Jumping Dogs Who Let the Dogs Out?

This is The Dog House -

home to the best dog training competition in the UK.

And look who's leading the mission to find the top young dog trainers -

the awesome Ashleigh and Pudsey.

Welcome to Who Let The Dogs Out?

Hundreds applied...

-Oh, nice.

-That's good.

..but only 27 teams made it to The Dog House.

And today three of those teams will battle it out

for the last place in the semifinals.

Perfect! Give him loads of praise for that.

The amazing Ashleigh Butler will be joined by expert dog trainer

Steve Mann to teach them a totally impressive stunt.

Jump. Good boy. Come here.

So, who will be barking mad?

That was a pants jump from you, though.

And who will be left chasing their tail?

Right, let's just ignore him.

Everyone, ignore him.

Well, brace yourselves, it's time to find out.

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I met hundreds of trainers from all over the UK at the Try-outs,

but only 27 made it through to The Dog House

and only three were chosen for this next challenge.

We need small sized dogs that love to jump.

Please tell me that's what you've got.

-I've got a Great Dane.

-What?

I'm kidding.

Today we're going to be meeting Dominic and Cosmo,

Eleanor and Lucy

and Hannah and Jake.

Here they are impressing me at the Try-outs.

Come on, Puds.

At the Try-outs dozens of dogs and their trainers were hoping to

impress Ashleigh to get to The Dog House.

-BELL RINGS

-Good boy.

Wow, well done.

And get their paws on the ultimate prize -

the Top Dog Trainer trophy.

-The competition was fierce.

-That is amazing.

And one of the first to make it through were this team from Bristol.

I can see someone's very eager.

The floor is yours, take it away.

Ashleigh was really impressed with 12-year-old Dominic

and his Labrador, Cocker Spaniel cross Cosmo.

Jump up. Jump up.

Jump up. Good boy.

Brilliant.

And she knew they had what it took to make it to The Dog House.

Good boy.

That is fantastic.

And this team from Staffordshire certainly had the cute factor.

Hello.

Hello.

Does that say, "Pick Me"?

Yeah.

Aw, bless her, she's so cute.

Eleanor and her Cavapoo Lucy wowed Ashleigh.

-Good, well done.

-Come on, Lucy.

Well done.

Nice weaves.

Both of you, amazing. Well done.

Can you introduce yourselves, please?

I'm Hannah and this is my dog Jake.

Hannah is 13 and Jake is a Patterdale.

Sit. Speak.

-HE BARKS

-Good boy.

And they were eager to impress.

Good boy, there we go.

-Not in it.

-Not in it.

Which they did.

Good boy, well done.

-He's never tried that before.

-Wow, that is brilliant.

It's the first day of Training and time for Ashleigh to introduce

the teams to our training expert Steve who will reveal their stunt.

Come on. Hi, guys.

ALL: Hi.

How we all feeling today?

ALL: Good.

I hope both you and your dogs have a lot of energy.

You're going to need all that energy because today you're going to

start teaching your dogs how to use one of these.

You and your dogs are going to be skipping.

In this challenge, your dogs are going to have to learn

how to skip with you.

At Showtime, the dog who jumps

and clears the most turns on a rope in two minutes will be the winner.

I think skipping is very, very impressive.

And as long as your dogs love to jump I'm sure you'll be fine.

The first stage of the training,

we're not going to use the rope at all.

What I want you to do is encourage your dog with a treat or toy

just to jump on the spot.

Just the once, and, when they do,

loads of fuss, loads of reinforcement.

Let them know that's exactly what you want them to do.

When they're jumping nice and consistently,

see if you can fade out that lure.

You're just going to be using your verbal cue.

When that's happening nice and consistently,

see if you can add a few jumps. Then what I want you to do,

and this is where you're going to start looking cool,

you're going to start jumping with the dog.

It's going to be impressive.

Ashleigh's going to look after you.

When I come back, I want to see plenty of jumping.

See you later, guys.

When you are teaching your dog the skipping rope,

the most important thing is working together as a team.

Shall we begin?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

-Let's get going then.

When the trick was revealed I was really excited

because I've never actually tried the skipping with Jake.

So, remember, one jump and a reward.

