Dogs on a Trampoline Who Let the Dogs Out?

This is the Doghouse,

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

Here, 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 Doghouse...

but there can be only one winner.

Oh! Yeah!

Today, three young trainers will be battling it out

-for their place in the quarter-finals.

-This dog is crazy!

So who will be jumping for joy?

And who will be brought back down to earth with a bump?

Things are about to get very "hairy" at the Doghouse.

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Today on Who Let the Dogs Out?

Reading lessons with a real teacher's pet,

canine capers in a winter wonderland

and three new teams try to bounce their way to a quarter-final place.

Hundreds of you applied to be on Who Let The Dogs Out?

But we only had room for 27 of the nation's best young dog trainers.

Today, Georgia and Poppy, Ella and Charlie and Adele and Jess

are going to be learning a very bouncy stunt

but first, let's find out why they made it into the Doghouse.

At the try-outs, dozens of dogs and their trainers

were hoping to get to the Doghouse

for a chance at that ultimate prize of Top Dog Trainer.

The competition was tough and only the very best would get there.

My name's Georgia and this is Poppy.

Poppy is a king cocker spaniel.

Whoa! Hops!

Check it out.

I've never done something like this before and I'm nervous

because I don't know how it will go.

I've never seen a cocker spaniel jump so high in my life!

We practice every day when we go on walks.

Unbelievable!

-Good girl.

-That was incredible.

I'm Adele, this is Jess and we're from Cheshire.

Jess is really good at tricks.

-She's a Welsh collie cross.

-Very good.

Bang.

I'm feeling really happy about going to the try-outs

and excited and ready to go.

Wow! That's always a crowd-pleasing trick.

Adele and Jess and Georgia and Poppy breezed through their try-outs

but for Ella and her Jack Russell Charlie,

it wasn't such plain sailing.

Oh, boy. Trouble, trouble.

Look! "Let me at the ball," he says. "I've got to have it!"

-We call him the mini David Beckham.

-I see.

-May I please have this?

-Charlie, drop it.

Charlie, drop!

CHARLIE WHIMPERS

Charlie is a real perseverer and he'll try to do his best every time.

Charlie, fetch!

Charlie!

You... You're possessed!

-Charlie!

-Are you kidding me?

Dead dog.

I think everyone needs to take cover.

What else can we test for here? Cos we're not going to get the basics.

Charlie's try-out could have gone better, but Zak saw his potential.

I see a dog that is really focused on playing and really enjoys that.

If you can take advantage of that focus,

you can teach a dog like that absolutely anything.

After securing their place at the Doghouse,

all three trainers looked forward

to seeing what Zak had in store for them.

All right! Look at our dogs. They're looking excited.

I am so super excited. Today, you're going to be teaching your dogs

how to bounce up and down on a trampoline.

Now, I cannot think of a more fun trick to teach.

This one, I think, is going to be a blast. For this trick,

the dogs are going to learn to jump onto a trampoline by themselves

and jump up and down. This is more difficult than it looks,

as their trainers won't be allowed on the trampoline with them.

At Showtime, the dog that bounces the most times on the trampoline

will be the winner.

The first thing we're going to do

is see how well our dogs jump on the spot in front of us.

I'd like to start with you, Adele and Jess.

Go ahead and take Jess off the leash, please.

-And are you going to be using food or play today?

-Um, food.

Play very often is a very effective reward,

especially for a trick like this.

That is not a good start.

I think Jess seems a little distracted.

-Go ahead and call Jess in a happy voice.

-Jessie!

-Come here, Jess.

-Come here. Stay.

-OK, you got it. Very good.

-Sit.

Go ahead, put her in position, see if you can get her to jump up and down.

Jump. Good girl.

-Jump.

-Very nice. Go ahead and reward her. That's good.

When a dog's on the right track,

especially at the start when we're teaching them something new,

-got to let them know they're doing right. One more time.

-Jump. Jump.

Get up off that ground! Show me some more energy! Come on!

-Yes!

-Good girl!

-I'll tell you right off the bat,

you'll have to pick up that energy ten times to do well with this trick.

I'll come over to Georgia and Poppy. Let's see what you guys are up to.

At the try-outs, Poppy proved she could jump.

Go, jump!

Whoa! Look at this!

And it looks like she hasn't lost her touch. That is amazing.

Right, reward! Reward, now!

-Can I throw the ball?

-Yeah.

Get the ball. That's how we reward. A dog that loves the ball that much,

the second they do it, give it to them, when they do what we want.

