0:00:18 > 0:00:23Holly is a bloodhound and a failure as a pet.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26She's so destructive, she's had six homes in ten months.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Nobody can cope with her.
0:00:34 > 0:00:42Now she's in a rescue centre but even here, her hyperactive nature is causing grief.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45She's chewed up the seat of our recliner, Holly had pushed
0:00:45 > 0:00:52a bone underneath the chair and then proceeded to dig though the top of the chair to the bone, and then she
0:00:52 > 0:00:59didn't have anything better to do, so she casually leaned over and started biting at the back of the chair.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05With such antisocial behaviour, Holly has little chance of finding a new home.
0:01:06 > 0:01:14Two-and-a-half-year-old Herbie is a bearded collie and, like Holly, has been dumped at a rescue centre.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19His previous owners kept him on a chain, for one reason...
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Herbie loves sheep.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32As a serial sheep-chaser, he's been lucky to escape a farmer's bullet.
0:01:35 > 0:01:42Each year, 100,000 dogs in the UK and 6 million in the US end up in rescue centres.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45But, for Holly and Herbie, there is a glimmer of hope.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50With Larry Allen and Barbara Sykes, both expert dog trainers.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59They're convinced the reason most dogs get out of hand is because we humans don't try to understand them.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03And the trainers are putting their reputations on the line to prove it.
0:02:03 > 0:02:11In just 12 weeks they will try to turn a potential sheep killer into a working sheep dog...
0:02:11 > 0:02:15and a serious home wrecker into a valuable police bloodhound.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30Bloodhounds have been used for centuries to track down criminals and find missing people.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Their sense of smell is up to 10,000 times greater than our own,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40earning them the nickname of the 'nose with a dog attached'.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46But their working role is now limited to a handful of police forces, mainly in the USA.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57For 300 years the Bearded Collie was the sheep dog of the Scottish Highlands.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02It was a droving dog, used to drive animals down the mountains.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08But it became replaced by the more versatile Border Collie
0:03:08 > 0:03:12with a stronger instinct for rounding up the sheep.
0:03:12 > 0:03:1760 years ago, the Bearded Collie almost became extinct.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Both Holly and Herbie should have the potential to still do the jobs their ancestors once did.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31But Barbara and Larry don't yet know what they are taking on with these unruly dogs.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38As Herbie arrives at Barbara's working farm on the Yorkshire Moors,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41and Holly at Larry's home in West Virginia,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45both dogs face the most crucial 12 weeks of their lives.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49This could be their final chance to find a permanent home.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54THUNDER
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Good girl. Easy, baby.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14The weather is giving a cruel welcome to Holly,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18but it provides Larry with a valuable nugget of information.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Holly's terrified of loud noise
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and that's giving Larry some serious doubts.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27THUNDER ROLLS
0:04:29 > 0:04:34This dog has some noise issues. That first major strike, I was a little concerned that
0:04:34 > 0:04:37this was not a good idea but...
0:04:39 > 0:04:41That's a good girl, Holly.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51At Barbara's farm in Yorkshire, she's keeping Herbie well away
0:04:51 > 0:04:55from her other dogs so that he'll bond with her.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Hi, baby. Herbie. Hello, darling.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10In Herbie's short life, he's been sold on a piece of string at a market
0:05:10 > 0:05:14and kept tied up in a yard for three months to stop him attacking sheep.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17It's no surprise he's insecure.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21He's cowering behind me because he's really nervous.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26He's seeking refuge behind my legs, which tells me I'm the only thing around here
0:05:26 > 0:05:29he sees as stable, which, in such a short time, is quite nice.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35His coat is in a mess, we don't know if there's something creeping about in there...
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It's GOT to feel uncomfortable for him.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45But he will have to go to a grooming parlour for the simple reason that he's already under stress.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49If I start grooming him, if he's going to be upset, he's
0:05:49 > 0:05:53going to blame it on me, which is the last thing I want him to do... .
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Months of neglect have taken their toll...
0:06:02 > 0:06:06This is probably the first time Herbie has ever been to the crimpers
0:06:06 > 0:06:08and he's not too sure about it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Come on, Herbie, come on.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Herbie's coat has been in a mess for some time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It's absolutely filthy. In fact, it's a health hazard.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20He is in quite a bit of a mess
0:06:20 > 0:06:24and when they get to this stage the only thing you can do is chop them away.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28He'll probably look strange, actually,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31because they're supposed to have long coats anyway.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37A beardie's coat takes time to look after...