Good, well done.

Let's try and do two now.

Jake, sit. Sit.

Jump.

Jake looks like a good jumper.

Oh, where's he off to?

While Hannah gets Jake back,

let's see how Eleanor and Lucy are getting on.

Jump.

She does one tiny little jump and then you treat.

Jump.

Good, give her the treat.

Good girl, well done.

Make sure her back paws come off the floor as well.

Lucy's not jumping as high as Jake, but at least she's not running off.

Well done.

I'll leave you to it.

Keep doing exactly the same as that.

Try and get her to go higher and higher. Well done.

When I found out we're doing skipping

I was a bit shocked at first because I never thought we'd be doing that,

but I think it will be OK.

-How's Cosmo getting on?

-He's doing fine.

He's jumping really high.

Oh, look at that. Good boy, well done.

-Shall we try doing two this time?

-OK.

Jump.

Jump.

-Good boy.

-Well done.

You actually jumped with him that time,

so did he actually already know jump before this?

Yeah, I've just done it with him.

-Just jumping with him.

-Good.

-Shall we try three this time?

-OK.

Dominic and Cosmo are jumping already.

Looks like they're taking an early lead.

Well done.

What you two need to work on now is getting your timing perfect.

Where you jumped he was only starting to come up,

so it's all about your timing with him.

When the trick was revealed I was excited cos it was something

I've been teaching Cosmo for a while now,

but I haven't taught it with the skipping rope.

I think I can do really well.

When you are teaching your dog the skipping,

you have to remember it takes lots and lots and lots of practice.

It's all about timing and motivating your dog

throughout the whole training.

Remember, every trick that you teach your dog brings you closer together.

I'm going to leave you guys to it.

See you later.

ALL: Bye.

It looks like all of the teams training with Ashleigh

are off to a good start.

Dogs love to play with their trainers,

but some dogs can have fun on their own.

Take a look at these dogs that are very good at amusing themselves.

Dogs' hobbies often involve humans...

but sometimes they prefer to play by themselves.

Some dogs take up the piano.

While many learn to impressions.

I think this dog's doing his meerkat impression.

And this spaniel is definitely being a kangaroo.

This poodle is taking up a new language.

He's learning parakeet,

but I don't think it's going very well.

But the best hobbies definitely involve humans.

It's SNOW fun without them.

Still to come - a dog who found fame online.

And we find out which of our three teams

will be skipping straight into the semifinals.

Training is in full swing

and Ashleigh's back to see how the teams are getting on.

Hi, guys. Your training looks like it's going pretty well.

I'm going to give you all skipping ropes.

At the moment, they're going to be invisible skipping ropes.

Invisible ropes?

There's no such thing.

You're going to look quite weird, but that's part of dog training.

As long as you and your dogs are happy, that's all that matters.

Hannah and Jake, let's give it a go.

Sit. Come here.

Jump.

Jake's off again.

Jake's stolen Lucy's toy.

Have you got a toy of your own?

Let's just ignore him.

Everyone ignore him.

Jake looks like he's having a lot of fun.

But this isn't helping their skipping training, is it?

I'm going to move on to Eleanor and Lucy, but I will come back.

Let's give it a go.

Have you got your imaginary skipping rope there?

Ready? Jump.

I don't think Lucy can see that imaginary skipping rope.

Instead of using both your hands at the moment,

maybe use exactly the same with your left hand up there helping her out

and just use your right one at the moment.

Ready?

Jump.

Good girl.

Aw, that was better.

Jumping an invisible rope is a tricky business.

I don't think she's ready for our invisible skipping rope.

Just carry on jumping with her.

Cosmo, then.

How have you been getting on?

We're doing fine.

I kind of would like to try the invisible skipping rope.

For this, just do one and then the treat.

Good boy.

That was a pants jump from you, though.

I didn't really jump.

Dominic may be struggling to jump over his invisible rope,

but Cosmo isn't having any problems.

Good boy.

What you two need to work on now is actually jumping together.

Well done.

We finally have Jake back.

Well done for getting him back.

Shall we try and do what we're going to do?

-Off you go.

-Jump.

Good boy.

Jump.

There we go, give him a treat.

Hannah has very wisely put Jake on the lead.

