High Flying 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.

-Yeah! Good boy!

But only 27 teams made it to the Dog House.

And today,

three of those teams battle it out for a place in the semi-finals.

-You kept your cool as well!

-The pressure was on.

-That was brilliant!

The amazing Ashleigh Butler will be joined by expert dog trainer,

Steve Mann, to teach them a totally impressive stunt.

But who will be top dog?

And who will go home with their tail between their legs?

Everyone's going barking mad at the Dog House!

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Now, as you know, hundreds of young dog trainers from all over the

UK were desperate to come here to the Dog House, but only 27 made it.

We need long-legged dogs for this one.

Today, Max and Boycie, Alicia and Ellie and Oliver and Squib

are going to be jumping straight into a very exciting challenge.

So let's find out why I chose them.

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

impress Ashleigh enough to get to the Dog House...

Woo! Well done!

..and to get their paws on the ultimate prize,

the Top Dog Trainer trophy.

-The competition was fierce.

-What a catch!

This first team were among the chosen few.

-Take it away!

-Left paw.

Nine-year-old Max and his Labrador, Boycie, are from the West Midlands.

-And they really impressed Ashleigh.

-Good. Good.

-He's got high jump on him, hasn't he?

-Stay. Come on, then. Go!

Oh, he skimmed it! But he got over, so that was brilliant. Well done.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-Can you introduce yourselves, please?

-I'm Alicia and this is my dog, Ellie.

-Oh. Well, she's very pretty.

-This team from Northern Ireland did not disappoint.

-Go round, Ellie.

-Good girl.

-Good.

-Lie.

-Good girl.

-Very nice.

-Up. Jump.

-Good girl.

-That was so easy!

-Can you wave bye bye? Good girl.

-Good.

-Well done.

-Come on, girl.

-Bye!

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Wave.

-Oliver is 11 and his collie-cross Kelpie, Squib, is four.

-Good.

And they're from Middlesex.

They wowed Ashleigh with some unusual tricks.

I would never, ever trust Pudsey with my mobile phone!

It's pretty much that. Good boy! And... And now he's gone! And...

Oh, he's popped it! Excellent!

It's Training Day 1 and time for Ashleigh to introduce

the trainers to our dog expert, Steve, who will reveal their stunt.

Good boy!

-Hello, guys! CHILDREN:

-Hello.

-Now, Steve, this is Oliver and Squib.

-Hey, Oliver.

-Alicia and Ellie.

-Hey, Alicia.

-And Max and Boycie.

How you doing, Max?

I made sure that I picked quite tall dogs that can reach

-a pretty good height.

-OK. Perfect. So you've guessed it!

We're going to be doing the high jump. Fantastic stunt.

It's all about putting as much confidence into your dog

as possible.

For this stunt, your dogs are going to have to learn how to jump

over a high jump without knocking off the top bar.

At Showtime, the bar will get higher and higher.

The dog that clears the highest top bar will be the winner

and make into the next round.

Now, the high jump, it might not have too many steps when you are training

your dogs, but it takes a lot of time and effort

and motivation from you guys.

OK. So, our first step is to introduce your dog to the jump.

Nice, low, simple height.

Then I want you to start running with your dog.

Put a little bit of speed into the exercise early on.

Once they're doing that,

then you can gradually add more bars as you go along, raising the height.

And then, put the bars at different heights so your dog learns to

actually look and evaluate the jump that's in front of them.

Don't let them get too tired.

Remember, it's simple but it's not particularly easy.

We're going to shoot off.

You guys practise with Ashleigh, and we'll see how you get on.

-See you later!

-CHILDREN:

-Bye!

-Bye!

Right, guys. I can't wait to get started!

Shall we go? Let's do it, then.

When the trick was revealed, I was very excited

'cos I wanted to do something to do with jumping.'

What we're going to do is put him in a sit here,

put him in a wait or a stay.

You're going to walk round the other side of the hurdle

and then call him over it, OK?

OK. Stay.