0:06:37 > 0:06:41but a Scottish shepherd would never have let his dog get into such a state.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Matted hair pulls the dog's skin and cracks it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49This is a magnet for flies to lay their eggs, and for maggots.
0:06:56 > 0:07:02It should be a huge relief for Herbie not to have sore skin and knotted hair
0:07:02 > 0:07:08but will this help him focus on his training programme and turn his life around?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11We'll just tidy his head up so it keeps his character.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I think that's all we'll do with his face.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Look a smart boy, don't you?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Handsome lad.
0:07:26 > 0:07:33In West Virginia, the next test for noise-shy Holly is to see how she gets on with other dogs.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Somebody else been out here?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Yeah.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Larry has five dogs
0:07:41 > 0:07:42and Holly has to fit in.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- If Holly's aggressive it could set her training back.- What is that?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50That's another flop-eared dog, isn't it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54It's OK, Zig. Oh, Holly wants to play.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55What I'm looking for right now,
0:07:55 > 0:08:03I see no teeth, no growling, no aggression on either of the dogs' part, which is really what we want.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08But we have happy tails, little boy, both of them wagging tails, both of them are ready to play.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12No vicious dog there. And Ziggy...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Is that what you really think of her?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22The bloodhound training begins by teaching Holly to track a human being by sight,
0:08:22 > 0:08:27in this case, Larry's training partner, Sharon.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31But before they start, Holly has to put on her work gear
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and she's not playing ball.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39The harness is... that we're having a little wrestling match with right now for some reason...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41is her..
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Come here, girl, easy.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Easy.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Where did that behaviour come from, Miss Holly?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53The harness is her work clothes,
0:08:53 > 0:08:58if she's not in harness she's allowed to be a dog, just to be a puppy.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04It's just like a fireman putting on his fire gear or a policeman putting on his belt.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It's the same thing.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Miss Holly is going to do just a straight line chase of her subject.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Everything will be visual, the person's going to be running away.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16She'll watch them.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19And we're going to just see how she does.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Track.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Bloodhounds were once used to hunt down runaway slaves.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Now they're used to track missing persons and criminals.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Where'd she go? Where'd she go?
0:09:30 > 0:09:36In the States, the identification of the accused by a bloodhound will be accepted as evidence by the judge.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Since I'm training this dog to go to a law enforcement environment
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I want a physical contact identification
0:09:43 > 0:09:48to where there is no doubt in the officer's mind,
0:09:48 > 0:09:53the court's mind, and anybody's mind who the person is. It sounds kind of corny,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56but I simply ask the dog.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I like a 100% positive physical contact where
0:09:59 > 0:10:03there is absolutely no doubt that this is THE person I'm looking for.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13Before she can start training Herbie, Barbara needs to see exactly how bad his behaviour is.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17And he has to understand his place in the pecking order.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Herbie likes to think that he should do things first.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22He wants to come out first.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I can't have him seeing the door as a release.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28He has to see me as the person that releases him.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31So I go into the pen with him. Come on, darling.
0:10:31 > 0:10:37Now you see that he's actually wanting to come out first, and I can't allow him to do that.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41And I don't like to use the lead as a total restrainer, it has to be me that stops him.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Hey, hey. Manners, manners, no, no...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50just wait a minute. You can't be doing that. Come on, back here.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Just wait.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Herbie is horrendous on a lead.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56He is pulling,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00he's dictating to me what he wants to do. He wants to sniff, he sniffs.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02He'll pull me here, he'll pull me there.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06When he gets into the sheep, he's going to pull to go to the sheep.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I can't let him dictate, but he's a dog,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12he wants to sniff, but I must tell him when he can sniff.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Now then, sit.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20You were told to do something you're getting yourself high. Just wait there now, good lad.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21We'll go in my time.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24You can't be pulling. No.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Herbie, no!
0:11:27 > 0:11:31No. Just wait. Everything has to start here.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35It's no good trying to teach a dog a recall when he's running away at 30mph.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39If you can't call a dog off sheep, you are stuck.