Brilliant.

Guys, you've got a week to go and perfect your jumping with your dogs,

I'm going to give you these...

..the actual real skipping ropes.

I'll see you back here in a week's time and I hope to see you

and your dogs skipping. Good luck.

Ah, finally, real skipping ropes.

See you later, guys.

ALL: Bye.

After Day 1 of Training, the teams are progressing well,

but they'll have to master the invisible skipping ropes

before they move on to the real ones.

Cosmo, Lucy and Jake are all breeds

that have a reputation for being active.

Let's take a closer look to see what makes them tick.

Cosmo is a one-year-old Labrador, Cocker Spaniel cross.

He's a clever but cheeky canine

and tricks people into giving up their seat.

Labradors and Cocker Spaniels

are genuinely known to be active

and full of beans,

so let's hope that Cosmo uses this

to his advantage cos there's no

lounging around on this challenge.

Next up, we've got Jake.

A four-year-old Patterdale Terrier.

Jake was a rescue dog

and was originally called Jacob.

But Hannah says

it doesn't matter what he's called,

she loves him anyway.

Aw.

Patterdale Terriers are usually very

bold and confident,

so Jake should have no problem

skipping past the opposition.

Last but not least we've got Lucy,

a three-year-old Cavapoo.

which is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel crossed with

a Miniature Poodle.

Lucy is an extremely active dog

and she loves going surfing.

Cavapoos are usually fast learners,

so this should stand Lucy

and Eleanor in good stead

for today's challenge.

After a week practising at home

the teams have returned to The Dog House

for some final training before Showtime.

-Shall we take a look?

-Yeah.

-Come on, then.

Oh, let me have a look.

Skipping rope all ready?

Like it.

Oh-oh, Jake's up to his old tricks again.

Come on, Jake, stop larking about.

Step back a little bit so you've got a bit of room.

You ready, Jake, you ready?

Jump. Very good.

Excellent.

Wow, I wasn't expecting that.

-Well done, Jake.

-Step back, then.

Eleanor and Lucy, shall we take a look at you?

Ready. Jump.

Good, well done.

Eh, that's pretty good progress from these two.

Not bad at all.

-Such an improvement from last week.

-Really good.

-And she wasn't even jumping last week, was she?

-No.

-Unbelievable.

-Expert trainer alert.

-Brilliant, sky's the limit for you two guys.

-Well done.

-Dominic and Cosmo.

-Dominic, don't let the boys down.

You were doing really well last week.

I just told you to go away and work on your timing.

Let's take a look.

-Cosmo, jump.

-Very good.

Fantastic.

Dominic, I think you need to work on your skipping all by yourself.

Yeah, Cosmo's a little better than me.

Luckily Dominic still has some time to practise his skipping technique.

I think all three have done absolutely amazing.

You're further down the line than I thought you were going to be,

now we're going to push you a little bit more.

I need you to start combining two or three or four jumps together.

As you start doing that you really need to concentrate on your rhythm.

I'll leave you with Ashleigh, she'll look after you,

I'll catch you later.

-See you later, gang.

-ALL: Bye.

Bring Jake out here.

We're going to do another practice.

-Jump.

-Good.

Jump. Good boy. Jump.

Good boy.

Yay, loads of praise. Good boy.

That time you were saying, "Jump, good boy."

That "good boy" was really keeping him focused.

Jake was a good boy.

He didn't run off this time.

Well done, Jake.

All you've got to do is keep working on that.

Like Steve said, getting your rhythm.

Well done. Eleanor and Lucy.

You were doing one.

Shall we try two, then maybe three?

Ready. Jump.

Sit.

Ready. Jump. Sit.

-Ready. Jump.

-Well done.

Ready. Jump.

That's four in a row.

This competition is going to be tight.

Well done. That's so good, well done.

The important thing with Lucy now is trying to get that a bit quicker

so you're not wasting as much time.

That's perfect. Well done.

Dominic and Cosmo, then.

Shall we see if we can try two?

Jump.

Good boy. Stay.

Perfect.

Give him loads of praise for that. Yes, well done.

Dominic deserves praise for that, too.

His skipping was much better that time.

Guys, you've done absolutely amazing.

