0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Our 15,000 year old partnership with man's best friend is breaking down.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10DOGS GROWL AND BARK
0:00:10 > 0:00:13No! Ah, no!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Sit!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Britain has more badly behaved dogs than ever before.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21No, go away, go.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Dog bites alone have tripled in the last seven years.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Shivvy, come here!
0:00:32 > 0:00:36But don't blame the dogs
0:00:36 > 0:00:39because experts agree their owners are to blame.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I let him get away with most things just because he's so cute.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Jesus Christ!
0:00:45 > 0:00:50In this series, 12 out-of-control dog owners...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53He does not listen to a word that I say. It's just a nightmare.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56..who have reached breaking point...
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Emotionally, it just totally
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and utterly drains every bit of life out of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04..are leaving their dogs behind...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- I didn't even know stuff like that existed.- Wow!
0:01:08 > 0:01:09..to be flown around the world
0:01:09 > 0:01:12to meet the toughest working dog professionals.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16You are going to be the pack leader. You are going to be the dog's boss.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19They will live alongside dogs...
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- It stinks in here! - ..that herd...
0:01:23 > 0:01:24To me!
0:01:24 > 0:01:25..race...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Don't ever, ever let that go.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Those are my dogs.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- ..act... - Hold it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- ..and track. - Come on.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Good boy!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Have they got what it takes to master these dogs?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The most terrifying thing I've done in my life.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Look out, look out.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45SHE SCREAMS
0:01:45 > 0:01:46And their own lives?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Because it's not just their dogs that need to change.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Welcome to Essex, home of 25-year-old hair stylist Ed Copping
0:02:00 > 0:02:05and his two pampered pugs, Prince Pugsley and Prince Peanut.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Do you like this, Peanut?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Like all princes,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12they have to look fabulous and be on top of the latest trends.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20As well as being their stylist, Ed is also their personal chef.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Scrambled egg, smoked salmon,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25cream cheese.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28They'll eat absolutely everything that we're eating.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31But treating them like royalty comes at a price.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The dogs chew up the furniture,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38laptop cables, phone chargers.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41They poo in the house. They wee in the house.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43HE LAUGHS
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Ed might find it funny, but hubby Charles is not amused.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- I don't like cleaning up poo. - But they're not going to, right, OK.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I don't like the house smelling of poo.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57That's the reality of having two dogs. Double the amount of poo.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59It was your idea to get the second one.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02If nothing changes with this whole situation,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I think the tensions are just going to get so high,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08it's going to be war.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12But Ed just can't bear the thought of disciplining his little babies.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I'd rather let someone else shout at them rather than me,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17and then they can hate someone else and still love me.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22He even lets them sleep in the bed at the expense of his relationship.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Definitely doesn't do wonders for the love life at all.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31Unless something changes, Ed's relationship is going to the dogs.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33It's crazy. It drives me... I get angry.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I'm quite angry just talking about it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41They can get away with murder, yes. That's what I love about them.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Meet 21-year-old Bexy Smith from Stoke-on-Trent
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and her Labrador, Brooke.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Brooke!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Stay-at-home mum Bexy rarely gets out of the house,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58but it's not because she's looking after son Stevie.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01The problem is that Brooke is completely out of control
0:04:01 > 0:04:04and causing chaos in the house.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Come here, Brooke!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, God.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12'She just destroys everything.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14'She's like a beast, isn't she?'
0:04:14 > 0:04:18I've never thought a dog would be more hard work than a toddler.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Bexy has tried to discipline her
0:04:20 > 0:04:23but Brooke doesn't pay her any attention.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25If you shout at her and you tell her not do it,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27she'll just do it again anyway, so what's the point?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29She doesn't listen to anything what you say.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Whenever I tell her sit, she'll ignore me.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Brooke. Sit. Sit. Sit!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39She bought Brooke for her mum three years ago,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but because Brooke's behaviour is so bad,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Bexy's been landed with looking after her
0:04:43 > 0:04:45and it's holding Bexy back.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47She hasn't reached her full potential.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51She's a clever girl and she can do anything she puts her mind to,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53but not at the moment.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57She can't go out to get a full-time job or go back college
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and finish courses off and obviously she's putting Brooke before herself
0:05:00 > 0:05:05because she's stopping what she wants to do for the sake of the dog.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09You can't leave Brooke no longer than I'd say an hour because,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12chewing the skirting board,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14weeing or doing something.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I do feel like I'm trapped like a prisoner because I'm just
0:05:20 > 0:05:23stuck here on me own with Brooke until somebody comes in from work.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And until she gets Brooke under control...
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Brooke, now come here!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30..her life is ruled by her unruly dog.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Brooke!
0:05:33 > 0:05:34No, get down!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Naughty girl!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41There are many schools of thought about how best to control dogs,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44but experts agree the majority of problems are caused by the owner,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47not the dog.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49And it's the owner that needs fixing first.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51So Bexy and Ed will be leaving their dogs at home
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- and jetting off to the other side of the globe.- You going to miss me?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58They'll spend a week with the world's best working dogs.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Will fixing themselves help fix the canine crisis at home?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04It'll be all right.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Meet military war dog trainer Mike McConnery,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12the man to take on the Brits.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Take him out, that's it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Take him out, tear him up.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Mike and his team in Canada use unique training techniques
0:06:23 > 0:06:27to turn these specially bred dogs into the ultimate war weapon.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29We're effective, highly effective.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32We're the most effective canine training, breeding facility
0:06:32 > 0:06:34anywhere in the world.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Dogs are used more and more on the battlefield,
0:06:36 > 0:06:42and in the US Army alone, there are almost 3,000 currently in service.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44They can track enemies, detect explosives
0:06:44 > 0:06:46and are trained to kill.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Dog and handler are trained to communicate
0:06:49 > 0:06:52in highly pressurised conditions
0:06:52 > 0:06:56and Mike knows that a strong relationship is vital.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01It's the only animal in the world that bonds with us like that.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05They don't have the frailties of humans, they stay with you
0:07:05 > 0:07:10no matter what happens, they comfort you in times of great stress
0:07:10 > 0:07:12and they give you a sense of security
0:07:12 > 0:07:14that another human being can't give you.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18So we work together, the dog and the handlers, they function together.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20His dogs have been deployed to
0:07:20 > 0:07:23some of the hottest conflict zones in the world,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28including Afghanistan and Iraq.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30And they're dogs that will go at 100 miles an hour.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32They're four-legged ballistic missiles.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Mike believes that if any dog is badly behaved,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41it's simply reflecting the owner.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45People can travel from one continent to another, then take
0:07:45 > 0:07:48a totally different dog, and within a very few minutes,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50that dog has the same behavioural problems
0:07:50 > 0:07:52as their dog at home,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56because of the fact that that dog is a reflection of their soul.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57How are you, you OK?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Ed and Bexy don't know it,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01but Mike's going to try the impossible...