0:11:39 > 0:11:45And Herbie's got a bit of a defiant lie down, out here. What he'll have in the sheep field, I don't know.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51He's got a strong will, he's got stubbornness, but inside him, I think he's quite a nice guy, actually.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56I sort of see him as a rebel wearing baggy trousers, and a baseball cap back to front.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Thinking he's real hard, and he's not, not really, he likes having a mummy, don't you, love?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Herbie's next test will be telling.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13Right, OK. Herbie's telling me he wants this more than anything.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16You see? That's what he's wanting.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17That's not good.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21That tells me straight away how naughty he could be with sheep.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Oh.. shake, shake, shake, that's the one thing we don't want.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Look at what he's telling us.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Hey!...Oi!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Leave it. - If Herbie's like this with a ball,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37what will he do with sheep?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42What he's telling us is, anything that moves, I want to get hold of it and I want to kill it. No.
0:12:42 > 0:12:49So I've got to use this now to try and make Herbie listen to me and not his inner dark thoughts. Come here.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Wait... Don't you dare!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Sit!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Now wait.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Wait!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Wait.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Go on, no... no...
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Go on... No.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Leave it... no!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Now you see it's when I try to call him off...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Herbie. Good boy!
0:13:18 > 0:13:21No, no... don't jump up. Sit.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26I still think he's a bit of a Jekyll and a Hyde, but he's extremely responsive, it doesn't take him long
0:13:26 > 0:13:30to pick things up but, unfortunately, that means that he's an intelligent dog
0:13:30 > 0:13:35and intelligent dogs pick up bad habits as quickly as what they pick up good habits.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38This boy's got baggage, but I'm hoping that in the next
0:13:38 > 0:13:42seven or eight weeks, I can get this dog so that he will work competently
0:13:42 > 0:13:49around a flock of sheep and do it my way, not his way, and keep his mouth shut while he's doing it.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Wherever Holly goes, she's picking up hundreds of individual smells.
0:14:02 > 0:14:09A trained bloodhound can detect the scent of a person who walked here three weeks earlier.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15For we humans, understanding scent can be difficult.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19The wind, humidity, temperature and surface composition
0:14:19 > 0:14:23all affect the way scent drifts, as Larry explains.
0:14:25 > 0:14:31As this particular smoke bomb starts to heat, notice how it begins to dissipate.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It's shifting off to the left.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39A lot of it is being captured right along the base of the taller vegetation.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41If I were walking down through here right now
0:14:41 > 0:14:47based on the way the wind is blowing, as with the smoke, most of my scent is going to be going this way.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52So even though the person walked down the centre of this roadway, that's not where the heaviest
0:14:52 > 0:14:59concentration is, based on the wind, the temperature, the humidity and everything else. It's over here.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Not all bloodhounds can connect their brain to their nose,
0:15:04 > 0:15:09so Larry is helping Holly to focus on one individual scent.
0:15:09 > 0:15:15There's a tasty hotdog at the bottom of the bag which Holly's determined to get to.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Once she gets used to diving in the bag, the treat will be replaced with
0:15:19 > 0:15:22something smelling of the person she's about to track.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27In this case it's a gauze impregnated with Sharon's scent.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Sealing the scent inside the bag stops other odours from contaminating it.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Gotta get dressed.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36That's my girl.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40So this is the introduction of Holly, turn on your nose.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46This is the first time Holly has been asked to link the scent inside the bag
0:15:46 > 0:15:48to a person at the end of the scent trail.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Track.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Good girl, Holly! Good girl.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16Little cry, or whimper that you may have heard as I was starting Holly.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21The drills that I've done with plastic bags with her, had treats in.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23When she stuck her nose in the bag, it was one of those cries of
0:16:23 > 0:16:29'Dad there's no treats in here, I don't know what this gauze thing is, but where's my hotdog?'