Stay. Come on, then. Come on, Boycie.

-No!

-Oh, almost!

-Boycie! You're meant to jump OVER it, not round it!

-Sit. Sit. Stay.

-Come on, Boycie. Come on, Boycie.

-Good boy. Well done. Loads of praise.

I liked how you put him a little bit closer and you helped him

out a lot more that time. So that's really good. Shall we try again?

Good work there from Max. And Boycie seems pretty pleased with himself.

-How will Alicia and Ellie get on?

-Over to your hurdle over there.

It's really exciting to be at the Dog House. To meet everybody

and to meet Ashleigh and Pudsey's really exciting.

Alicia and Ellie, and exactly the same.

You're going to put her in a wait

-and then go round the other side of the hurdle.

-Wait.

-Come on, jump. Yes! Good girl.

-Good. Well done.

-Looks like Ellie's a great jumper already.

-Do that once more.

-Ellie!

So this time, you're going to be running with her, OK?

-Trying to pick up some speed.

-Ready? Go on, jump. Yes!

-Yeah! Well done.

Speedy Ellie! Even Boycie's checking out the competition!

Try and keep Boycie your side, thank you very much! That was brilliant.

-Well done.

-Well done, Alicia and Ellie! Next up, Oliver and Squib.

To be here at the Dog House is really nice cos it's just

surprising that I got here.

Oliver, only the best dog trainers make it to the Dog House,

so you must have done something right!

-Squibby, come!

-Good. Well done. Clever.

So, like Steve said, we're going to build it up now,

-and this time, you're going to run with Squib, OK?

-OK. Squibby!

-Good.

-Good boy.

-Well done.

Oliver and Squib are a great team. Oliver just needs to start

believing in himself and Squib.

Don't ever be afraid of being really enthusiastic and loud,

just so that Squib knows that what he's just done is what you

wanted him to do, OK? Good. Well done.

Our trainers today are going to learn that you should never, ever,

ever be afraid of taking a step back when you are training your dog.

For instance, if our dogs actually jump the hurdle at one height,

it doesn't necessarily mean they're going to do it at that height again.

So you might just have to lower that bar and then lower it again.

Right. Next time I see you,

I want you to raise that bar up a couple of notches if you can, OK?

-I will see you in a bit. Bye! CHILDREN:

-Bye!

It's a jump in the right direction for all our three teams.

-Ellie, jump. Yes!

-Ellie's off to a great start.

Let's hope Boycie and Squib can keep up.

Using toys is a great way to train your dogs.

However, not all dogs enjoy sharing them, do they, Puds?

Mm. Here's some dogs who hate to share.

When you're a dog, you've got to protect your property.

Even a scrap of old fabric can cause a serious tug-of-war!

So here are some tips on holding on to your possessions.

Tip one: Make yourself as heavy as possible and don't let go!

Tip two: Small thieves are more easily defeated than large ones...

..unless they own a monster truck.

Then, I'm afraid, you're in trouble.

Make sure you're standing on something stable.

The floor is always best.

If you think you're about to lose your favourite sock,

get a friend to distract your opponent.

And finally, when all is lost, steal someone else's toys and run!

Still to come:

We learn all about mountain rescue dogs, and the bar is raised

when the teams battle to reach the semi-finals.

Training's in full flow,

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

-Hi, guys.

-Just hold it there a minute. How's it all going? CHILDREN:

-Good.

-Good.

Now, I do notice that all of your jumps have got higher,

-so that is superb! So how have you been getting on with Squib?

-Good.

-Good. Let's take a look, then.

-Squibby! Up.

Good start there from Oliver and Squib. What does Ashleigh think?

Now, all I would say is that you are stopping about here, so Squib

is sort of clearing his jump and then he's coming straight back to you, OK?

And you want him to keep going

-so he has momentum to get over that jump, OK?

-OK.

-And shall we put a couple more on for him?

-OK.

-Yeah?

The bar's getting higher. Can Squib jump it?

-Squibby! Come on.

-Good.