0:08:02 > 0:08:06..train them to communicate so effectively with his working dogs that,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10by the end of the week, they can operate as a military canine unit
0:08:10 > 0:08:13in a simulated terrorist attack.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Let's go!
0:08:17 > 0:08:20We're going to put them through their paces,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22we're going to toughen them up.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24They are going to be treated like a soldier.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I still can't believe I'm in Canada now, it's just like...
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I'm just dead excited.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35They're somewhere near Toronto, but the training methods
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and the specific location are both classified.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Maybe if I just tell them my dog can do a ballet spin,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46they'll be really impressed. They'll be like, "Well done, you've done brilliant!"
0:08:48 > 0:08:51The dog deserves to be treated with dignity,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and a person that refuses to do that should not own a dog.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56My word, there's like nothing here.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I imagine their asses will pucker a bit
0:08:58 > 0:09:00when they come through that bush line,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and if they do, we're doing our job.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Step forward, people. That's good, right there.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- You are?- Edward Copping.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- And you are?- Bexy Smith.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I'm Mike McConnery. I own and operate Baden K-9.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20These gentlemen own and operate Tier 1 K-9.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25This facility is set up to train the most elite units in the world.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29And you are going to undergo five days of training with us.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33The best thing for you to do is to pick up everything that you've known
0:09:33 > 0:09:35about dogs and yourself up to now
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and put it in the bag with your civilian clothing.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44You're not laughing anymore, it's not funny anymore.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- No, it's not quite so funny. - All right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Mike is keen to get straight to work to see what the Brits are made of.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53My heart's pounding, it still is now.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The guy is horrible.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- I'm going to kill Brooke for this, I really am.- Ow!
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Ow, trod on branches!
0:10:02 > 0:10:06What the hell do I do with this? I mean, what's this?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11As recruits for the week, they're given military names.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- Take a seat right there.- Come on.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Bexy becomes Number 1 and is given Hunter, a Dutch Shepherd dog,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18known for their speed.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Sit, sit.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Ed becomes Number 2 and is given Callie, a Malinois,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25a breed known to be fearless on the battlefield.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Sit.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Lesson one - voice control.
0:10:29 > 0:10:36Your vocals are very nice if you're talking to children. "Good puppy."
0:10:36 > 0:10:38That's not how we speak to dogs.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40You're going to learn to assert yourselves.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Not being brutal, but learn to speak to them.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47To help the Brits understand, Mike has a test that looks makeshift
0:10:47 > 0:10:50but trains them to give confident commands under pressure.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54And it's hard to do that climbing over benches,
0:10:54 > 0:10:55especially when you can't see.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00First up is Ed.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Callie has a pinch collar like all Mike's dogs,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06but they aren't recommended in the UK.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Callie should only move when he tells her.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11If not, he could easily lose balance and fall off.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Bring her back down in position...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The key to success is keeping his cool and using the right tone.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Sit, out... No, down.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23What happened, Number 2?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26She jumped up and knocked the top bench down.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30This dog is not listening because you are not giving any directions.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Secure. Same drill.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Easy up. Easy up.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Wait. Wait.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Now, if you can say this... Listen to me. If you can go...
0:11:49 > 0:11:50- SLOWLY:- "Wait, wait,"
0:11:50 > 0:11:52why can you not go...
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- FIRMLY:- "Wait!"?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57What is it inside you that stops you from going, "Wait!"?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Are you going to apply yourself? - I am applying myself.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Wait.- Change your vocals. Change your vocals.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- She's moving.- Wait.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- She's moving.- Oh, shit!
0:12:09 > 0:12:13"Shit" doesn't belong here. Back to the front, Number 2.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18Next, Bexy. Her dog Hunter should stay until she gives a command.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19- Sit.- Change your vocals, Number 1 -
0:12:19 > 0:12:21he's moving and climbing up the obstacle.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Change your vocal tones and put him back, he'll knock it off.- Sit!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Whoa, there you go.- Wait!
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Up on the obstacle.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Good job, Number 1. You're all right, Number 1?- Yeah, OK.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Find your bench, Number 1. Hang on to that pole.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37It's OK, leave it. Wait.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- OK, now, remember, when you call him and he comes to you...- Yeah.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46..now if he moves too fast, he's going to knock you off.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Let's go, easy.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Wait.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Did you hear that, Number 1? - I heard him jump up.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- And then what did you hear? - Him lie down.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- OK, so what is he doing? He's following direction.- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Why?- Cos I did it with a...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Cos your vocal tones, your attitude.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07For someone who can't control her dog at home,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Bexy's just made Hunter listen.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I can't believe that he just... I did it, like, straightaway,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14and I'm really pleased.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Having this much control over a dog is amazing. I just... I love it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Makes me want to do more now, I'm really getting into it.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I think that we're off to a really good start.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31I mean, it is very apparent after just a couple of hours
0:13:31 > 0:13:34what's happening, and I think that after five days,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37we're going to really see some differences in these people.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40We're going to put her in situations where she's going to have to
0:13:40 > 0:13:43rely on herself, and she did very, very well in there.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Number 2, on the other hand, has
0:13:47 > 0:13:50some problems with disciplining a dog.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52This lack of taking the initiative
0:13:52 > 0:13:57and lack of taking discipline is actually not working well for him.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Yes, I did make a bit of a cock-up in there,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and I knocked the bench over, but instead of saying,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05"Don't worry about that, bring the dog back,"
0:14:05 > 0:14:09it was, basically, "You're doing a bit of a shit job."
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It was really annoying. It was just...
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Making sure they can't hear me! It was just really annoying.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Just say, "Don't worry about that, let's go back to the start."