0:16:29 > 0:16:31So far, so good
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but there are more scent tests to come.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Herbie's intensive training is beginning in earnest.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Barbara normally works with border collies.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47She's never tackled a beardie before.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51So she's getting some help from her top dog, Sky.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Notice, Sky, there's no way she's going to walk behind me
0:16:55 > 0:17:02Sky's used to young upstarts like Herbie, and won't stand for any bad behaviour, which is just as well,
0:17:02 > 0:17:07because Herbie's about to come face to face with his woolly friends.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17The ladies know Bertie when they see him.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Wait.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27I'm going to take Herbie into the ring and put him round the sheep and see what happens.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Don't know, not a clue, we'll find out when we get in there.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Wait... Wait...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Lie down.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Stay.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Dogs don't see as well as us in terms of colour and detail.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59But they see movement much better.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01So when the sheep begin to move,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Herbie reacts.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Sky keeps a watchful eye on him.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13The aim is for Herbie to stay opposite Barbara and hold the sheep between them.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16No, don't you DARE!
0:18:16 > 0:18:22Keep that tail down. He really would have liked to have eaten that nose then. Steady.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26See the tail starting to lift, because he's starting to get angry.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Don't, no, leave it, hold it.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36We've got very mixed emotions at the moment, because he really wants to have a pop at these,
0:18:36 > 0:18:42and he knows he shouldn't do, and what I don't want is for him to think that he can't stand up to sheep.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48But neither can he go flying in with his teeth. Leave it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49No.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Good boy.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54They don't work on their own, dogs.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58They derive from the wolf not the fox, and they do need to
0:18:58 > 0:19:01hunt in packs or pairs, which is exactly what he's doing now.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05He's recognising that he needs some help to keep these where he
0:19:05 > 0:19:09wants them, and he's more than happy to use me as a partner.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16He's working purely and simply off my body language, the movement of my body, which is really, really nice.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I don't have to say anything to give him direction.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I like the way he'll go between the sheep and the fence.
0:19:21 > 0:19:29We're holding them in a little packet between us and he's flowing so nicely.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31He's just feeling his feet and he's working with me.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35When I turn this way, he's going back the other way to hold them to me.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40When I turn that way, he's going round that way.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44There she is... she's trying to sort him out, and he's not...
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Oh, look how close he's going to them without eating them.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Let me see if I can call him off these...
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Wait... Wait.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Herbie, Herbie. That'll do.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Good boy. Wait...
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Good lad. Excellent. Good lad.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Leave it. Wait.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16No, I am impressed, because I haven't once had to pull it,
0:20:16 > 0:20:21and the dog was stood there and he's been itching to go and he hasn't done, so that's a definite Yessss!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And Herbie can have a hey up, Matie...
0:20:24 > 0:20:29You are such a good man. You're a good boy.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I want him to be able to wind up and wind down
0:20:32 > 0:20:35because he should be able to have some fun. Herbie... Good lad.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38But at the same time I want a very quick... Herbie!
0:20:38 > 0:20:40That's it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Stay there.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45And we're getting there. Bit by bit, we're getting there.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47He's a good boy.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Herbs, sit.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Good dog. Stay there.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10In West Virginia, Holly's training to use her nose continues.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14In the warm weather, it's vital she doesn't dehydrate.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17With a nose that size when it gets dry and hot,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21it really affects their scenting ability.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26So keeping those mucous membranes moist is really important.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30The way a bloodhound's nose works has to do partly with
0:21:30 > 0:21:33the large, wet, sloppy jowls,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35and the very large ears.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Because you can see that when Holly, if Holly will co-operate,
0:21:39 > 0:21:44when Holly dips her head down, all of the skin rolls forward.
0:21:44 > 0:21:51As she's holding her head down on the ground, basically those ears and skin folds, create,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55if you can imagine a cone turned upside down,
0:21:55 > 0:22:01that allows the scent to basically be trapped underneath their nose.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04So in hot, dry weather like this, we really got to keep her hydrated.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Keep them big old lips wet, yeah keep them big old lips wet.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Yeah, how about that?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Them big old lips. That big old nose,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17and that ear, yes.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20You're a good girl.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Some police bloodhounds become cadaver dogs,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25tracking down dead bodies.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Holly has to be familiar with the smells involved.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Any trailing dog, but particularly a dog in law enforcement at some time
0:22:34 > 0:22:38in their career will encounter a body or other parts of bodies.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43We don't expect the dogs to love it, we don't ask them to love it,
0:22:43 > 0:22:48but it's another part of their journey on the road to wearing the badge.
