That's ten more points!

When the truck stops, Timmi has to hop out.

Timmy, come.

Ten out of ten!

This is the hardest bit.

Saving that pesky cat.

Stairs.

Oh, no! He hasn't done it first time.

Every time Emily has to ask him to do it, he will lose a point.

That's two points lost.

Three points lost.

Oh, this is a "cat"-astrophe. Four points lost.

Go on! Timmi, step!

-Five points lost.

-Timmi! Come on.

Six points lost.

Get him!

Ah! At last, he's done it!

But he's lost six points.

This is the last trick,

so don't lose any more points, Timmi!

Chair! Sit!

Well done!

Timmi did all the tricks eventually, but he lost six points.

So, Timmi has 54 points.

Let's see his finished movie.

BELL RINGS

SIREN WAILS

DING DING

MIAOW!

YEOW!

MIAOW

Beautiful stuff!

Robbie and Sam are up next.

Robbie's an excellent dog trainer.

He and Sam had no problems with their training.

Even at home, Sam is completing all his tasks

with flying colours.

He's doing stuff a lot better than before. I AM quite competitive.

Robbie and Sam have been given an adventure movie challenge.

Let's see Sam in action.

Sam's first trick is to pop up into shot and wait.

-Sam, sit!

-Easy! That's ten points.

Now he must grab the bone and run.

Get your bone.

Go on!

Perfect. Another ten points.

Holding the bone, Sam must jump over the wall and tun through the tunnel.

Go on!

Oh, what a star! Ten out of ten.

Now for the weaves.

Oh, no! He's missed the first pole.

Go, weave. Weave! Sam! Weave!

He keeps on missing that first pole!

-Weave! Weave!

-Yes!

Oh, don't stop!

Sam, you need to do the last one as well. Go, weave! Weave!

He's stopped short again!

Weave! Weave!

-Yes! At last!

-Good boy. Yeah!

Sam still has to roll under the stone door

and can't afford to lose any more points.

Roll!

No problem there. Ten points.

His last trick is to go back under the door for the bone.

-Get your bone! Sam, come on!

-Nice!

Sam and Robbie started with 60 points,

but lost five points on the weave, leaving them with 55 points.

Here's their finished movie.

Oh, Oscar-winning stuff!

Finally, we have Charity and Twyla.

At the Doghouse,

Charity had trouble getting Twyla perform tricks from a distance.

And at home, Charity was finding the walk backwards part of the trick

especially difficult.

She does it, but she'll stop and say she doesn't want to, and growl.

I'd like to win, but it doesn't really matter.

Charity and Twyla have the scary movie challenge.

Great. Let's take a look.

Twyla's first trick is to pick up a bone and carry it towards charity.

-Twyla, fetch the bone. Fetch it! Fetch it!

-And she's done it!

Next, she must stop and drop the bone when Charity says so.

-Drop!

-Perfect again!

Can she keep this up?

After that, Twyla has to bark on command at a distance, first time.

Speak!

-WOOF!

-In one!

Then, she'll need to do the same with a growl.

Speak! Speak!

Speak! Speak!

-Go on, speak!

-GROWL

Good girl!

At last, she's growled.

But she loses three points.

Walking backwards is a difficult trick.

Twyla will have to back up all the way to the basket.

-Back up. Go on!

-She's not moving.

Now she is. But she loses one point.

Finally, Twyla has to jump into the box and hide.

Get in the basket!

Good girl! Paws up! Hide.

Well done!

Charity and Twila have scored 56 points overall.

Now, let's have a look at their scary movie.

WOOF!

GROWL

Good work, girls!

Guys. Very, very good job today.

I can now reveal who the winner is of today's challenge.

With a grand total of 56 out of 60 points,

the winner of today's Who Let The Dogs Out?

Top Dog Trophy is...

Charity and Twyla. Congratulations!

Fantastic job!

What a great day it was!

I hope you'll join us next time on Who Let The Dogs Out?

I've learned you can teach a dog to retreieve any toy.

Me and Sam have built our relationship with each other.

We've done lots of training.

I'm really pleased and proud of him.

I learned I really have to keep her interested in stuff.

Good girl, good girl.

Mm-wah!