Dogs with Distractions Who Let the Dogs Out?

This is The Dog House,

home to the most amazing dog training competition in the UK.

It's here that champion dog-trainer, Zak George, is on a mission

to find the best young dog trainer in the country.

Welcome to Who Let The Dogs Out?

Hundreds applied,

27 made it to The Dog House but there can be only one winner.

Today, Genevieve and Monty Zoom, Talia and Crystal

and Charlotte and Whispa, battle it out for a place in the semifinal.

Good! Yeah, get that duck.

But who will be thrown off the scent?

No, what did I just say?

And who will be leader of the pack?

# Who Let the Dogs Out?

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Today, on Who Let the Dogs Out? Nelly goes to bed!

Which is exactly where this dog wants to be.

And three dogs and their trainers

are going to be wrestling with temptation.

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Polly and Crystal, Genevieve and Monty Zoom

and Charlotte and Whispa have all made it through to the quarterfinals

but they face yet another challenge.

Let's take a look at their journey so far.

Just 27 teams made it to The Dog House

for the first round of heats

where they had to jump, volley, dive, bounce

and even catapult their way to the next round.

Genevieve and Monty Zoom, Talia and Crystal

and Charlotte and Whispa mastered three of Zak's toughest challenges

to make it here to the quarterfinal!

In the heats,

Genevieve and Monty Zoom were given an ambitious stunt,

the Knee-Stall Challenge.

They had a slow start and it took them longer to learn the trick.

Why don't you go back to putting it on the ground

to rebuild his confidence.

They turned it around

with a balancing masterclass at Showtime

to secure their place in the quarterfinal.

-Good boy.

-Nice work. Very, very, very good work.

I have a chance to make it to the final.

Everybody has a chance and you've just got to take that chance.

Talia and Crystal had a tough task with the Pram Pushing Challenge.

Right there.

I didn't expect her to do it immediately.

Talia struggled to motivate Crystal in training, which held them back.

I think, right now, if you were a little more enthusiastic,

a little more energetic, you would have better results.

But they pulled out all the stops at Showtime...

Come on, push. Good girl.

..and delivered an unbelievable performance to win the challenge!

-Good girl.

-Really, really good work.

I'm excited to go into the next round.

Crystal is still young, so she'll probably pick up tricks quicker

and easier.

I think that's a good advantage.

Charlotte and Whispa were up against strong competition

in the Barrel Balancing Challenge.

-Look at the legs moving.

-Stay.

-Very nice.

Charlotte was finding it difficult to control

Whispa's speed on the barrel!

It's better to go steady than it is super fast.

But at Showtime, Charlotte and Whispa found their rhythm

and rocketed their way to victory!

-Absolutely incredible.

-I'm really, really pleased.

Whispa did her best that she's ever done

and I can't wait to find out the next trick.

Genevieve and Monty Zoom, Talia and Crystal

and Charlotte and Whispa triumphed in their first task,

but Zak's next challenge is going to be even tougher!

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Time for the teams to find out

exactly what Zak has in store for them.

Good morning, guys.

-So, how is everyone doing today?

-Good.

-Good, thank you.

Now, today's stunt is called Tempt and Scent.

For this stunt you will need to guide your dog,

from a distance, through a course of ridiculously juicy treats.

Not only must your dog seek out a specific object

among the temptations,

but they will also need to pick it up and bring it to you

without getting distracted.

The winner will be the dog that completes the course

in the shortest time.

-You ready to get into training?

-Yes.

I'll start with Genevieve and Monty Zoom. Come over here.

Come on, Monty.

So, here we've got all these distracting things.

The first thing we'll do before we even

ask him to fetch is teach him how to leave

that treat alone. I can promise you,

probably within the next 30 seconds or so,

he's not going to want to touch that and we're not going to pull him away.

So, Monty Zoom, look what I got.

I'm going to take a piece, let him smell it.

I want him to know this is good food but I'm not going to let him have it.

I really want to tempt him with it.

I'm going to drop it on the ground here

and I'm going to cover it up.

See right there, he's trying to go for it.

I'm going to wait for him to go away. Leave it. Very good.

I'm going to pick it up and let him have a bite.

Let him know that when you listen to me, I'll give you what you want.

Notice I'm getting close to him here.

I want him to hear me. Leave this alone.

See this? Leave it alone.

I'm not pulling him away though. Do you know what I mean?

The reason for that is, we want our dogs to think.

We don't want to pull them.

I was comfortable going close because I know him.

You wouldn't normally get into a dog's face that you didn't know.