0:22:48 > 0:22:54Larry's soaked a gauze with human blood, and left it two days to start to decay.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57The smell is pretty bad.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01What that tells me is Holly has a very sensitive nose.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03As to why she finds it repulsive,
0:23:03 > 0:23:10I don't have a clue, but it's something in her make-up that she just does not like it.
0:23:10 > 0:23:17Along with her dislike of noise, Holly's sensitivity to cadaver work may go against her.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19But it's still early days.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Larry has no idea what Holly has experienced in her short life,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27so he has to keep testing her with new scenarios.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Check... check...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Leave the goats. Yeah, they're funny looking dogs. Let's go.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- Even a metal dump becomes - a very useful training ground.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Dumps and derelict buildings are popular hide-outs for criminals on the run.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57If Holly's not familiar with the terrain, it could spook her and throw her off the trail.
0:24:02 > 0:24:09But it's her aversion to loud noise that's still causing Larry the most concern.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17If she's to become a law-enforcement dog, she's going to have to get used to hearing guns.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22The dogs that we're working with have to be capable of dealing whether it's their human partner
0:24:22 > 0:24:26having to fire his weapon, their backup firing their weapon, any type of noise.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Larry starts training with a tiny cap gun,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35but even at 50 paces, it's still enough to frighten Holly.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Easy, easy, easy, easy.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43If somebody fires a weapon and Holly decides to turn around and run the other way,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46somebody's going to get hurt.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52The last thing you want is a dog jumping up, because that puts her directly in your line of fire.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01So desensitising her, or evaluating whether she can do it, is critical.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Wipe your slobbers on Mom, that's what Mom's shirts are for.
0:25:08 > 0:25:15Larry and Holly have to overcome the noise issue or it could ruin Holly's chances as a working dog.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24In Yorkshire, Barbara's putting Herbie's training up a gear.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The last time he was in a field of sheep, he got a little too attached to them.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Good boy.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Ah-ah-ah! Hey!
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Good dog.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43These sheep are going to run one way or the other and we're going to see what Herbie's going to do.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Good boy, Herbie.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Ah-ah! Herbie, no! No!
0:25:50 > 0:25:55With only ten weeks' training ahead, Barbara has her work cut out.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02YOU DARE!
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Out. Lie down.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08You will do it without a lead.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Lie down.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Now stay there... HERBIE!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You dare! Herbie!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Lie down!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Herbie! Herbie, don't you dare!
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Herbie!
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Sit. You sit.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Herbie!
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I'll bloody well outrun you every time!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Go on, where do you want to go?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You won't beat me, sunshine.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Lie down.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Lie down.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Stay.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Come to me here now. Herbie, sit.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59That'll do.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Now lie down and stay there.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Stay.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I am the boss, I am the boss!
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I WAS the boss!
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Get back up there, go on. Back.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Good boy.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Beautiful.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25You are so good.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Dogs will often go and jump into water to cool down, and he discovered the trough one day
0:27:41 > 0:27:44and I if don't get to him first, he gets straight in there.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I don't call him out, I think he'd sleep in there.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You can see him trying to get right down,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53you can practically hear the water go sssssss as the hot body gets in it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55He's just not making any attempt to get out. He'll just sit there.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59I have to say come on, you've been in there long enough, come on, get out.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Larry has approached law enforcement agencies across the country
0:28:10 > 0:28:14telling them about Holly, and four have asked to know more about her.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Now, with five weeks of training left, Larry must start increasing
0:28:18 > 0:28:24the difficulty of Holly's challenges, and he's travelling to a baseball stadium to do it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29While Holly and Larry are on the road, the game is getting underway.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35Of the 2,000 people in the crowd, one will be Holly's target.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41This time not even Larry knows where they have chosen to sit, or who the person is.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Thank you... Enjoy the game.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51We all shed about 40,000 skin cells every minute,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54creating pools of our scent wherever we go.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59The longer we stay in one place, the more our scent builds up.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04It will be Holly's job to separate these individual odours and then,
0:29:04 > 0:29:09when the stadium is empty, track the exact seat where her target sat.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Overnight, the odours of the crowd have already begun to dissipate.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Pinpointing one seat among thousands seems a Herculean task.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26The track is about 13 hours old, we had some real heavy thunderstorms
0:29:26 > 0:29:30last night and wind, so the scent could be blowing all over the thing.