Get the ball back, again, do three more jumps and then throw it.

-Go!

-One jump.

Good, give me...

Two. Now give me one more.

Now throw that ball! Awesome job!

That's fantastic. That's what I want to see all of your dogs doing here.

I just noticed a second ago over here

that when Georgia and Poppy were working,

Charlie was like, "No, I don't want food, I want this."

Try and give him food, please.

Charlie! Come on!

Put it right at his nose.

Charlie! Come on.

Looks like Charlie is still obsessed with playing ball.

Let go. Oh, he doesn't let go either, does he?

If you say, "drop" sometimes he does.

Drop. No. Drop.

Drop it!

You tell him to drop.

Charlie, drop it. Drop it. Charlie, drop.

Charlie wants that ball so much

that I don't think anything will make him let go of it...

Drop it! Drop!

..except another ball.

So we showed him another ball and he let go. Good.

Yes! Right here.

-Charlie!

-Right here. Very good.

When you let go, you'll get this one. Good! No.

-He wants to have them both. Good!

-Good boy.

I'm going to let you work with your dog. Work on jumping and reward.

Jump! Good boy. Jump!

Let's go ahead and practice with him now. Keep up the good work.

You're doing great.

Our dogs very often like the same things in life that we do

like fresh, crisp snow in winter,

perfect for jumping about in.

Things get tough when the weather turns cold.

Getting from A to B becomes a challenge.

Traffic slows down to a crawl.

And tempers flare.

Some are completely at home in the snow.

It leaves others "cold".

For most, the best thing about snow

is coming back inside to the warm.

Still to come, Zak teaches Nelly a potentially life-saving trick

and our three teams battle it out

in one of the most dramatic Showtimes yet.

It's like all the pressure's on me and Charlie

to do, like, really well.

Now the teams have had time to practise jumping on the spot,

Zak's back to see how they've got on

and start the next step of training.

What we want to do is encourage them to now do this on the trampoline.

The difficulty is that we now have distance between our dogs and us.

Our dogs are far less likely to listen to us

even with the smallest amount of distance if they're not used to it.

Ready to start? Let's get on the trampoline,

and I want you to be extremely cautious.

Pretend that you're teaching them to jump up and down

for the first time ever.

At Showtime, the trainers won't be allowed on the trampoline

so Zak has given them boxes to stand on.

Jump! No. Jump!

-Good girl.

-Keep Charlie closer to the middle.

I'm seeing a bad habit develop with him being so close to the perimeter.

You want him right here. Withhold. Correct every time, OK?

The middle of the trampoline is the safest place to be

and the best place if you want to jump really high.

I love the control you guys have with that ball. Much better.

If Ella can use Charlie's obsession with those balls to good effect,

she could be in with a chance at winning this

but Adele still seems to be struggling to keep Jess's attention.

-I can see Jess is definitely distracted.

-Come here!

Let's try and get down a bit lower.

Maybe we can even initially get on the trampoline. Let me see, maybe...

Yeah, that's good.

Hey, Jess! Look what I got!

Let me see the food, please. Very good. Look at this!

Very good. Good. I like that you're paying attention now.

See, right now, because she wasn't paying attention a moment ago,

she was just like, "No, I'm bored.

"I don't feel like doing this right now."

Let's go. Yes! Good, very good.

See, it's OK, we can sit here a little bit.

I would just try to do that and try and get some motion

and maybe half those treats, so they're not quite so big.

Adele will have to work really hard

to make sure Jess doesn't get distracted

but there are no such problems for Georgia and Poppy!

Beautiful. Look at Poppy!

My goodness! Look at this.

What I love about Poppy is that she jumps up, she comes down,

she sets and she goes up again.

It's very rhythmic.

Timing is so important in dog training, and she gets that.

You need to reward, though,

come on, big. Very good.

All right, guys.

-We'll see you in one week, back here at the Doghouse. Bye.

-Bye!

For Georgia and Poppy, today has been plain sailing

but for Ella and Charlie

and Adele and Jess, there are some major obstacles to overcome.

When we got on the trampoline,

she was more interested in anything else that was going on.

She tries her best, but if something's in the corner of her eye

she always has to go and have a look at it and check it out.

Charlie's love of the tennis balls does worry me a bit

because he's not concentrating as much.

The main competition for me will probably be Georgia

because her dog can jump really high and is really good.

I'm glad that we're doing trampolining

because Poppy can jump really high

and I think we can use that as an advantage.

Poppy, Charlie and Jess are all really amazing dogs.

Let's see what makes them who they are.