Do you know what I mean? You know he's comfortable with that.

Leave this alone.

Wow! That's amazing.

Zak was right about learning, "Leave it," in 30 seconds.

Leave it alone.

That's beautiful.

Monty is definitely up to the task because he always is, usually!

Um, because he's just that sort of dog that sometimes listens,

sometimes doesn't.

I think this is the sort of one that he will do.

Charlotte and Whispa.

I wonder if Whispa can learn it in 30 seconds too.

Show me your loose leash.

The same thing here, it's tempting

to pull him away.

Use this is an opportunity.

Most people will get discouraged by their dog doing this.

When I see this, I see a training opportunity. So, watch this.

-Leave it alone.

-Leave it.

-Oh, good. Oh, you're so quick.

You're as quick as I was there.

That's pretty good. Leave this alone, I'm serious.

-Leave it!

-Looks like Zak's serious voice worked.

-Leave it alone.

-Or maybe it didn't.

Leave it alone!

Leave it.

-Leave it alone.

-Leave.

-Leave.

-Yes, good, very good.

If we just take the time to do it right in the beginning,

we'll get better results moving forward.

-Keep up the good work.

-Whispa.

When Zach mentioned that the trick was Tempt and Scent,

I was really nervous because Whispa is not that good at fetch

but then she was better at the leave than I thought. Good girl.

If Crystal is as good at leave it as the other two,

we're going to have a serious competition.

Nice work. That looks like roast beef, huh?

-Yes.

-Very good. See this?

Leave it alone. No, ma'am, what did I just say?

Very good. That's leave it alone, very good.

Notice I'm not just saying, "Leave."

You can say, "Leave it alone," or watch this.

Don't touch this.

Dogs are capable of understanding lots of different phrases.

We don't need to stick with one like a lot of people say.

Do you know what I mean?

It's about communication and your relationship.

Leave this alone, please. You're doing very well. I appreciate that.

Or just a hand signal. Even sign language, right? Very good.

-Go ahead and reward her big on that. She did really well.

-Good girl.

Well, in the early stages, all three teams are looking pretty strong.

This could get very interesting.

My plan for training is to try and keep her concentrating,

to make sure she doesn't try to eat the food on the floor.

Hopefully she'll like my food better.

Guys, you're all doing a fantastic job.

-Keep up the good work, all right? Bye, guys.

-Bye.

Whispa, leave it. Good girl.

Leave it.

# Who Let the Dogs Out? #

We all know that some dogs have very responsible jobs.

But, if these dogs you're about to see were removal man,

they would be terrible at their job.

Now, to you and me,

dogs might seem as though they have it extremely easy.

But when we're not watching, they're busy giving something back.

MUSIC: "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton

Meet the dogs doing all sorts of jobs.

Here we have a painter and decorator.

There's a fruit picker...

..and here's a lumberjack.

Here we have a carpet cleaner...

..jockey...

..and to finish, a TV critic.

If dogs appear lazy, it's hardly surprising.

After a hard day's work, they're simply dog tired.

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Still to come on Who Let the Dogs Out?

We'll meet a dog that ate hundreds of pounds.

And one more team make it to the semifinal.

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The training is in full flow and Zak's back to see

if the teams are any closer in getting their dogs to leave it.

-Let me see how well leave it is looking.

-Whispa.

-Nice, OK, go out and walk past them.

-Whispa, wait.

-Whispa, leave.

-This is looking very good indeed.

-Whispa, come.

-That was fantastic. That was really, really good.

-Good girl.

-Nice job, really good.

-Charlotte and Whispa showing

why they've made it so far in the competition.

What about Genevieve and Monty Zoom?

Leave it.

Perfect, very good. Now see if you can do it

while standing up.

That's a lot harder. But, be prepared to pick him up.

-Leave it.

-Good, drop them.

-Say it a little ahead of time.

-Monty,

leave it.

Nice work, nice work. Really nice work.

Looks like Genevieve and Monty Zoom

have also mastered the first stage of training.

But they can't ALL be this good.

I wonder if Talia and Crystal are having trouble.

I want to see that leash loose. Tell her to leave it alone.

Now when she does listen to you,

make sure you reward her with your form of currency that you have.

-You're using real meat today.

-Leave. Good girl. Good girl.

-Perfect, yes.

-No trouble here at all!

-Leave.

-Excellent work guys, keep working on that, nice.

I am beginning to think

this stunt is just too easy for these quarterfinalists.

I'm a bit more confident because she got the hang of it

and her leave it has got even better in the training session.