0:29:30 > 0:29:36From what I know, the trail starts at the entrance, I have no clue where it goes in the ball stadium.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41I don't know whether I'm going to the food stand, the beer stand, the
0:29:41 > 0:29:47home-run seats, where I'm going, so it's a test for me too.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Holly's target probably did walk about,
0:29:51 > 0:29:56but he'll have left the greatest concentration of scent around his seat.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Holly heads straight for the central section.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Come on, get to work.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Open-air seating makes this an enormous challenge.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10But although much scent will already have dissipated, some should still remain.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Let's go.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Easy.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Here. Holly, find the man.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Check.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28What?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30What?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37She says this area.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Jackpot!
0:30:41 > 0:30:47With a bit more commitment on our part, we could unlock the skills of many so-called 'problem' dogs
0:30:47 > 0:30:50no matter what their breed.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55The real problem is that all too often we try to make them fit into our lifestyle.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59But, of course, every dog does need rules.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12There's four basic commands for a dog.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17You stop, you stay, you come back and you walk behind when told to do so.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Somebody walks over the moor, there isn't a sheep in sight.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26Suddenly a hare is put up, the dog chases the hare, it sees sheep over the hill and it's ongoing.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Just sometimes I get those people who say to me 'I had a dog but it
0:31:31 > 0:31:35'got run over because I didn't have a recall on it.' They're heartbroken.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37But it has to be a happy recall.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41You don't need to flap your arms about and shout your dog.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46All you need to do is say 'baby, that will do', and it should have its ears up, its tongue lolling and come
0:31:46 > 0:31:52flying up to you and send you to the middle of nowhere as it runs up to you, it is that glad to be with you.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53It shouldn't want to be away from you,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58it should be practically wanting to get inside your pocket because it loves you that much.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09You're lovely, aren't you?
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Herbie never relaxes.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He's always 'got-to-be-doing, got-to-be-doing',
0:32:13 > 0:32:15but we know that Herbie was ball crazy when he came,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19so it was fetch a ball, get a ball, chew a ball, kill a ball.
0:32:19 > 0:32:19He wants to chill.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23In the pack they have two things, chill or kill.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27They are either out killing because they're hunting or chilling in the pack area.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32So if we don't teach dogs to chill they're going to be always on the go.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35That's when you get the aggression problem.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Holly's become a much-loved member of Larry's family.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54But her time here may be coming to an end.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Miss Holly is doing quite well.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07As far as checking the blocks to get you guys started, I think she's there.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Feel free if you see something I've missed to beat me up over it.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13"I don't think that's going to happen, Larry."
0:33:13 > 0:33:17"We're all waiting to take a look at Holly, run her through her paces
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- "and I'm sure she's going to do just fine." - OK, thanks again, Bruce.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23The Massachusetts State Police want to try Holly out.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27That was your new daddy, Holly.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49It's been an intense three months for Larry and Holly.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53They've formed a deep bond.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55It won't be easy to let her go.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11There you go, kid.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Turn.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Thank you. OK, girl.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18On the road again.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Did you get much sleep last night?
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Much sleep last night?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Yeah, exhaustion helps.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Trying not to think about it too much.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36She's just going on to complete her life's mission,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and I'm just a...
0:34:38 > 0:34:43training stop in the road of life for Holly so...
0:34:59 > 0:35:01The final week
0:35:01 > 0:35:06and Herbie and Barbara are starting to look like a real working team.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Herbie seems to have left his bad traits behind.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15But these sheep now know Herbie and he needs to face a test away from home.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Hey wait... Herbie!!