-Good boy.

-Well done.

Like Steve said, I'm going to take another one down, just

so it builds his confidence back up, OK?

But keep playing around with them, up, down, up, down.

-And carry on running. Don't be lazy! Good. Well done.

-Squibby!

Some sound advice there from Ashleigh.

Looks like Oliver has some work to do on his technique.

-So Alicia and Ellie, how have you been getting on?

-Quite well, yeah.

-Good, good. Off you go!

-Come on, Ellie. Jump. Yes!

-Good.

-Wow!

Well done, Ellie. But can she jump even higher?

Right, so we're going to just put this one on.

-There we go.

-Ellie, sit.

-Let's do another one, then, with Ellie.

-Wait.

-Jump. Yeah!

-Ooh, so close!

This high jump malarkey is harder than it looks!

Carry on just doing that height.

As soon as she gets it once, then go back down, OK?

All I want you to do is just rest Ellie for a little bit now then.

So Max and Boycie. This time, I actually want you to run with Boycie.

OK. Come on, then, Boycie. Come on, Boycie.

-He's got a good spring in his step, hasn't he?

-He sure has, Ashleigh!

Good progress from this team.

But always make sure that you put him in a good wait

-so he's facing your jump, OK?

-OK.

Well, all three of you have done absolutely brilliantly

with your dogs. I want you to carry on throughout the whole day

but make sure you are resting your dogs loads and loads, OK?

-Bye! CHILDREN:

-Bye!

'The best bit about my training session'

was when I started getting

'onto three or four stick jumps, and then when I started doing five.'

I think my main competition is probably Max and Boycie

because I saw that they're getting quite high jumps.

My training plan is just small steps.

'I think my main competition is Alicia'

and Ellie cos they're picking it up really fast.

Boycie, Ellie and Squib are all different dogs, but let's see

what it is about them that makes them amazing in their own way.

Two-year-old Boycie is a Labrador Retriever and is named after

a character in a famous TV series called Only Fools and Horses.

Ask your grandparents, kids!

Labs are very active dogs that love to jump, and Boycie is no exception.

So if Boycie can put his love of jumping into this challenge,

he might just reach a place in the semi-finals.

Ellie is a one-year-old Border Collie-Irish Wolfhound cross.

Both these breeds are usually very friendly, and Ellie is no exception.

Wolfhounds are the tallest dogs in the world

and often grow to around 86 centimetres high.

That's the size of a small pony!

The question is, will those long legs make Ellie the early

favourite to win the high jump at Showtime?

Mm-hm!

Squib is a five-year-old Border Collie-Kelpie cross.

Kelpies are Australian sheepdogs.

Collies and Kelpies have a lot of stamina and can easily run

up to 60 kilometres a day, which is further than the London Marathon!

Like many sheepdogs, Squib is very excitable,

so let's hope he can stay focused on today's trick.

It's Day 2 of training, and the teams are back at the Dog House.

Let's find out if they've raised the bar.

Well, I can see that you've all got much, much higher.

-Look at those bars! Look how high they are! Oh!

-How are we doing?

-That was energetic!

-It's my jumping head on today! Come on.

-Good work, good work!

-They winning? Let's have a look.

So, shall we have Alicia and Ellie first, then?

-Pow!

-Wow! That was incredibly high! I'm amazed.

-That's good.

One more now for me.

SHE BARKS

Encourage her over. When she lands, then throw the ball.

-We'll go for nine.

-Jump.

-Yes! Good.

-Good girl.

-Good girl.

-Fantastic. Brilliant.

The only other thing I want you to do is make sure your reward's

over the jump, not round the side.

Keep everything, all the good stuff, down the middle. Perfect!

-Right. Oliver and Squib, then.

-Right, Oliver.

Oops! I don't think THAT was meant to happen.

Let's lower it down a little bit. Let's concentrate on the technique.

If the technique is good, then we'll concentrate on the height.

-Squibby, come on. Up!

-Oh, perfect!

-Good boy.