0:14:22 > 0:14:24It was just rude.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28The Brits are about to find out where they're staying for the week.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32This is home for five days.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35It's not really the Ritz, is it?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41All right. Goodnight. Goodbye. Good luck.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42For stay-at-home mum Bexy,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45life under canvas is going to take a bit of getting used to.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52I'm not happy, I am not happy.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I'm doing all this for Brooke while she's at home now,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58probably doing what she wants, lying all around everywhere,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and I've got to do this cos of her.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Little shit!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05And the army training doesn't stop here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Ed and Bexy will also have to live on army rations.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'm just happy that the guys have gone.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Like, I'm so happy they've gone, this is like a walk in the park,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18rather than dealing with them all day.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Can you believe it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- I was so angry, though, so angry. - I saw your face! I saw your face!
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I'm very aware that I look like the back end of a bus.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I didn't even sleep a wink last night.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I can't believe I'm sitting here, eating this.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51After a tough night, our Brits are worried about the day ahead.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52It is really difficult,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and I don't know if I'm going to be able to do it today.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59But...doesn't mean I don't want to.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05I can't work them out. Surely they can't be that nasty.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Surely.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Mike is stepping up Ed and Bexy's training with an assault course
0:16:11 > 0:16:13that will work the dog and handler
0:16:13 > 0:16:16under increasing levels of difficulty.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21But before they start, Bexy gets some serious news from home.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I just don't know how he is. I'm not there for him.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Her three-year-old son Stevie is ill.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Stevie's just not very well at all, I've spoken to him this morning,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39and he's just not... He's so breathless and everything,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41and I just feel like I'm not going to be able to concentrate
0:16:41 > 0:16:45and take all the things in what they're telling me to do.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Despite the news, Bexy is determined to carry on.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54The purpose of this obstacle is primarily to develop
0:16:54 > 0:16:57your communication skills with your dog while under physical duress.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Communication with your dog during this process is
0:17:01 > 0:17:03the number-one reason you're doing it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- What's the purpose of the exercise, Number 1?- Hmm?
0:17:07 > 0:17:13- What's the purpose of the exercise, Number 1?- Um...mind's gone blank.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15OK, Number 1, are you paying attention?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- I am, but my mind's gone blank. - OK, your mind's gone blank.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Bexy is worrying about the news back home.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24You're not paying attention, are you, Number 1?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I am paying attention, I just didn't understand what you've just said.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29You don't understand?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Number 1's not paying attention to the instructions, she's fading out.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38There's a child which is hers that has had some medical issues.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Her mind right now, whether she'll admit it or not, is somewhere else.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Completely somewhere else.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48So, we're going to have to give much more precise, shorter instructions.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49I don't know if I'm going to do it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Number 1, don't hold your arm out. Manage your lead and bring him up.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57She should be telling Hunter to get up on the beam and wait,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59but she's not being stern enough.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00- Sit.- Ready, bring him up.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Up. Up.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Now what is he doing?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- He's just....- He's avoiding. All right?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Hunter's ignoring Bexy's half-hearted commands.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Change your vocal tones and change your attitude. Get up. Hup.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Tell him, "Let's go."- Let's go. Up.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Finally, Bexy gets it together.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Easy, easy.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Now, "Wait."- Wait.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27There's a lot of pulling and a lot of stress on the dog.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Just doesn't look...nice.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Ed, who babies his pets back home, is finding it hard to watch.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Wait, good, tell him wait.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42But these dogs are trained from five weeks old, and are used to these physical exercises.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Easy, easy, yeah.- Good.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Easy...- I think I'm just going to get a bit of a backbone
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and be a bit of a douche like them.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Easy, easy.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I mean, that's basically what it is, I've just got to, like, man up
0:18:55 > 0:19:00and be basically a bit of a bastard to do it.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Easy.- Well done, you got her.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Down. Sit.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Good?- Yeah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Ed's given a tougher exercise.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Follow Josh over to the start point.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Josh thinks it will make him use the correct tone of voice on his dog.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22This is where, Number 2, you're going to have to change your vocals.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27OK, this dog is a working service war dog. It's not a baby.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29- OK? Go.- Easy.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30She's moving on my move,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33she's not to move until you tell her to go, put her back.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Peanut!- Just like at home...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Come on!- ..Ed is struggling to command his dog.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Easy. Easy. Huh!
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- No. Those aren't commands.- I know they're not. I'm trying, stop...
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Hey, I'm not stopping anything, I'm here to work with you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Listen to me, listen to me.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- I'm talking to you how you should talk to them.- Yeah.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- So let's do this. If you can't come...- Knock it off.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- That's right.- Knock it off.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Oh, your vocals have changed.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07SHARPLY: Easy. Easy. Easy.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08SOFTLY: Let's go.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Come on, you're not...- Easy, easy.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Tell her, let's go, pull on the lead.- Let's go.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14- Easy.- Easy.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Right down, sit her.- Sit!
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Good sit.- Back over beside Number 1.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25What are you feeling right now?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Oh, d'you know what? I fucking hate him, he's pissing me right off.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Mike is worried that Ed's not buying into the training,
0:20:33 > 0:20:38and wants to see for himself if it's linked to problems back home.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Number 2, come on in.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Yes?- Is there anything you want to tell me
0:20:45 > 0:20:48before I start this thing rolling?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Um...
0:20:52 > 0:20:55If you feel embarrassment now, it's not embarrassment,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58it's enlightenment. All right, are you ready?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00'Peanut. Ed, he's licking me.'
0:21:00 > 0:21:02'Peanut, no.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05'Up his bum?'
0:21:07 > 0:21:10You don't want to me to put it back, you want me to keep it?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13DOG SQUEALS
0:21:13 > 0:21:18'Whenever I see something really nice, I think, "That'll look lovely on them," then I'll just get it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21'Can't be wearing last year's wardrobes.'