I'm going to see you here for Showtime in just over a week.

Keep practising as much as possible.

Have fun as well. Bye.

ALL: Bye.

Skipping with your dog is really impressive,

so here are five steps on how to do it.

Step 1 - using a treat or a toy,

encourage your dog to jump once on the spot

and reward them when they do.

Step 2 - give your command a name

and begin to fade out the lure of using a treat or a toy.

Step 3 - increase the number of jumps before you reward,

build up to two jumps then three.

Step 4 - begin jumping with your dog.

When you can both jump together start to use invisible ropes.

Step 5 - bring in the real skipping ropes,

you might have to go back to one jump and a reward

and soon you'll be skipping like pros.

Remember, jumping is hard work,

so make sure you give your dog plenty of rest and water.

I'm feeling confident about Showtime because I think she can do it.

She's come this far, she can go further.

Cosmo can skip very well and he can jump very high.

And the only downfall is that I need to work on my skipping.

The session today went really well. Jake did loads of skips.

What didn't go really well was Jake trying to play with Cosmo.

He just thought, "Time out, I want to play."

Today's trick is a really useful dance move.

We're going to be showing you how to teach your dog to walk round a pole.

All you're going to do is lure the dog

a quarter of the way around the pole. Ready, Puds? What's this?

Good boy. And then treat them.

And you're going to do that over and over again

until the dog starts getting the idea

then you can start moving on to halfway round. Ready?

Good boy.

Once they start getting the idea of going halfway,

you can do a full turn. Ready?

Good boy.

Then you can also start bringing in your commands.

For this I use a go round, but you can use anything,

it's totally up to you.

Ready? Round. Good boy.

And I'm slowly going to bring my hand away.

Go round. Good boy.

Go round. Good.

Until finally you can do it with just using your commands.

Ready? Puds, go round.

Round.

Good boy. Clever lad.

Once they know it one time, you can start building it up

until you have the end product.

Go round.

Round, round, round. Go round.

Good boy. Well done.

You're so good. Good boy.

Try that with your dog and good luck.

I'd be devastated if Pudsey ever got lost.

Today's Tails From Around The World is all about a lost dog,

but don't worry, it has a happy ending.

Uber is a bit of a celebrity in Bristol

and it all started the day she got lost.

This is Jenny, Uber's owner.

Jenny was so worried when Uber went missing

that she decided to put Uber's photo on the internet

to get help to find her missing dog.

Over 1,500 people contacted Jenny through Uber's web page

to say they had spotted her.

And people Jenny didn't even know got together to look for Uber.

Jenny couldn't believe it.

A large majority of people everyday would be out

and overnight looking for her.

Lots of people already ringing round the vets for me.

Rang the bus services and would go up to taxi ranks and tell people.

With hundreds of people looking for Uber, she was found safe and well.

Never would even know where she was

if all of these people hadn't even just started sharing the page

or just even talking.

I just can't thank everyone enough.

Aw.

Two weeks of serious skipping training is over.

And it's time for our three trainers to go head-to-head.

But for two of the teams, the competition ends here.

I feel excited and nervous to be back at The Dog House,

because Cosmo's skipping well

but the other dogs are skipping well as well.

Who will lose their nerve?

The worst thing that could happen is Jake wouldn't jump at all.

He'd run off and he'd just get bored of it.

And who will be jumping straight into the semifinals?

I'm quite confident that she'll get through to the semifinals

because she'll do really well and make me proud.

It's time to find out.

It's Showtime and this is where our trainers are going to be competing.

Each team will have just two minutes

to try and skip as many times as possible

and we'll be counting the number of times they both jump the rope.

Now all we need is Steve.

Where is he? There you are. How are you?

-Good, thank you very much.

-Good, then.

Who do you think is going to do the most skips?

If I think it's true that practise makes perfect,

I'm going to go Dominic and Cosmo.

OK, then. I can't wait to see.

-Shall we go watch?

-Let's do it.

-Let's go.

First up, it's Dominic and Cosmo.

Dominic had already taught Cosmo to jump before they arrived

at The Dog House, making them serious contenders.

But Dominic has struggled with his own skipping

throughout the training.

Has he managed to overcome this problem?