-Steve's advice seems to have done the trick.

-OK. That's brilliant.

One little thing I'd like you to do, Oliver.

Make sure your left hand is not in your pouch.

If there's any attention on your body,

I want it to be on your right hand cos that's nearest the jump.

Any good stuff here

and Squib's going to kind of come round a little bit angled.

-Pop Squib back on the lead.

-Good.

-Well done.

-Well done.

-Right. Max and Boycie, then.

-Sit. Come on then, Boycie. Up!

No! Boycie's back to his old tricks again and going round the jump.

-Has he got a little bit of a sit-stay?

-Yeah, he can do that.

Do a sit-stay. Relax. Pop this pole here.

HE BARKS

-Let's see if that's enough of a visual barrier.

-OK.

-Keep your momentum up nice and high.

-Stay.

-Ready? Hoooo... Up!

-Yeah!

-Well done!

-Perfect!

-Loads of praise.

-Good, good.

I think, because he's got a bit of a bias to be left-handed,

you can complement that, help him out, by you being on this side.

He wants to go that way,

but his attention and the good stuff is on this way and his best mate.

Hopefully, we'll meet in the middle and we'll get him nice and straight.

-Really, really good, gang. Perfect!

-Good. Right, guys.

Do you want to just come round so Steve can explain the next stage?

I want you just to concentrate on your technique.

Don't go any higher

until you're perfectly happy that your technique is spot-on.

Then, just going to keep adding bar after bar.

If you're successful, do a couple of jumps at that height then add a bar.

However, the take-home message really is if you knock a bar,

go down at least two bars.

Just build up that confidence of you

and your dog and then start building the height again.

Ashleigh's going to look after you from here on in. See you later!

-CHILDREN:

-Bye!

-Bye!

-Brilliant advice from our expert, Steve.

Let's see the teams put it into practice.

We're going to go back up again, but this time,

I still want you to give her a bit more of a run-up, OK?

Come on. Come here. Go on, jump.

-Yes!

-Good. Well done.

-Ellie's jumps are amazing. Can anyone beat that?

-Squibby, come on.

-Yeah! Loads of praise.

-Good boy.

-Well done.

Remember, enthusiasm. You've got to be so enthusiastic.

Pretty good, Squib. But Oliver needs to work on his enthusiasm.

-Time to see how Max and Boycie are doing.

-Sit. Come on, Boycie. Over.

Good. Run, run, run, run, run! Good. Well done. That was much better.

Good progress, Max and Boycie.

Now, I'm going to see you back here in just under a week's time

and it will be Showtime, OK?

So make sure you practise, practise, practise

-and give your dogs plenty of rest. Bye! CHILDREN:

-Bye!

High jumping is more than just jumping over a bar.

It takes real skill and a lot of patient training,

so here are four steps to teaching your dog how to do it.

Step one: Begin by encouraging your dog to jump over low jumps.

Step two:

As you start to raise the bar, teach your dog to take a run-up.

Step three:

Find the highest jump that your dog can clear consistently.

Occasionally, lower it to build their confidence.

Step four:

Keep testing how high your dog can jump,

but remember to lower the jump whenever they knock down a bar.

My training plan is to do it every day before school and after school,

'and just do as much as I can in between then.'

Yeah, I'm feeling quite confident about Showtime cos I know that

she can do the jumps, but it's just about training over the next week.

Jump. Yes! Ellie!

My main competition is still Alicia and Ellie

cos they're getting

'quite a lot of height on their jumps.'

I absolutely love teaching Pudsey new tricks, and today, we're going

to be showing you how to teach your dog to do the arm weave.

Now, for this trick, you're going to need lots and lots of treats

or toys, depending on what your dog absolutely loves.

Come on, then, Puds! Puds! Good boy. Yay! Good lad! Right. Sit.

So, for this one, you're going

to have to get down onto your hands and knees. You ready, Puds?

What's this?

Now, you're going to start with your dog on the left-hand side.

You're going to have two treats, one in each hand.