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Barbara's managed to get him a small role in a forthcoming sheep dog trial.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27He'll have to work with sheep he doesn't know under the critical public eye.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Lie down.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Lie down.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36He's learnt what left is, what right is, what lie down is, what stand is,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39what drive on is, what walk on is, what that'll do is.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44He's taken an awful lot in and a lot of young dogs would have exploded at that,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47wouldn't have taken it on or would have regressed,
0:35:47 > 0:35:50which tells me he's got a heck of a brain capacity for learning.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Herbie, leave that.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Herbie.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Leave it. That'll do.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05I can trust Herbie now.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08I'm very much on tenterhooks that I don't want him to be a complete fool.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13I want other people to see Herbie is not the little rogue he was when he first came here,
0:36:13 > 0:36:17I want them to see that he's really a nice boy, and that he can do a sensible job of work.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25The day of the Broughton Sheep Dog Trials has arrived.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31This annual event attracts 15,000 people,
0:36:31 > 0:36:35including many expert eyes ready to pick fault.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40In a world where nearly all sheep dogs are border collies, not beardies,
0:36:40 > 0:36:45it's up to inexperienced Herbie to be a good ambassador for his breed.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56It's unlikely any of these sheep have seen a dog that looks like Herbie
0:36:56 > 0:36:58and they're likely to find that unnerving,
0:36:58 > 0:37:02so he's at a disadvantage from the start.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Sit. No! Sit and wait.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26The trial involves a sheep dog driving a trio of sheep along a set course and into a pen.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29That's well beyond Herbie's experience.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34But once they've finished, his job is to move the sheep from here
0:37:34 > 0:37:37to a holding pen in the corner of the field.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It's his biggest test so far.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41The course is a nice course.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46The distance that I have to go to get them from there to there is terrifying.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I have run in nine national trials and one international trial,
0:37:49 > 0:37:51none as terrifying as this.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Especially given that the dog has been flying round the back of the car, screaming
0:37:55 > 0:37:57when he saw those sheep pass the car.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01So he's fired up already before he starts.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03It's a long way for Herbie to go.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08In fact he won't go that distance, I shall walk out to meet the sheep.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12It's his initial contact with the sheep and, given the fact that there's people down here...
0:38:12 > 0:38:18he's on a fresh field with fresh sheep, he'll like as not see those three sheep and say "Yeah!"
0:38:18 > 0:38:21"Game on!" and fly them all over the field.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25In which case, I'm going to quietly lay down on the floor and die.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29How am I feeling?
0:38:29 > 0:38:33You don't want to know. I have visited that little cubicle there more times
0:38:33 > 0:38:36in the past hour than I would probably visit in a full week.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Holly's also facing make-or-break time.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50she's about to face the high standards of the Massachusetts State Police.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58And that old noise problem may be a sticking point.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07When someone first goes missing, every moment counts,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11and if a tracker dog can travel to the scene by helicopter,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13it will save valuable time.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18She's off to a bad start...
0:39:25 > 0:39:27But Holly's not yet out of the game.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Easy!
0:39:29 > 0:39:34The critical tracking test is still to come.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Track.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41One of the big things we want to look at is a negative in a dog.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45We'll see how quickly Holly can pick up the trail, follow it,
0:39:45 > 0:39:46and if she does lose it,
0:39:46 > 0:39:49how quickly and determined she is to locate it again.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Let's see if she goes in there.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Work it!
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Work it! Let's go.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04- Come on.- In the tall grass, Holly's lost the trail.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07They're not gonna help.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Let's go! Come on.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13She needs to work fast to re-find it if she's going to make the grade.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Dog knows better.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Always trust the dog. Well, there you go.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Good girl. You did it.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Nice job, Larry. Nice strong job.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40She got drifted off the trail.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Head came up and she realised she had missed the trail
0:40:44 > 0:40:48and worked hard to get right back to the trail, and she chose the right direction.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51She didn't backtrack whatsoever. Nice Job.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53WHISTLE
0:40:53 > 0:40:59The sheep dog trials are under way, and Herbie's chance to shine is almost here.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04Once Farmer Jim's border collie drives these sheep into the pen, Herbie's job will begin.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Hey...
0:41:08 > 0:41:09get back here now!
0:41:09 > 0:41:13But Herbie's been watching the trials for nearly an hour,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15and the tension is telling.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Get behind me.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Lie down.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Lie down. Lie down!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Hey! Stay there. Stay there.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Stay there.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34The sheep catch sight of Herbie... and they're off.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Lie down...
0:41:36 > 0:41:38lie down! Stay there...
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Can you get them up for me, Jim? Stay there.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Lie down... Lie down!