I think it'll be all right.

The hardest bit of training was getting Monty to leave the food

because he is a big fan of food.

I'm pretty confident because none of the people in our group

really have an advantage and we are all really at the same stage.

Whispa learns things really quickly, so, if I can do enough training,

she should have a really good chance.

Crystal, Monty Zoom and Whispa all look pretty different, but,

let's take a look at their mutt measurements

and see what makes them tick.

Whispa is an English cocker spaniel.

Spaniels were bred for chasing birds

which means that Whispa should love chasing toys

and should have no trouble with the fetching part of the challenge.

Crystal is a white German shepherd.

German Shepherds are usually clever and alert.

If Crystal is true to her breed, she should stay focussed

throughout this challenge.

Two-year-old, Monty Zoom, is a papillon.

Papillons are a type of spaniel.

They usually find learning

new tricks very easy.

But will Monty Zoom learn this new challenge as easily as his last?

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Showtime is only days away

when just one team will go through to the semifinal.

The teams have returned to The Dog House

for one last training session with Zach.

-Hey, guys, how are you?

-Good.

We have so far to go on training tonight. I know you can do it.

The stronger their fetch,

the better they're going to do with this stunt, I believe.

That's what we're going to work on.

Let's start with Charlotte and Whispa.

Go ahead and take a break and I'll be with you in just a minute.

We're going to really work on basically how to fetch something.

-How to pick it up and bring it back. Cool with that?

-Yes.

All right, there we go.

So, now we have a long lead, so now we can have control of Whispa.

Why don't you try and get Whispa interested in the toy,

any toy I am fine with.

What's this? What's this? Whispa, Whispa, come.

-Take your time.

-Whispa, what's this? What's this?

Whispa doesn't seem interested in that ball.

Maybe a different toy might work.

-That one is it. You saw that spark, didn't you? Get it.

-Get it then.

Yes, good. You get that duck. You get that duck.

-Good, now throw it, throw it over here.

-Whispa, ready? Come.

Looks like Charlotte has her work cut out

on the fetch element of the challenge.

You're going to have to work on this on your own, you know?

What I want you to focus on is eventually,

having the toy over here, encouraging Whispa to get it and then run back

over a tonne of distractions, like food, like toys, like everything.

That's what you're working towards.

I found it pretty tough today in the training session,

because Whispa didn't really want to play with her toy

and she was just standing there and wasn't interested at all.

I'm going to experiment with lots of different toys.

What about Genevieve and Monty Zoom?

Genevieve is trying him with a toy mouse.

Do what you want to get him interested.

Go get it. Get the mouse. Go get it.

-Go get it.

-That's it, that's good, stay with him. You can come up here.

-Very good.

-What's this? What is this, Monty?

Monty is not impressed with that mouse at all.

And isn't it cats that are supposed to chase mice?

He might like that ball more than that silly cat toy.

He might look like a cat but he's still a dog.

Zak! That's the ultimate insult to a dog!

-Good dog!

-Good! Bring it back. Let's go. Let's go.

Swapping the mouse for that ball seems to have worked

and Monty is definitely more interested.

Genevieve, at Showtime

he just needs to bring it back past the finish line.

It's not critical that he lets go of it

for this challenge. Just so you understand.

My training plan is get out loads of treats,

scatter them in my living room or outside,

and hide his ball and then make him find it.

Maybe this challenge is going to be harder than I thought.

I wonder if Talia and Crystal can do better.

Now let's go ahead and practise that.

Show me what you've got here.

Let me see where you are and then I can give you advice.

-Very nice, very nice.

-Good girl.

-Good.

-Crystal!

-Uh oh.

What's going on? This is the quarterfinals.

Surely fetch should be a walk in the park for these dogs?

You know what? She likes that duck.

Let's go ahead and make that the main toy now.

Good! Now back up here.

-Good girl!

-Run away, run away!

-Come on, Crystal. Come on, Crystal.

By running, we're encouraging her to chase us. Very, very nice.

-That's more like it. Now we're fetching.

-She loves that duck.

Crystal, you can have the duck. You can take it with you, angel.

-Come on.

-Nice work today!

Crystal preferred this duck. She fell in love with it.

Zak said I should use this instead of her ball.

QUACK! QUACK!

Now you have a lot to work on - obviously.

I want you to focus on using one toy

in training and making that toy special.

Also, start introducing heavy distractions.

Guys, I can't emphasise this enough.

We're talking about food. We're talking about toys.

Stuff will be moving around all over the place

and your dog has to go through that jungle and get that item

and bring it back to you.