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Mike soon discovers that Ed doesn't assert himself with his pugs either.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27In fact, he treats them like humans.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Although these dogs are a toy breed or a small breed,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and although you can take them out and you can dress them up,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38a dog needs the rain on its coat, a dog needs the sun on its coat.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41So when they go outside, they shouldn't have that stuff on.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44You're restricting them, it's not healthy for them.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49You rob the dog of his dignity by dressing him up as a little clown.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50'Peanut, come on.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56'I just hate to be rough, cos I don't think really know how they feel.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59'It's like they sort of look at me and go, "Oh, what's he talking about?,"
0:21:59 > 0:22:01or if they get upset with me for shouting at them.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05So I'd rather let someone else shout at them rather than me,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07then they can hate someone else and still love me.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10You're going to have to have the dogs listen to you
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and you're going to have to correct them and say, "Knock it off,"
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and they're going to look at you and be smug
0:22:15 > 0:22:17and walk away and you're going to think,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20"Oh, it breaks my heart, they think I'm terrible" -
0:22:20 > 0:22:21they do not think you're terrible.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25But Mike can see a far more disturbing side
0:22:25 > 0:22:27to the way Ed looks after his pugs.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'Bit of mayo. Bit more mayo.'
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Peanut will eat it if it's hand-given to him.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37'He won't eat it himself off the plate.'
0:22:37 > 0:22:41OK, first of all, your dog is grossly overweight.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Mayonnaise, salt, any of that stuff is very, very bad for them.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Every time you do this, you're killing him,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52so if you put rat poison on your fingers and give it to him,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54you're being more humane,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57because you're going to get it over with quickly. You're killing him.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It's hideous, everything that I'm doing is
0:23:00 > 0:23:05shortening their life, effectively, so I feel really guilty about it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Maybe this will be the wake-up call that Ed needs to toughen up
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and start treating his dogs as dogs.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15The message that keeps on coming across to me is the fact that
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I am basically killing my dogs, and that is just horrific.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22That is just really bad.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27I think being here, I have realised that I've got no choice,
0:23:27 > 0:23:28I've got to change.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Bexy's also had some bad news.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Her three-year-old son has been taken to hospital,
0:23:34 > 0:23:35and she's decided to leave.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40He's what? Go ahead, you can tell me.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42He's sick?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I've just, like, come to the conclusion now that
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I've just got to go home and just be there for my little boy.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51And you've made the best decision. Truthfully.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I mean that, because I would have done the same thing.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I would have been gone and I wouldn't even have looked back.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I wouldn't look back and had any regrets -
0:23:59 > 0:24:00if my children call me, I'm gone.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- You're free to go, Bexy. Best of luck to you.- Thank you.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Thanks very much. Thank you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I just wish that I could have stayed.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18It was a brilliant experience and...
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Really, really good.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Oh, well, everything will be all right.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25With the final mission just three days away,
0:24:25 > 0:24:26a new recruit is enlisted.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Ed's got a wish list as to who it is.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I would just love it if she was kind of rubbish at everything,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34cos then it would just make me look amazing,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and yeah, I just don't want to get shouted at anymore,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41and if someone else is sort of making a bit of a prat out of themselves,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43then it'll make me look brilliant.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The new recruit is 30-year-old Georgia Olner from the West Midlands, and she lives with Schmoo.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57She's a teacher, but she's got major discipline problems
0:24:57 > 0:24:58outside the classroom.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02She will try and attack people.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Sit!
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Weighing 45 kilos, Schmoo is a mastiff cross with attitude
0:25:07 > 0:25:11and has already inflicted serious injury on three people.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13She'll go for anybody who's coming towards me.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Schmoo!
0:25:15 > 0:25:17She's bitten my builder, down to the bone.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Bit hot for you, isn't it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21My dad got bitten. Wham! And latched herself.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22She's bitten my lodger's mum.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25She had teeth marks and blood coming out of all round here
0:25:25 > 0:25:26and all round there.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31The terrifying thing is that Georgia has no control over Schmoo.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33In! In!
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Her life revolves around avoiding potentially dangerous situations.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Most of the time I walk her after dark.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41If I see someone in the field with another dog I'll turn round
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and go back and go a different way.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48But not tackling Schmoo's behaviour head-on has left Georgia isolated.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I've lived here six years and my parents have been round once.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55Neither of us dare go in the house because the thing's going to eat you.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59It's scary that such a big dog's ruling her life and I am extremely worried.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Mum Jane can see that Schmoo is taking over Georgia's life.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Relationships aren't going to build because if Schmoo doesn't like them
0:26:07 > 0:26:11then that's going to be difficult, isn't it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14But you say to Georgia why don't you get another sort of dog, and she won't.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20- No.- She won't hear of it. She will not hear of it.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Georgia couldn't bear life without her.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27She's just really loving and she's always there. She's my best friend.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Schmoo was abandoned because nobody wanted her,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and Georgia can relate to that feeling.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35With other things in my life, I do have a backbone,
0:26:35 > 0:26:41but when it comes to relationships, emotions, me and the dog...
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Well, the dog takes advantage and so do pretty much all the men.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49She needs to kind of be sorted out and I probably do as well.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Step forward.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Your name is...? - Georgia Jane Olner.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Are you ready to go? - I am ready to go.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Thank God somebody is. All right.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Here.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Thank you.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Walk off.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19There were some very straight faces round there,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Things are best taught with a mixture of discipline and humour.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I think it's going to be pretty one-sided this week.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Time for Ed to meet his new comrade.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31No more name, you are Number 1.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Just as Ed thought he had the upper hand, Mike's got a surprise in store.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Good, switch dogs with him.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40He's given a younger German shepherd
0:27:40 > 0:27:42and will have to build a bond from scratch.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45This dog's name is Heidi.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48If he doesn't get his voice right, Heidi will walk all over him.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Georgia's given Hunter, Bexy's old dog.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Have any of them cracked a smile?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- No.- At all. - No cracking smiles.- Ever?
0:28:01 > 0:28:07Ever. It's going to be really tough, I'm not going to lie to you, it is really tough.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- Bring it on. - Bring it on. That's what we like.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14With only three days to get the recruits trained up for their final operation,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Mike needs to get Georgia up to speed.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19He wants Ed and Georgia to learn
0:28:19 > 0:28:23that communication isn't just about what you say, it's about the attitude you say it with.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27People, this is a water assault course. It is one of five
0:28:27 > 0:28:30water assault courses on this facility.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Covert operations in a combat zone
0:28:32 > 0:28:36require an elite dog team to cross terrain undetected.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41These specialist techniques should only be attempted
0:28:41 > 0:28:43under professional supervision.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Also communicating with his touch on Hunter, doesn't have to talk.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50Soldiers must keep their dog silent across the water by continually
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and quietly reassuring it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56In the most difficult part of the exercise,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58they must give the dog one purposeful command.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Water.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Mike wants them to see that communication
0:29:05 > 0:29:09isn't about volume, it's about saying commands like you mean them.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13But Georgia's mind is elsewhere.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17She has noticed the water is full of snakes.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Do you like snakes?