0:41:45 > 0:41:49As Herbie struggles to round up his charges,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52the sheep panic, and one has broken ranks.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Can you help me out, Jim?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57It's all beginning to go very wrong.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Herbie doesn't know which way to run.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06His young mind's gone blank
0:42:06 > 0:42:09and Barbara's powerless to intervene.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12All her teaching's thrown to the wind.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17With the sheep now amongst the cars Herbie's unceremoniously taken off the job,
0:42:17 > 0:42:21and Jim's experienced collie restores calm.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32It's what I would have expected. I would have preferred better.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- How old is he?- About two-and-a-half.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39He's not ready for fast sheep yet, and he was a rogue to start with.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Oh, well, plenty of time yet.
0:42:41 > 0:42:47It's the first time he's had a go at a sheep and even then, he didn't do what he could have done...
0:42:47 > 0:42:50I've never tried one of these beardies much...
0:42:50 > 0:42:54It's just too much too soon, it's a lot of pressure for him, in't it?
0:42:54 > 0:42:58And playing with three sheep that are splitting.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Well, yes, you're better off with a small flock.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Anyway, you did try.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Yeah, Jim, cheers.- Thanks.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16You're not going to ask me to do this again today, are you?
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Because he will have them down.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20OK. Tell me how that was.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Holly's moment of truth is here.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34Well, after looking at Holly today, careful consideration, running some of the evaluations.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Looking at the training you've done, which is extensive...
0:43:37 > 0:43:42I'm very, very impressed with the amount of work that you've put into Holly,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44the Massachusetts State Police would be honoured
0:43:44 > 0:43:48if you would allow us to take her and see if we can put her to work.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Wake up, sleeping beauty.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Come on, kid.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57Let's go. Come on.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Ohhh, big stretch!
0:44:00 > 0:44:05'It's like the star pupil graduating and going on and doing good in the world
0:44:05 > 0:44:08'or your number one daughter getting married'
0:44:08 > 0:44:11and you want to make sure she has the right husband.
0:44:11 > 0:44:17And you know, I'll tell you the same thing I told my other son-in-law... you mess her up and I'll kill you.
0:44:17 > 0:44:22But the only thing that I would ask is that when you get that golden moment
0:44:22 > 0:44:26of getting your first find with her, shoot me the e-mail,
0:44:26 > 0:44:29send me the article and make me a happy daddy.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Welcome aboard!
0:44:31 > 0:44:33There you go,
0:44:33 > 0:44:35it's a whole new world.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Come on, let's go.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45Give me a kiss, you big ugly redhead...
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Good girl...
0:45:02 > 0:45:04There you go.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14She's got an experienced handler,
0:45:14 > 0:45:19she's got two great trainers to work with him,
0:45:19 > 0:45:23fantastic programme, it's a perfect fit.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25It's beautiful.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Are you gonna miss her?
0:45:27 > 0:45:30I'm going to miss her terribly,
0:45:30 > 0:45:34but I've got two more sitting waiting to start next week.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36So...
0:45:37 > 0:45:41..can't be replaced, won't be forgotten,
0:45:41 > 0:45:43but she'll do me proud.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06It's the day after the trials, and Barbara's getting Herbie straight back to work...
0:46:06 > 0:46:09he's already restoring Barbara's trust.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12Well done!
0:46:14 > 0:46:16He's using so much brain now.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20He's keeping these sheep out of the way of anybody that's around him.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22He's weaving and dodging around legs.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25He's being so sensible, he just needs work.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30He's lost all the bad habits that he had.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34Trying to eat sheep and trying to be bolshy. His tail is down.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37He's ready now to be given work.
0:46:37 > 0:46:44Come back to me in 12 months, and I will have one hell of a dog there.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48He's well mannered, he's reasonably obedient when I ask...
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Lie down, now stay there.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Just gonna put this on, stay there.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57Herbie will stay here till death us do part.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59He will do jobs for me.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04He will be working the flock, he will be a very, very strong and useful work dog.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09You love any dog when you first get it,
0:47:09 > 0:47:14but you build a bond up between you, so that by the time you get to having a dog that is Sky's age,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17you are in each other's heads.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Herbie and I, I'm positive will develop that relationship.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27We quite love each other, don't we, darling? Sit!
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Now...we could fall out.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Herbie. Hey! Thank you.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37He's my boy.
0:47:57 > 0:48:02The team to receive Nespac Bloodhound Man Trailing Certification
0:48:02 > 0:48:05is Sgt Bruce Hirons and canine Holly.
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