Poppy is two years old

and like many cocker spaniels, she's really energetic.

Poppy can run for miles and miles

and she loves swimming too!

Georgia is also really sporty

so they make a great team.

Poppy already has a trampoline at home

so she might just have the edge on this one.

Charlie is a two-year-old Jack Russell

and as we've seen, he loves balls

and balls, and...

well, more balls.

In fact, Charlie is so crazy about balls

that when there are balls about, he doesn't want anything else,

not even food.

Jack Russells can be extremely determined

so if anyone can crack this trampoline challenge, it's Charlie.

Jess, the Welsh collie cross,

is three years old and loves swimming

and rolling in mud.

She also loves to spin round and round

with a watering can attached to a piece of string. Weird!

But like many collies, Jess is extremely intelligent

and when she's tired, she puts herself to bed without being told.

Clever dog!

One week on and the teams are back at the Doghouse.

Everyone's been practising like crazy,

hoping to nab that place in the quarter-finals.

After my week away, I'm feeling good about being back at the Doghouse.

'Jess is doing well, but

'it's not one of her strongest things to do, trampolining

'but I think she'll do OK.'

It feels really great to be back at the Doghouse

because it's a place that Charlie loves to be.

'The hardest part of the training has got to be'

just getting him to jump in the same spot

because he'll jump up, he can jump so high.

I'm really excited at being back at the Doghouse.

We've been putting in lots of work,

doing four hours a day,

so Poppy's had a lot of training and she'll do really, really well.

Here's your ball! See? Jump!

-Good boy!

-Hey, guys! How's it going?

-Hi.

Looks like training is going well here.

Why don't you guys take a break for a minute?

I'll work with Adele and Jess, if you don't mind.

-Do you want to take the leash off? Let's do that.

-Stay.

Last week, Jess was easily distracted.

I wonder how she'll do now.

-Jump!

-There we go!

-Good girl!

Come on, Jessie. Jump! Jump!

I got to tell you, you guys - dramatic improvement since last week.

Really good stuff there. You've put in a lot of time.

-What's your training been like?

-It's been OK.

-I think she's doing really well.

-She's got hops for sure.

One thing that I would encourage,

I love this idea, by the way, of having this out here,

to encourage your dog to stay in the middle.

Brilliant idea. And look at her focus. She's loving it there.

I'll let you do this. Try picking up your energy a bit more.

Let's see if we can get her more energetic, so she's more into it.

Have you been throwing the ball as a reward?

Do that right now, and just work up this way.

Ready? Go fetch!

At Showtime, points will only be awarded

if all four paws are off the trampoline when the dog jumps

and for that, they'll need loads of energy.

Go right back into it, and see if we get a bit more energy out of her.

Thank you. Here we go.

Put it right in there. There you go. Keep her going.

That's it! Come on, Jessie, jump!

Look at her tail, wagging faster.

CHARLIE BARKS

Come on, Jessie!

Absolutely wonderful. You see the difference in height there?

Charlie? What's happening?

I'm getting to you, buddy! I'm going to come in a second.

Really good work. Keep up the good work.

Ella and Charlie, what's all the noise about over here?

He's getting too excited with his balls.

I know, he likes to play so much.

You're still using two tennis balls?

-Yeah.

-Why don't you show me where you are with your training?

If you want to go off leash,

I don't think Charlie's going anywhere if you have those balls.

Charlie! Charlie! Drop it. Drop it!

Charlie, drop it.

What's this? Good boy. Drop.

Wow! Ella's finally managed to get Charlie to let go of that ball

and look at those jumps!

-Good boy.

-He's got hops too, man. Really, really good.

And your energy is fantastic right now. You're into it,

you're rewarding him. He's happy, and he is just ball crazy.

This is the perfect trick for a dog like Charlie.

You've got to focus on keeping him in the middle of the trampoline now.

I'm going to move on to Georgia and Poppy. Really proud of you.

You can take a break and put Charlie back on leash. Good work.

It looks like Ella and Charlie and Adele and Jess

might have a chance of beating Georgia and Poppy.

But Zak still thinks Poppy can improve.

When she brings it back, get right into it.

-Leave it.

-Here you go. Now get right into it.

Look at her tail. Good! Right into it. Did you see that?

-Look at her! Boom!

-That's amazing! Glad Poppy's not scared of heights.

That's what she's saying.

-Get it!

-Super impressed with all three of you guys.

You've got one day left to practise.

Keep up the good work, and I will see you tomorrow at Showtime.

-Bye, guys! ALL:

-Bye!