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- Um, no, I'm completely phobic about snakes.- Well, then you have something to take control of.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24There's no way I'm going in that water.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- There's no way you're going in that water?- No.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Absolutely no way? Then you know what you're going to do?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- What? - You're going to give the dog over
0:29:32 > 0:29:36and you're going to get on the next plane back to the UK.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Look at me.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39I am not fooling.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44You're going to hand him over. You're going to change and you're going home.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Have a dog.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Goodbye.- Bye.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58She went, "OK, here you go." Defiant.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Right? That tells me something about the way she handles her dog,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04that tells me something about her dog's personality.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's snakes. I'm just phobic about snakes,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09can't even look at them on TV. Hate them.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11So you're going to get on a plane and leave.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12I'm not getting in that water.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14What's the problem with your dog?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17She goes for other dogs, goes for other people.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- What do you mean, goes for them? Licks them? Bites them?- No, jumps up and goes for the face.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Why are you still with that dog? Why not get rid of it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- Get rid of it how?- Put it down. - No.- Why?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- I'm not putting a healthy dog down. - Well, you're walking away from HIM.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36- What we... I don't need to go into the water.- Well, sure you do. - Why do I?- You came here to learn.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41- I did come here to learn.- Really? Apply yourself and do it. Let's go.
0:30:41 > 0:30:47- Follow.- Let's go, let's go, let's go.- Go, take the opportunity, take your hands out your pocket, follow.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I've changed my mind cos I'm here for Schmoo.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And if a snake comes near me I'm going to get out and punch their lights out.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54You know the drill.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Georgia decides to try the first half of the exercise.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00She must reach the beam and then turn around.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Just talk to your dog. It'll help calm you, you're OK.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Wait.- You're doing fine.- Oh my God! What was that!- Nothing. Georgia,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Georgia, listen to me, it was nothing.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11No, no, it went.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16Georgia, don't stop now, kid, we're going. All right.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Lift.- Lift him up.- You're fine.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Excellent, OK. Excellent. Look at you, look at you,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26you look like you've been doing this all your life.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Excellent.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32OK, go to the beam, turn around and come back.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- Oh!- No, you're fine, Georgia, you're fine,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37there is nothing in the water with you.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Nice and easy. Nice and easy.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47Now remember - exit the water in victory, not in flight.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Nice and easy, nice and easy, nice and easy.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Now remember - don't be in a hurry to exit. Take your time and go out,
0:31:55 > 0:31:56because you've won.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01No shake.
0:32:01 > 0:32:02There you go.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Horrible, absolutely horrible.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08As I stepped back into the water, put the first foot in,
0:32:08 > 0:32:11black snake just slid over my foot in front of me.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Absolutely awful.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20And I'm really struggling to see the point.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Mike's seen Georgia's behaviour under pressure
0:32:24 > 0:32:26and has learned lots about her.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29She's a person that is willing to avoid rather than take control.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32First it was, "I have a phobia, I can't control it."
0:32:32 > 0:32:34These are all things that she honestly believed
0:32:34 > 0:32:36and then all of a sudden she went in the water.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39That's a big, big step and I hope she realises what she's done.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43The dog is moving at your pace and he's not to splash when you get...
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Next up is Ed.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Having heard some home truths from Mike,
0:32:48 > 0:32:50he's realising he needs to toughen up.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53So I've got such a strong mindset today,
0:32:53 > 0:32:54nothing's going to get me down today.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Mike is giving Ed the chance to prove himself.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02He's going to attempt a full submersion with Heidi.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07To succeed, Ed must tackle the exercise with determination and focus,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10whilst keeping Heidi under control.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I can see by your face there's a bit of stress,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16and at that point where you leave the world
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and go into the silence of the water is going to be just you and
0:33:19 > 0:33:23the dog for that moment, it's a magical moment.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25And when you go back home,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28your dog should benefit from what you are going to touch right now.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34Very important for you to give her the command "water",
0:33:34 > 0:33:36which she is very familiar with,
0:33:36 > 0:33:39before you insert through the motion. Good to go?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44One motion, one motion, one motion.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Water.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57- Knock it off.- Right, right. Good!
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Keep going.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Ed's new attitude seems to be paying off.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09You're getting a lot more control, Number 2, and it's showing.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15I walked into the forest with like, me Prada bag on me arm and,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18and, you know, me make-up looking perfect and now I'm like,
0:34:18 > 0:34:22ducking and diving through boggy water with snakes in it.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Today, I'm just... I've got such a different attitude.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Like completely, it's like completely off the wall compared to my first day.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31While Ed is embracing the teaching methods,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Georgia is struggling with her new mentor.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Absolutely 100% fed up with it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40They do know a lot,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and they have a lot of good kind of information to impart,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47but if they carry on in the way they're going, I'm just going to walk out.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Back in camp, Ed tries to raise Georgia's spirits.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57I'm one of those people that I just really struggle to give up on anything.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I really struggle to give up on anything,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01but I think life is too short.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04But then that's why I do things like this, cos life's too short
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and don't think I'll ever do it otherwise.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09That's why I do things like go to rainforests and climb mountains,
0:35:09 > 0:35:14it's not why I spend my time getting yelled at by a bunch of testosterone-overloaded apes.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21If I wanted that I'd go and get in the gorilla pen at Twycross Zoo.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Oh, God, you're going to get us into trouble, I can feel it in me waters.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31It's 8 in the morning and time to report for duty.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Leave it, it's OK.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Seat.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Seat.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Good morning, people.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Morning.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50How do you feel this morning, Number 2?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I think the reality's sort of set in this morning
0:35:53 > 0:35:56about how sort of difficult what you do actually is.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58I think it's really hit me today.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01When you hit the beam yesterday, you were one person
0:36:01 > 0:36:05and when you came up from the other side, you had changed again,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08and it's a good change.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09Number 1, how are you this morning?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Not a massive fan of some of the teaching methods used.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Last night I was sitting there just thinking, "Why am I here?"