And you're going to place your right hand onto the ground

with your left hand with your treat.

And with your left hand,

you're just going to put it round the hand that's on the floor.

Good! Well done.

Now, once I've done that,

you're going to start on the other side, putting your left hand

down onto the ground,

and with your right hand going around your arm.

Good! Well done.

And once they're confident with both sides, you're going

to try and put them together. So right arm, down. Left hand, treat.

There we go! Good boy. Left hand, down.

Right arm, treat. Good! Well done. Clever!

Once your dog starts getting the hang of that,

then you can start doing two at a time.

So you don't give them the treat for that first arm.

So right arm down. Lure your dog through.

And then lure your dog through and then give them the treat.

Good! Well done.

And this is the point where you can start bringing in your command.

So for this, I call it arms. Puds, arms! Good. Arms! Good boy.

Arms! Good. Arms! Good boy. Clever!

And as you saw then, I wasn't luring him around.

So when your dog eventually gets the idea, you can

start bringing your hands away slowly. Good boy.

Try and give this a go at home. Good lad! Well done.

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Check out these life-saving search and rescue dogs.

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Apparently, dogs' noses are 1,000 times more sensitive than

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Nowadays, with GPS and things like that, mobile phones,

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but when they do get lost, it's a lot more serious

and it means that there could be huge areas that have to be

basically searched to try and find them.

Search and rescue dogs

and their handlers are on call 24 hours a day,

so it's just as well they

love what they do and they love the rewards they get for doing well!

Good job!

One week of intensive training is over.

And it's time for our three teams to compete for a place

in the semi-finals.

Only one can stay in the competition.

'I'm quite confident of making it through to the semi-final.'

I'm just going to try my best and hope Boycie tries his best, too.

Who will hold their nerve?

It would mean, like, so much to me to get through to the semi-final

cos I love training dogs and I love Ellie.

And who will jump their way into the semi-final?

My main competition is Alicia and Ellie

cos she's really good at the jumping, so just have to see.

The waiting is over. Let's find out.

It's Showtime, and this is the time our trainers

and dogs will have to leap into action

and battle it out for that all-important place

in the semi-final.

And this is where it's all going to be taking place.

Now we're going to be starting at 80 centimetres

and gradually building that higher and higher.

If our dogs don't manage to clear that top bar within their first

attempt, they will get two more attempts at it.

Then, if they manage to clear it,

they can carry on with the competition.

The winner will, of course, be the dog that can jump the highest bar,

and then they will move on to the semi-finals.

Now, if you had to choose one team,

-who would you say that really stood out?

-Don't make me do it!

-I'm not going to call it!

-You have to!

-No, it's too close.

-OK.

I'll let this one go, then. So, let's get this competition started.

Let's do it!

The bar is set at 80cm.

Right, Max and Boycie, you are first.

Up you come!

This doggy duo have improved leaps and bounds in training.

Today, how high can they go?

Come on, Boycie.

-Good boy! Fantastic!

-That was brilliant.

Impressive first jump.

Oliver and Squib, then.

Oliver has struggled with confidence and enthusiasm.

Good boy.

Can he and Squib pull it together today when it really counts?

Right, Squibby.

Go!

-Good, well done.

-Well done, Oliver. Well done, Squib.

Come on, then, Alicia and Ellie.

This team have been the ones to beat.

Can they reach heady heights when the pressure's on?

Wait.

Go on, Ellie, jump!

-Yes!

-Good!

All three dogs made that look easy

and the bar is raised - 90cm.

Boycie's up again.

Come on, Boycie.

-Oh!

-Oh!

Oh, first knock-down.

Two more attempts left.

Come one, then, Boycie, over.

-Oh!

-Oh...

Right, you've got one more attempt. Just take your time.

Don't worry about it. You're doing absolutely brilliant.

One chance left.

This is tense.

Come on, Boycie. Come on, boy.

-Yeah!

-Oh, they've done it! Ha-ha!

And Boycie's pleased as punch!

-Well done!