We're about to find out.

And they're off.

Except they're not.

Jump.

Cosmo isn't jumping.

Jump.

What's wrong?

This is a disaster.

What's Dominic going to do?

Jump.

Good thinking, Dominic.

He's getting Cosmo interested in jumping again.

Cosmo, ready? Jump.

Yes.

But Dominic jumped on the rope,

I hope he has been working on his skipping.

Jump.

Yes, finally they've got one.

Can they get another?

Yes, that's two.

Three.

Jump.

Wow, a flying four.

Have they turned things around?

Oh, nearly.

Come on, team, let's get a few more.

Jump.

Yes, that's five.

And six.

Oh, Dominic stood on the rope again.

Seven. With seconds to spare.

Seven skips.

It could have been more if Dominic didn't keep standing on the rope.

But it was a great effort from this team.

But will it be enough to get them through to the next round?

Next up, it's Eleanor and Lucy.

Eleanor struggled to get Lucy to jump at the start of Training.

But they soon got the hang of it

and have been going from strength to strength.

Can they shine one more time when it really matters?

And they're off.

Yes, that's one.

Two.

Three.

This is some great jumping from this team.

Jump.

Five.

Jump.

Six.

-Jump. Good girl.

-Seven.

One more to beat Dominic and Cosmo.

They've done it.

-Jump.

-And still looking strong.

That's ten.

11.

12.

This is amazing.

Go, Eleanor and Lucy!

Jump.

15.

16.

Oh, they're beginning to tire now.

I'm not surprised, I'm exhausted just watching them.

But they're still going, this is incredible.

19.

20.

Oh, unlucky on that one.

21.

22.

23.

Can they get one more?

Yes, they can.

24 skips, unbelievable,

and to think Lucy couldn't jump when they started.

That is going to be very hard to beat.

Last but not least, it's Hannah and Jake.

Jake has been easily distracted during his time in The Dog House

and Hannah has found it difficult to keep him focused.

Will Hannah manage to hold Jake's concentration today

when she needs it the most?

The clock's started.

-And Jake's looking focused.

-Good boy.

-That's three.

-Very good.

-Very good.

-Four.

They've got 24 skips to beat which is going to be difficult,

but they're doing well.

Jump.

Listen to the determination in Hannah's voice.

Jump.

That's nine.

Ten.

11.

This is amazing.

Jake hasn't taken his focus off Hannah once.

Very good. Jump. Very good.

That's 14. This team look unstoppable.

Very good, Jake.

They're keeping up an amazing pace.

Unbelievable, can they beat Eleanor and Lucy's 24 skips?

Very good, Jake.

Very good, Jake.

If they keep going like this then they might just do it.

Very good. Very good, Jake.

What? You can't stop it there!

What happened?

Well, I can now reveal that

the winner of today's skipping challenge is...

..Hannah and Jake.

Well done.

They did it.

As it turns out Jake kept his focus

and both Hannah and Jake went on to jump

an incredible total of 40 skips.

Brilliant.

Everyone, you all deserve a massive round of applause.

-Are you happy?

-Very.

-Good.

That's what I like to hear.

You're going through to our semifinal.

Hannah and Jake are through to the next round.

Yes, my prediction was right.

I'm on fire.

No, you're not. You always get them wrong, always.

Join us next time on Who Let The Dogs Out? for the very first semifinal.

It's going to be brilliant, so make sure you don't miss it.

-See you then, bye.

-Bye-bye.

Next time, Oliver and Squib, Hannah and Jake

and Freddy and Jay Jay go head-to-head

when they take on a Treibball-tastic challenge.

Only one of the teams can make it through to the final.

So don't you dare miss it.

Feel amazing and excited that I won the skipping

and I'm so proud of Jake.

I'm feeling really sad about leaving The Dog House,

but it's just been a really fun experience.

I'm feeling disappointed,

but I'm very happy that I had fun with my dog.

I think now I've got past this round

I can definitely make it all the way to the final.

I used to love skipping when I was younger.

I wonder if I can still do it. Let's give it a go.

What do you mean faster?

Oh, OK then.

Even faster?

SHE SCREAMS

If I could move right now, Pudsey...!

P-P-Pudsey!

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