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Even though you may not understand what we do,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26and even though you may not condone the methods,
0:36:26 > 0:36:30the people that follow our methods keep you people quite safe,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34because of what they're capable of doing and because they don't quit.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36With only a day until their final mission,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Mike wants to persuade Georgia about the training
0:36:39 > 0:36:44but she keeps digging her heels in and Mike wants to understand what's behind it.
0:36:44 > 0:36:51We are going to go into your world through this video.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Bless her, she's so cute.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58She, well, anyone she doesn't know, she can be really aggressive towards. She's bitten my builder,
0:36:58 > 0:37:02she's bitten my dad, she's bitten my lodger's mum on the face.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05That was my lodger's fault, though, he was being a fool.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11When the dog bites, you...you admit that you blame other people.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Your voice changes when you say that and your face changes, all right?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18In other words, it's a defiance, OK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22You're not only defending the dog, you're defending yourself.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Yeah, I think you're probably right, put kind of a big massive emotional barrier up
0:37:26 > 0:37:30which is half kind of stubbornness and defiance and the other half is the dog.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Well, I'm going to... - And together they make quite a big wall.- Exactly, yeah.
0:37:34 > 0:37:40She's just really loving and she's always there, she's my best friend.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42If the dog is there for you, Number 1,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45does that mean that people, humans, have not been there for you?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49They've let you down or they've, they've hurt you in some way?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Some people have hurt me and let me down, yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54I don't know, I just tend to feel kind of emotionally vulnerable
0:37:54 > 0:37:57in the whole kind of relationship situation.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58All my relationships have been shit.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Nobody can use or abuse you unless you permit them to.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06They can't.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12The same way the dog is protecting you, you want that barrier,
0:38:12 > 0:38:13you want that buffer.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17When you take control of yourself,
0:38:17 > 0:38:22and you start to realise that you are worth the same
0:38:22 > 0:38:26as every other living person on this planet,
0:38:26 > 0:38:30when you start to treat yourself in that way,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34other people, good people will be attracted
0:38:34 > 0:38:35and treat you in that manner.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- It's down to me to do it, isn't it? - Yeah, you're absolutely right.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44Georgia is realising that she and Schmoo have more in common than she thought.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Bad-tempered, narky, defensive on the outside,
0:38:47 > 0:38:51but really kind of soft and sweet and fairly vulnerable
0:38:51 > 0:38:57once she lets you in, just quite hard to get her to let you in.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59I kind of like that feeling of
0:38:59 > 0:39:02me and her against the world kind of thing,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04but it's true, I do need to change myself,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06and as I change, she'll change,
0:39:06 > 0:39:11cos we are in that respect probably fairly identical.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Mike's starting to get through to Georgia.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18She's never faced up to how her pet makes other people feel.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21But he's got a way to show her.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23They're going to do controlled bite work
0:39:23 > 0:39:26that only professionals should undertake.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- All right, Number 1, are you ready? - I'm ready.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33He's lined up two war dogs.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37This is Titan and this is Callie,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40they are both Mechelaars, both Malinois.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Callie is a stealth entry dog, while Titan is a formidable beast
0:39:45 > 0:39:47used in war zones for forced entry and attack.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50He's actually done the job, done the deed and he knows it.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm going to get eaten!
0:39:53 > 0:39:56But then again, so are the people who come round my house
0:39:56 > 0:40:00when I don't control my dog, so I should really be on the other end of it.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03First, Georgia will take a bite from the smaller dog.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08CALLIE YAPS AND WHIMPERS
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Yeah, good work! Take! Take!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Feel how she's pulling your body.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- Yeah.- That is nothing to what's going to happen. Out!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- Ow.- Ow?
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Now this is nothing, absolutely nothing,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31to what that dog is going to do.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35While Georgia braces herself for Titan,
0:40:35 > 0:40:42on the other side of the base, Ed is about to face his toughest challenge yet.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- We get to have some fun, man. - He's ready to be pushed harder.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49And we'd be doing him a disservice if we don't push him harder.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- Yeah.- His mission - to cross the lake on this high wire,
0:40:54 > 0:40:58which is tricky enough, but he's got to do it with Heidi.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01He must keep his balance and give clear commands.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Everything is communication.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05So I mean straightaway that's something that
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I need to do at home, cos that's something I'm not doing at home.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11But after what we went through yesterday, I've got control of her.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Titan, the experienced killing machine,
0:41:14 > 0:41:19is in position to deploy on Georgia so that she can experience what it's like to be attacked.
0:41:19 > 0:41:25The slightest move of your head when he pulls your arm down,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28and he will re-target your face immediately. All right?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32And believe me, it will happen so fast there's nothing anybody can do.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36All right, now I see your eyes are getting bigger, OK.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40What we have done is we have brought a creature here like your dog.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Do you want to take Titan on your arm?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- Possibly not.- Possibly not a no, no possibilities, no maybes,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51no, I don't know, I'm not certain.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Do you want to take Titan on your arm?- No.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- No, and guess what.- What?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59You have the right. The people in your home...
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- Don't have the right. - ..have no right to say yes or no
0:42:02 > 0:42:04cos you took that option away from them.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08That dog is half the weight of your dog.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13I know, yeah. Those people must have been so scared. Must have been so horrible for them.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20On the other side of the facility,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Ed is attempting highly specialised army training.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Knock it off!
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- Good lift.- Good lift.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32OK. Listen to me - do all that you've been trained to do all week
0:42:32 > 0:42:34in communication on your stress.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- OK.- Lift.- Good lift.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Easy.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43To work in conflict zones, army dogs must get used to accompanying soldiers
0:42:43 > 0:42:45in any situation.
0:42:46 > 0:42:52And that includes wearing specialist harnesses on difficult water crossings.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57We're in the danger zone. We're in the danger zone, Number 2.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Tell her knock it off.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Knock it off! - Now this is training.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03It's OK, easy.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Pull.- It's OK.