Jumping on a trampoline can be fun

but teaching how to do it correctly will keep it safe too

so here are Zak's five steps to trampolining.

1 - Begin on the ground

using food or play to encourage your dog to jump.

2 - Reward generously whenever you see a slight improvement.

3 - Progress to the trampoline but to start with, be extra cautious.

4 - Encourage your dog to remain in the middle of the trampoline.

5 - Pace your training, with plenty of rewards,

lots of breaks, and you and your dog will be a happy trampolining team!

The hardest part of the training

has got to be just getting him to just jump in the same spot

'and not fall off the trampoline when he's jumping.'

Good boy!

I'm feeling like 50-50 confident.

On a scale of one to ten,

my confidence would be around about eight.

I think my biggest competition is probably going to be Adele

because she's really, really communicating really well with Jess.

My training session with Zak went really well.

Jess paid attention all the time

and her jumps were really good as well

and she didn't really go wrong at all, so I'm really proud of her.

Today, I'm going to show you how to teach your dog

the single most important thing in the entire world.

In fact, believe it not, it could even save their life. Come on, Nelly!

Hey, girl. How you doing, beautiful? Look what I got.

I got a treat for you! Nice work.

OK, come around here, this way.

Going to bring her around, just going to lure her back.

Today we're going to learn how to teach our dog to stay.

Stay can be pretty much broken up into three different categories.

They can stay for a period of time, stay while you walk away

and stay while they're heavily distracted.

Once they master all three of those, you have a pretty solid stay.

Let's start for a period of time.

Don't ask for too much time too early. Nelly, stay.

One, two, three. Yes! Good girl.

A little treat there. Now let's go for five seconds.

Stay. One, two, three,

four, five.

She's going for extra credit there.

That was fantastic. Really good work.

OK, Nelly. Now I feel like she understands stay with duration.

I'll try to walk away now.

Remember, we're building distance a little bit farther away here,

just a little bit, and look at that.

Very good. But again, not too much time, not too early.

Don't be afraid to reward big with stay.

It is such an important thing for our dogs to know.

As a matter of fact, stay is a life-saving command.

We want to treat it as though we were at a busy junction.

If they stepped into the junction,

what would we do? We want to make sure they stay with us.

Now, we're going to try and see how well she does

with stay with distractions, because stay doesn't really mean anything

unless they'll do it when they're distracted. Stay.

What's that?

Very good, Nelly! That is perfect.

You are free to go. You can do whatever you want now.

Once upon a time, there were some dogs

who really, really loved listening to stories.

Meet Audrey, a three-year-old Italian spinone,

who loves nothing more than a good tale.

So much so, she has actually decided to turn it into her job!

Loveable Audrey works for the charity Pets As Therapy

and pops into classrooms to calm everyone down

so they won't be embarrassed reading.

.."waiting for me."

She's so relaxed and friendly

that the children read and chat to her and tell her all their tales!

Makes you more confident

and helps believe in yourself how you can read to people.

If you get lost reading a book,

she'll put her paw on your leg and tell you where you are.

Audrey is one of dozens of dogs who visit schools across the UK

and check this out - the children not only make a new friend,

but they also become more confident readers.

Two weeks' intensive training is over

and it's time for our three teams to go head-to-head

for a place in the quarter-finals.

Only one team will make it. For the others, the journey ends here.

My biggest competition is probably Georgia,

because her jumps are amazing

and because she's got a spaniel, they're just really jumpy anyway,

so I think she's really good.

So who's got what it takes to win?

'I want to be in the final really badly.'

It'll mean a lot

because it's one of the things I've wanted to do before I'm 16.

And who will bounce their way into the quarter-final?

'I'm feeling quite nervous.'

It's like all the pressure is on me and Charlie to do really well.

It's time to find out.

It's Showtime for our trampolining dogs

and this is where our dogs are going to be bouncing their way to victory.

Each dog will have one minute to bounce as many times as they can.

The dog with the most bounces will be the winner.

In order for the points to count, however,

all four paws must leave the trampoline.

The winning team will move on to the quarter-finals.

First up, Georgia and Poppy.

Georgia and Poppy were the strongest team from the beginning

and have sailed through training without any major problems.

If they remain focused, that quarter-final spot will be theirs.

Georgia and Poppy, your one minute starts now.

Poppy, get it!

Good girl!

Poppy, get it!

Poppy's still achieving great height on those jumps.

No danger of dropping points there.

Poppy, get it!

Good girl.

Georgia has decided to reward Poppy every time she jumps.