You cannot prepare enough for this.

We will see you right back here at The Dog House for Showtime.

All right, guys?

-Yeah.

-See you later. Bye.

-Bye.

Teaching your dog to come to you when temptation's around

may take a while, but the results are well worth it.

Here are Zak's four steps on how to avoid temptation.

One. Teach your dog to leave food alone from a distance.

Two. Introduce a toy and encourage your dog to fetch it

and bring it back to you from nearby treats.

Three. Continue with this until your dog will even fetch the toy

from among the tastiest of treats.

Four. Finally, place the toy in your own temptation arena

and have your dog bring it to you without even stopping for a sniff.

Today I'll show you how to teach your dog to go to bed.

Come on in, Nelly. Hey, beautiful girl! Come on. You can do it.

I know. There you are. I've got a treat for you. You look great today.

All right. So, I've got a bed over here.

Nelly knows how to lie down so I want to encourage her

to lie down on the bed. I like that.

She's on the bed - not completely - but that's good enough

for me, especially in the beginning. She identifies this on the ground.

She knows this as a spot. It looks different.

Dogs are smart. They can get that. Nelly, come on. Over here. Good!

Very good. I don't want to go too far away immediately.

Now, Nelly, when you come over here, lie down, go to bed.

I'm introducing that new term, that new phrase to her. That's fantastic.

Come here! Very good. Over here.

I'm going to try and do it from a bit farther away now.

All right, Nelly. Come on over here.

Using very exaggerated body language. Go to bed. Very good.

Now let's see if we can do it a bit further away.

Come on, Nelly, over here! Here we go. Are you ready?

Hey, Nelly, go to bed!

Check this out.

Oh, you're such a rock star, girl. I love you.

That is fantastic. That's how you teach your dog to go to bed.

A lot of fun. Very, very good.

# Who Let the Dogs Out? #

As we know, dogs love food.

Some dogs will eat anything - and I mean ANYTHING.

This is Lewis, a guide dog for Claire, who's blind!

Like most guide dogs, Lewis is very well behaved,

or, at least, he usually is.

You see, one night,

Claire's husband Gordon left money from a Christmas charity collection

on the kitchen table. In the morning, it was gone!

I thought, "What's the dog eaten now?

"He's eaten some newspaper or something."

Then I saw the Queen's head and realised that what he'd eaten

was all the £5 notes, the £10 notes, the £20 notes

from the carol concert collection.

It turned out that Lewis had eaten £250.

Claire and Gordon collected Lewis's poo in a bag

and asked the bank if they could change it back into money.

Amazingly, the bank said, "Yes!"

Well, it was for charity after all.

I don't know if the money even touched the sides.

LEWIS RUMBLES

You know we're talking about you, don't you?

LEWIS RUMBLES

So, Lewis was forgiven

and the charity got a lovely Christmas present

that didn't smell at all.

# Who Let the Dogs Out? #

Eight days of hard-core training are over

and it's time for our three teams

to go head-to-head for a place in the semifinal!

Only one can stay in the competition.

It would mean a lot to me and Whispa to get through to the next round

because I love teaching her new tricks.

I've really enjoyed it so far.

Who will keep their focus?

I'm feeling quite confident.

Eager to see how the trick's actually set out

and how far the distance is.

And who will lose their nerve?

I think I'm under quite a lot of pressure

because he's the smallest dog and he can move quite fast.

But I don't know whether he'll want to.

It's time to find out.

# Who Let the Dogs Out? #

It's Showtime at The Dog House

and this is the course they're going to be negotiating.

Guys, this is not going to be easy.

In fact, this is bordering on impossible.

Now, one by one, the dogs are going to enter the Temptation Arena,

where they will be asked to retrieve their trainer's object.

The dog who retrieves their object in the fastest time

will move on to the semifinals, where they will be one step closer

to winning the Who Let The Dogs Out? top dog trainer trophy.

The trainers must remain outside the arena

and will send their dogs through the tunnel

where they'll run straight into the sausage curtain.

Even if they resist THAT temptation,

they'll encounter so many other toys and treats that ANYTHING can happen.

They'll have to pass the pee post,

go around the gravy fountain,

and even leap over some roaming rats.

Good luck with THAT guys!

First up, Genevieve and Monty Zoom.

Genevieve taught Monty to leave food on the ground very quickly

but he was a little distracted when Genevieve asked him to fetch.

Will this be a problem in the Temptation Arena,

where there are even MORE distractions?

All right. Let me see your toy here.