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Easy.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- OK, that's it. - Oh, that's a killer.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16- It's OK.- The skills you've learned all week you've applied them on this obstacle,
0:43:16 > 0:43:18so today you were tested. OK?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22The hairdresser from Essex who couldn't tell his dogs off
0:43:22 > 0:43:26has left his baby talk at the other side of the bridge.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30Now I'm sort of getting that attitude to my voice and that sort of sternness
0:43:30 > 0:43:32without it being sort of anger,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35that'd be amazing to take home, because if I can
0:43:35 > 0:43:38just use that voice with my dogs,
0:43:38 > 0:43:42you know, that's, that's kind of the starting point.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46Back at camp, Ed has a revelation for Georgia.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51How are you doing, Number 2? You don't look good, you look like you're about to have a heart attack.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55- Oh.- You didn't look like that this morning?- Actually become a man.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56Why, what have you done?
0:43:56 > 0:44:00That is man sweat, that is, unbelievable,
0:44:00 > 0:44:02that is man sweat.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05That is like, actually got a sweaty chest.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Mike's decided the Brits are ready to learn
0:44:08 > 0:44:10one of the most specialised military techniques.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Abseiling, the ultimate way to exit helicopters and tall buildings.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17Go.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20It's their most difficult exercise yet
0:44:20 > 0:44:23and it's as important as ever to keep their dogs under control.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26That was as mad as a van full of badgers.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29But first, they have to haul the dog to the top of the tower.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32You are now going to go up with your dog.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34When Georgia was under pressure yesterday, she crumbled.
0:44:34 > 0:44:39This time, she needs to show she's not going to walk away.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41A little bit nervous, as you would be.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44I like my dog, want to keep him in one piece, really.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47A bit worried that I'm not going to be strong enough to do it.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51I'm also worried about the whole kind of descent as well,
0:44:51 > 0:44:53and how my dog feels.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Every time she has to apply herself under stress she cops out, fades,
0:44:59 > 0:45:03falls back, that's exactly why she's in the situation she's in
0:45:03 > 0:45:07and unfortunately other people have been bit and paid for that situation.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09And start lifting.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10- Lift.- Say "lift".- Lift.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- Lift.- I can't do it.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15No, you can't say "I can't do it", you haven't even attempted it.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17And rock, let's go, let's go.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Lift hard! Let's go, let's go, lift.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22It might look cruel, but these dogs are specially bred
0:45:22 > 0:45:25and highly trained to perform military techniques.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27ED: Well done, Number 1, well done.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- "I can't" means "I won't". - You can do it.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33- Pull them up, come on. Come on. You've got to step forward, pull them up.- Come on.
0:45:33 > 0:45:37Pull them up. Good lift. That dog's 25 feet in the air which is pretty remarkable
0:45:37 > 0:45:40for somebody that couldn't do it.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42The most terrifying thing I've ever done in my life.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46Apart from this next bit, which is going to be the most terrifying thing I've done in my life.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48All right Number 1, go time, you're up.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Come on, let's go. Over the top.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- OK. Vocals are everything here. - Let's go, Hunter.- That's it.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55OK, start walk, leaning back.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59Stage 2, stage 2, stage 3, go, go, go, go, go.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Number 1, go, you've been told to go.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04- Excellent, hang on to your brake. - Hang on.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11- Talk to your dog, you're doing fine. - You're doing good.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Couldn't have worked out better.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Wait - hold on, hold on, belay, belay. There you go.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20Despite the weight of her dog pulling her upside down,
0:46:20 > 0:46:23she kept it together and they both stayed calm.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25- Well done, Number 1. - You have done it.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28- That was good.- Awesome job.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Oh.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Oh, that was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34You know what, Number 1?
0:46:34 > 0:46:38You never lost control, you lost position, but you never lost control.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40I would have to applaud you, Number 1.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Good job, Number 1.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44Next up is Ed.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50All right, let's go and measure him off.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Once you feel that load, keep moving.
0:46:53 > 0:46:54Knock it off.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Where did you get that voice from, Number 2?
0:46:58 > 0:46:59You gave it to me, sir.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03- Go, go, go, go, go, go.- Come on.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05- Fuckin' hell!- Wait.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11You're in control, man. You are in control, look over your shoulder.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14That's it, you're in control.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16People you see, now we're training.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18OK, it's OK.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- Walk out, walk out.- Down.
0:47:21 > 0:47:29- Walk out. - Wow, that's amazing. I mean, I love a bit of an adrenalin and,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31but that's like nothing I've ever felt. That was...
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Yeah, I didn't know whether or not to keep going or not, but I braked.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Yeah, I know. You dug down there. Right from the spirit, man.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41It was amazing, it was just crazy. I've really loved that.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45It's the only thing I've ever done where I've got to the bottom and gone, "Finished it,"
0:47:45 > 0:47:47and then burst into spontaneous tears cos I was just so scared.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51These two people have dogs that are totally out of control,
0:47:51 > 0:47:55but they took control, and the control starts here,
0:47:55 > 0:47:58right here. You control you, you control the dog.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04It's their final evening with their canine companions.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21ED: And it's all sort of coming together as we're coming towards the end.
0:48:21 > 0:48:26I think everything I've sort of done with my dog has been in a matter of urgency like, if I don't do
0:48:26 > 0:48:31something right, the dog drops off a harness, the dog falls in the water, the dog hits the floor,
0:48:31 > 0:48:35so that's kind of helped me sort of find my voice.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Cheers.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39No, it has been constructive,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43I went to do my thing with Mike this morning - the video thing - and that was really good.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47It was absolutely fantastic. He kind of picked up everything
0:48:47 > 0:48:49through the dog which was really freaky.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Night, Private Olner.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Night Private Copping.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- Sweet dreams.- Sweet dreams.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08It's their last morning and time for the Brits to prove
0:49:08 > 0:49:13they're no longer the dog owners they once were. Mike has set them an exercise.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Right then, people.
0:49:15 > 0:49:20- 'Mission brief, there are reports of terrorists taking people hostage.' - ..down into some dead ground.
0:49:20 > 0:49:26The Farnhill Liberation front has been kidnapping wealthy elite persons at grid.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28They must take out the terrorist.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32To succeed, they'll need to draw on the skills they've learned all week.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Hopefully we'll pull this off.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39We've spent all week, you know, working so hard to get to this point.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Here we go.