That will slow her down a bit.

Good girl.

Poppy, get it.

Good girl.

They're into a good rhythm now,

just like in training.

-This is impressive stuff.

-Poppy, get it.

Poppy's totally focused on Georgia.

These two have such a strong bond.

Poppy, get it.

Good girl.

Poppy, get it. Poppy, get it.

Looks like Poppy might be running out of steam

and now the clock is against them.

Good girl.

Poppy, get it.

Good girl.

Poppy, get it.

Good girl.

Last five seconds. Is there time for one more?

Poppy, get it.

Good girl.

Your time is up.

Wonderful job. Really, really good work.

Wow! 16 points.

It's a strong score, and one the other teams might struggle to match.

Next up, Adele and Jess.

Jess was often distracted at the beginning of training

and Adele has had to work hard to keep her focused.

If Adele can't hold Jess's attention

she'll have to kiss goodbye to that quarter-final place.

Adele and Jess, your one minute starts now.

Come on, Jessie! Jump!

Jump! Good girl!

Wow! An incredible start.

These two are flying.

Good girl, jump! Come on, jump!

Look at that height! All four paws cleanly off the trampoline.

Jump! Good. Come on!

Good girl! Jump! Good girl!

Jump! Good girl!

But is Jess starting to run out of steam?

Adele will have to reward her soon

or she'll lose interest entirely.

Jump! Good girl!

Jump! Good girl! Jump!

That's 17 points. They've beaten Georgia and Poppy's score.

Adele's using Zak's technique of playing fetch

to keep Jess's energy up.

Clever stuff.

Oh, no! That's vital seconds they're losing.

Jump! Come on, jump!

Good girl! Jump! Good girl! Jump!

Come on, jump! Good girl!

Just ten seconds left

but Jess is completely focused on Adele and the points are racking up.

Good girl! Jump!

Come on, jump! Good girl! Jump!

Your time is up.

Really, really nice. You're free to go. Good work, guys.

32 points. They've smashed Georgia and Poppy's score.

No-one saw that coming!

Now Ella and Charlie have a mountain to climb.

Next up, Ella and Charlie!

Charlie was a ball-crazed maniac at the try-outs

and Ella has struggled to keep control of him in training.

This is their final chance to get it right.

Ella and Charlie, your one minute starts now.

Go, Charlie!

Go, Charlie! Jump! Good!

Jump! Jump! Good! Jump!

Jump! Jump! Good!

Wow! An impressive pace, but Charlie's straying close

to the edge of that trampoline. Ella needs to watch that.

Good! Come on! Good!

Go, Charlie! Good! Good boy!

Fantastic energy from Ella.

It's been her strong suit all the way through training.

And look at Charlie! He's completely focused.

Jump! Good! Good!

Good!

They're getting close to Adele and Jess's score.

Go, Charlie! Good!

Come on! Good! Good boy!

Go, Charlie! Good boy!

I think they're going to do it.

Good boy! Good! Good boy! Jump!

Good boy! Jump!

They have done it

and in style.

Ella and Charlie are through to the next round!

Incredible stuff!

Good! Jump! Good!

Go, Charlie!

Your time is up. Very, very good.

An amazing contest and what a result!

Ella and Charlie came through when it really mattered.

I can now reveal that the winner of today's trampoline challenge

and the team that will go on to the quarter-finals is...

..Ella and Charlie!

Congratulations! You did a fantastic job.

-You didn't expect it to be you, did you?

-No.

-Tell me how you feel.

Really, really proud of Charlie. Really, really proud of him.

You should be very proud. You guys did awesome out there today.

Really, really good work.

Go ahead and let your dogs know you love them. Really good job.

So Ella and Charlie have made it through to the quarter-finals.

Next time, three more top trainers and their dogs will compete

for their place with another awesome stunt.

Don't miss it. Really good work, guys.

Next time on Who Let The Dogs Out?

Jessica and Tilly, Charlotte and Harry

and Jasmine and Angus have Zak jumping for joy...

Yeah! Look at that! Nice work!

..when he sets them a Who Let The Dogs Out classic challenge.

The stakes just got really high.

I'm feeling really happy about winning

but also, I'm a bit shocked that the other girls didn't win.

Jess has done really well.

She's progressed loads. This week, she's been doing really well,

so I'm really pleased with her.

I felt a little bit disappointed because Poppy tried her best

but in the end, she didn't come out on top, but that's OK.

I'm really, really proud of Charlie.

And he's only got little legs,

so I'm surprised he's managed to jump that far.

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