-Go on! Go, go, go!

-You kept your cool as well.

-The pressure was on.

-That was brilliant.

-Good work.

-Oliver and Squib, then.

Can Squib match Boycie and jump this height?

Get up!

-Oh!

-Oh!

Oliver's looking nervous.

Ready? Up you get.

Oh!

Is this all over for them?

Ready? Get up!

-Yeah! Well done!

-No, it's not.

How will Ellie do?

Come on, Ellie! Jump!

-Yes!

-Oh-ho!

-Oh, wow!

Did you see that? What a jump. That was an action shot right there.

Ellie clears it first time and the bar goes up again.

So 100cm, that's nine bars, now.

Come on, boy.

Oh, I thought he'd done it.

Oh, Boycie just clipped it.

Can they stay focused and jump this?

-Yeah!

-Yes, they can!

And for Oliver and Squib and Alicia and Ellie...

..easy clearance first time. Another bar bites the dust.

Now it's 110cm.

Getting into the serious heights now.

Come on, Boycie.

-Oi!

-Oh!

-That's close.

Just missed. This is nail-biting stuff.

Sit.

Come on, Boycie.

-Oh!

-Even Ellie can't look.

Is this their last leap?

Good luck, Max.

Come on, Boycie.

Oh!

I'm afraid, Max, that was your last attempt,

but you did absolutely brilliantly, so huge well done.

Bring Boycie back over here.

Well, they've failed to jump 110cm.

That means if Squib or Ellie manage to clear it,

Max and Boycie will be out of the competition.

Oliver and Squib, 110cm.

Squibby, get up!

-Oh!

-Oh, so close.

Two attempts left.

And keep that enthusiasm up, Oliver.

Up you get!

-Yes!

-Yeah, superb!

They've done it!

But that means Max and Boycie are out.

Alicia and Ellie, then.

-Come on, then.

-Again, 110cm.

Ellie needs to clear this height to match Squib.

Wait.

Come on, Ellie. Jump!

-Oi!

-Almost, almost.

That's Ellie's first knock-down.

-It's getting tense.

-Wait.

Wait!

Don't move.

Wait.

Wait. Come on, Ellie, jump!

Oh!

If Ellie doesn't clear this jump,

then Oliver and Squib have won.

Take your time.

Wait.

Last chance to stay in the competition.

Come on, Ellie. Jump!

-Oh, no!

-Unlucky!

Come on, Ellie. Here's your ball.

Oh, she just clipped it, didn't she?

And it is all over for Alicia and Ellie.

Good, come on over,

Alicia and Ellie.

# Who let the dogs out? #

Well, you all did absolutely brilliant,

but it is obvious that our clear winners today are

Oliver and Squib, so a massive well done to you two.

-Superb.

-Puds, come on, then.

Hey, handsome boy.

Hello! Good boy, well done. There you go.

-So Oliver and Squib have made it through to the next round.

-Fantastic.

Join us next time on Who Let The Dogs Out?

where we will have three new trainers

and their amazing dogs competing for their place in the semifinals.

-See you then!

-Bye-bye!

-Bye!

Next time Thomas and Barry, Fern and Chester,

and James and Gem get thrown straight into the deep end...

She's just smashing.

..when Ashleigh sets them a Who Let The Dogs Out? brand-new challenge.

Good lad! Clever boy.

So watch it, you!

I'm really happy to be going into the semifinal because to be honest

I didn't even think I'd make it to the Dog House in the first place.

I'm very proud of me and Boycie for getting this far,

but I'm a little bit disappointed that I have to leave the Dog House.

I just want to say to Oliver and Squib

really good luck for the next round.

I hope they get as far as possible.

I won. I'm happy.

Our high jumping dogs were really inspiring today, Puds.

Tell you what, I'm going to give it a go.

Watch and learn, Pudsey, watch and learn.

PUDSEY BARKS

Here we go.

RIPPING

Um...

You know, Pudsey, I better not overdo it.

PUDSEY WHIMPERS

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