0:49:46 > 0:49:51They're armed with mock guns and the ultimate weapon, their war dogs.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58The emphasis is on stealth and speed while keeping Heidi and Hunter under control.
0:50:00 > 0:50:05Everything that they're doing is possible because they have control.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Now it gets more difficult. They must give their dogs
0:50:08 > 0:50:12precise instructions to wait and only move on their command.
0:50:12 > 0:50:13You wait.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Platz.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16It's OK.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Wait. Knock it off.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Knock it off.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25Wait.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29Good.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Look at these people.
0:50:31 > 0:50:36Is that an out-of-control school teacher and a hairdresser that has two pugs that are running his life?
0:50:36 > 0:50:40I don't see that any more. As a matter of fact, that doesn't
0:50:40 > 0:50:42come to my mind at all.
0:50:42 > 0:50:43Not at all.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48On the other side of the bridge, a hijacker's been spotted.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52The moment they've trained for -
0:50:52 > 0:50:54time for the Brits to deploy their weapons.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57Take him, take him, take him, take him, Hunter.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Go on, Hunter. Take him, take him.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Pull it out.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Out! Get on the floor.
0:51:14 > 0:51:15Get on the fucking floor.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20End ex, end ex, that's it.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23- That was good to go. - That was good, very good.
0:51:23 > 0:51:28That was a cool mission. Actually felt like we're proper like canine military guys. It was amazing.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I felt I was in control of the dog the whole time.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36I'm really pleased with that exercise. I may pass out right now.
0:51:37 > 0:51:42OK people, we have spent a week together, Number 2,
0:51:42 > 0:51:46and I have to say that the person that walked up and the person
0:51:46 > 0:51:50I saw come across the field, same body, different attitude.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53And Number 1, you're handling the dogs much better,
0:51:53 > 0:51:57your attitude has changed. Amazing, isn't it? It's amazing.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00I think it was bloody good teamwork for that to take.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04- OK, very good.- Yeah I'd like to think we smashed it.- Excellent.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08Mission complete. It's time for them to hang up their uniforms.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13It's actually been a really amazing experience I'm actually going
0:52:13 > 0:52:16to really miss it. I'm going to miss Heidi.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Feel really sad to leave this place.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I hated it at first, but it's great.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28It just seems unbelievable that I was like,
0:52:28 > 0:52:34I can't shout at my dogs because if I shout at them they're going to hate me.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37It just goes to show, though, you do still have that sort of bond
0:52:37 > 0:52:40with them and you are still just as close with them, as you are
0:52:40 > 0:52:43if you're cuddling all the time, or feeding them constantly.
0:52:44 > 0:52:49The girl who walked in here was defiant, stroppy, stubborn,
0:52:49 > 0:52:55trying to hide vulnerabilities and weaknesses rather than face them,
0:52:55 > 0:52:59trying to bury everything instead of dealing with it.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03I think the girl who walks out of here is going to face up to things head on.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Deal with them and get on with it.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08When I first got here I thought Mike was a grade-A asshole,
0:53:08 > 0:53:14but now after spending some time with him, he really does know his stuff,
0:53:14 > 0:53:18and, he's a really nice bloke, I like Mike a lot.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20I'm going to ask you something.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23I want you to respond as naturally as you can respond to me.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Would you put this on your dogs?
0:53:26 > 0:53:29- No.- Why?
0:53:30 > 0:53:32They prefer blue, sir.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34MIKE LAUGHS
0:53:34 > 0:53:36The change in them from when I first met them -
0:53:36 > 0:53:41I mean, there is absolutely no doubt that it's drastic.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44The really neat part about it is they came with all these skills.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46We turned a light on.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49They're that light, so let's hope they shine
0:53:49 > 0:53:51when they go back home, right?
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Back on civvy street, Georgia is able to walk Schmoo in the daytime.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00A miracle.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05When I got back I wrote on my calendar, start of my new life.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09She knows that I'm in charge now, which is really good.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12- Hello.- And mum Jane has come round for the first time in two years.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Sit, good girl. It's lovely to be able to come round to the house and see you
0:54:17 > 0:54:19and not be terrified of her.
0:54:19 > 0:54:24I'm quite surprised at the progress she's made, actually, and how, how quickly it's happened.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Absolutely amazing. Absolutely amazing.
0:54:27 > 0:54:33It is. Oi, Schmoo, hm, what a good girl. Completely different dog.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37- You are.- I've changed my tone. - You're a good girl.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Also my attitude, as well, that goes with it.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42And it's made, made a difference, made a lot of difference.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45I'm no longer scared to kind of take her out and I don't kind of avoid people
0:54:45 > 0:54:48when I'm out with her, because I know that I've got control of her.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50I can't actually believe the change.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53It just makes me think, well, what have I been doing
0:54:53 > 0:54:55for four and a half years? Why couldn't this miracle
0:54:55 > 0:54:57have happened at the beginning?
0:54:57 > 0:55:01Over in Essex, Ed has taken his hard-earned lessons home.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05It's not being bossy, it's having the different attitude
0:55:05 > 0:55:08in my voice with the dogs that helps them.
0:55:08 > 0:55:09It's not being bossy.
0:55:10 > 0:55:16I saw a difference in the dogs the second that he got home.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20It was, it was almost like they'd sensed that he'd changed.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23They haven't peed in the house since, they literally did run this household
0:55:23 > 0:55:25and it's not like that at all.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29If anything, we've kind of got a new boss now.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Ed has ditched the glitzy little numbers
0:55:33 > 0:55:36and the nonstop treats have been replaced.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37The dogs seem happier for it.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41They still get just as much love, but in a more controlled way.
0:55:41 > 0:55:49He's lost four to five pounds now, so, just much better for him.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52He's so much more active, he runs around a lot more.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Really good.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57Everything just got better and better and better and...
0:55:57 > 0:56:01yeah, it's just amazing, really. And I'm going to stick with it,
0:56:01 > 0:56:02it's the best thing I've ever done.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Next time,
0:56:11 > 0:56:13two clueless British dog owners...
0:56:14 > 0:56:17..are moving huge herds in Australia.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23These dogs control millions of pounds of livestock.
0:56:24 > 0:56:29But will the Brits be able to control their dogs or themselves?
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