It's time to find out

if the tiny tennis ball can hold Monty's attention.

BALL SQUEAKS

Take the ball!

And he's off!

Straight as a dart, over the rats, and back to Genevieve!

Amazing!

-Good boy.

-Genevieve and Monty Zoom, great job!

I had no idea that he was going to do so well.

He seems such a small dog and he does like food.

Right from the off, Monty Zoom's focus is on that tennis ball.

He runs straight past the chicken dinner

and not even a glance at the Parma ham -

all in an incredible 6.5 seconds. Fantastic!

Monty Zoom was completely immune to temptation.

But has he gone fast enough to beat the dogs with longer legs?

Next up, Charlotte and Whispa.

Charlotte taught Whispa the "leave it" command very quickly

but struggled when it came to learning "fetch" -

a command that is pretty vital for this challenge.

What's that? What's that?

She has chosen a green turtle sock toy. Can it hold Whispa's focus

and would it help this team to turn things around?

Mm-hm.

Where's your toy? Ready?

Find it! Find it!

Hang on. Charlotte's decided to go on the course.

-What's this?

-And isn't Whispa supposed to be picking up the toy?

There's going to be penalty points added to their score for that.

Good girl!

Charlotte, Whispa, wonderful job!

You are free to go. Nice work.

Whispa just wasn't interested in her toy enough.

I had to go on with her and show her the toy.

Whispa ran through the tunnel but Charlotte had to make sure

she was waiting the other side. And it's a good job she was

because when Whispa saw the tasty teddy bear's picnic,

it was nearly all over.

She did it in 11 seconds but a 30-second penalty will be added

for Charlotte entering the arena,

giving them an overall time of 41 seconds.

Next up, Talia and Crystal.

Talia and Crystal have shown great promise throughout training.

Their strong bond, and Crystal's love of toys, has placed them

well and truly in the driving seat.

But can they beat Monty Zoom's incredibly fast time?

They need to complete the course quicker than 6.5 seconds to win.

If Crystal's love for that squeaky duck holds firm,

that semifinal place could be theirs.

-Go get it up!

-And she's off. But it's a slow start from Crystal.

Her eyes have just lit up

with the sight of all those sausages and doggy delights.

Oh dear! Talia has had to come into the arena

to guide Crystal out of trouble.

That will incur a hefty time penalty

and it looks like Crystal's forgotten

all about her precious ducky.

All these temptations are clearly too much for Crystal to handle.

Crystal, come on, come on! Don't touch.

Crystal, come on. Come on.

See her. Don't touch. Come.

She's sniffing the chicken but she's not eating it.

-Come on, Crystal.

-Good girl.

Good girl. Come on, come on!

No! Leave the Parma ham.

Oh, too late!

And now she's off out of the arena. Where is she going?

But wait, Talia has got her back and they're heading to the finish line.

-Come on, Crystal! Come on.

-Slowly.

Fantastic energy from Talia.

Good girl.

And they've done it but they will be penalised.

Really good work, Talia. Nice job!

A 30-second penalty will be given for Talia entering the arena

and a further ten-second penalty will be added for Crystal

scoffing the Parma ham,

so that gives them a total time of 1 minute 40 seconds.

It could have gone better but Talia isn't complaining.

She's still young and she's still learning

so I'm quite surprised and proud of her at the same time

that we still came this far.

# Who Let the Dogs Out? #

I can now reveal that the winner of today's Temptation Challenge

and the team that will advance to the semifinal is...

..Genevieve and Monty Zoom.

Congratulations! You have made it into the top three.

-Is Genevieve speechless, really?

-Yes. OK.

You did an incredible job.

You are to be commended. You worked so hard. Give your dogs some love.

Really, really good work.

So, Genevieve and Monty Zoom have made it through to the semifinals.

Next time on Who Let The Dogs Out?, all three semifinalists

are going to be teaching their dogs a fantastic stunt.

But only two will go on to the final. Don't miss it.

Next time on Who Let the Dogs Out?

Jake and Ice, Charlotte and Harry and Genevieve and Monty Zoom

take on a high pressure challenge

involving squeaky toys and flashing lights!

This trick, guys, is a thinking dog's challenge.

It's the semifinal, so don't even think about missing it, OK?

I think Crystal's come really far

and she's learned so much on the way.

So, I'm proud of her even though we didn't get through.

I wish Genevieve good luck and I hope she does really well

and she really deserved to win.

Winning is just amazing. I'm so proud of him.

He's so bright and bubbly. He's just like the best dog ever.

I'm 10 million out of 10 happy.

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