Sheep Dogs, Australia Don't Blame the Dog

-Our 15,000-year-old partnership with man's best friend...

-GROWLING

..is breaking down.

BARKING

-No.

-Agh, no!

-Sit!

-Britain has more badly behaved dogs than ever before.

-No! Go away, no.

Dog bites alone have tripled in the last seven years.

Sheepy, come here.

GROWLING

But don't blame the dogs...

SHE SCREAMS

..because experts agree their owners are to blame.

Instead of controlling them, I'd rather just play with them.

-Sheepy... Oi!

-BUS HORN SOUNDS

In this series, 12 out-of-control dog owners...

He does not listen to a word that I say. It's just a nightmare.

..who have reached breaking point...

Come on! He's supposed to be one of

my best friends and I don't feel like he is.

..are leaving their dogs behind...

-I didn't even know stuff like that existed.

-Wow.

..to fly across the globe to meet

the toughest working dog professionals.

You are going to be the pack leader. You are going to be the dog's boss.

They'll live and work alongside dogs...

It stinks in here!

..that herd...

-Brace! To me!

-..race...

Don't ever, ever let that go.

Those are MY dogs.

-..act...

-Hold it.

-..and track.

-Come on, Lassie.

-Good boy.

-Lassie.

Have they got what it takes to master these dogs?

-Do not swear at me.

-It's too heavy.

SCREAMING

And their own lives?

Because it's not just their dogs that need to change.

Meet street sweeper Kim Miners from Bradford.

She's 22 and single and should be having the time of her life.

But she's a girl with a four-legged problem.

SHE SCREAMS

Every aspect of her life is ruled by her dogs.

Lola!

-Eight-year-old Staffordshire terrier, Chunky.

-Oh, they've weed.

Chunky? It's you, is that, isn't it?

-And bullmastiff puppy, Lola, the pair love to fight.

-Lola!

Do as you're told now. Does not listen to a word that I say.

It's just a nightmare.

And it's not just Kim's life the dogs are wrecking.

What he does is he scrats it all,

gets on his back and scratches it all.

Door. He's scratted all my door off

-so yeah, they're just ruining everything.

-The problem is

Kim's clueless when it comes to doggy discipline.

No! Go away, Chunky, we're not trying to get it off of her. No!

She thinks shouting at full volume is the answer.

Oi, Chunky! Get down.

-And she has a habit of throwing in the towel.

-Whoa!

I try to discipline him, but he cries constantly.

Constant crying, crying.

I just think, do you know what? Bollocks to it.

But despite all this, Chunky's number one in her life.

Who loves you, baby, eh?

Her mum, Trish, is desperately worried that Kim's given up on life.

You should be able to feel that you can go out.

-You're only just gone 22 years old.

-Yeah, I know.

You shouldn't let it rule your life like that really, should you?

I don't really have a life so...

-I don't, er...

-She should be young and free and she's not.

I know it sounds really stupid, but I suppose it's the next best thing

that I've got to my dad as well.

Chunky was Kim's dad's dog, but she's looked after him

since he passed away suddenly a year ago.

This is my dad. This is my old man. Cheese!

I always kiss it as well. I go like this every morning, don't I?

I just miss him sometimes, so much.

Kim visits the spot where her dad died every day.

I'm still trying to understand how and why and where.

And then again I just think why me? Why... Why?

And it's the connection with her dad that's letting Chunky run riot.

Since my dad's died, Chunky's meant everything

because he's like the last bit of my dad that I've got left.

And mum, Trish, is worried that Kim might be lost for good too.

She thinks she is coping and she think she's doing really brilliant

and she isn't.

I really do hope she finds herself. The person that she was, yeah.

-Oi!

-With dogs this out of control, something needs to change.

Lola, do as you're frigging told. I just give up.

BARKING

Over in Middlesbrough there's a lot less love

for the dog in the Johnson household.

GROWLING AND WHIMPERING

-BABY CRIES

-Zeus!

Meet 24-year-old oil rig worker Mark Johnson and his husky, Zeus.

Zeus is Mark's first dog and it's clear who's the leader in his pack.

I've never had a dog before. And I always wanted one of these.

The problem is huskies need lots of exercise

and an owner who's in charge, none of which Zeus gets from Mark.

I'd prefer it if he listened to me but...

he just doesn't.

Mark's tried to train Zeus.

-Sit down, Zeus. Zeus, sit.

-But nothing's worked.

Let go now.

ZEUS GROWLS

And now they can't even enjoy a walk around the block

without Zeus causing chaos.

GROWLING

Zeus?

Get off.

I wouldn't class him as a naughty dog. He just loves to chew.

LOW GROWLING

Mark and girlfriend Carla are at loggerheads over Zeus.

Carla thinks that Mark is behaving recklessly

and the family are paying the price.

He jumps about all over. He scratches the hell out of Abbie.

He takes all the food, he chews anything and everything up.

He moults like mad. He poos and wees all in the house.

-Oh, it's disgusting.

-I think he's all right.

Carla's got good reason to worry.

CRYING

With two young kids in the house, Mark shows Zeus no leadership

and it could lead to disaster.

I even say to him, look,

if you bring it near the kids, it will hurt the kids.

"No, it won't..." He won't have that it will

or "could" or "if" or "it might". It's just "it won't".

-Get off!

-I think she's making a big deal out of nothing, yeah.

I've said that to her quite a lot.

He needs, like, a wake-up call, a big one.

BABY CRIES

Literally.

It's 7:15 and Mark's in bed.

When the kids need to get ready for school, Mark won't get out of bed.

It's not just in his relationship with Zeus

where Mark is failing to step up.

BARKING AND CRYING

-Mark.

-What?

-Are you getting up?

-No.

-I don't want to.

-You'll have to take Abbie to school.

He won't get up, no, not any more. No point in even trying.

I just want to sleep.

Mark needs to sort out Zeus's bad behaviour.

The stakes couldn't be higher.

The amount of arguments we've had over that dog.

And all the time he puts the dog first.

What if that dog doesn't change? Do you think we're keeping it?

-Yeah.

-Do you really?

-Yeah.

Then you're a bigger fool than you look. Why should I keep that dog?

I don't want it the way it is. If it doesn't change, then it's going.

Yeah. Or you can go with it then. Yeah.

It's make or break for Mark's family.

There are many schools of thought about how best to control dogs.

But experts agree the majority of problems

are caused by the owner, not the dog.

And it's the owner that needs fixing first.

So Mark and Kim will be leaving their dogs at home

and jetting off to the other side of the globe.

They'll spend a week with the world's best working dogs.

Will fixing themselves help fix the canine crisis at home?

Meet champion dog expert Matt Webb from Victoria, Australia.

The man to take on the Brits.

All you've got to do is say the right word

and it'll happen. Get back.

His philosophy is there are no bad dogs...

Calm. Heel.

Only bad owners.

If the dog people own is behaving badly,

you can always relate to just poor leadership or poor ownership.

Keep off, fella. Keep off.

Can you keep off and speak? Can you keep off and speak?

-BARKS

-Good dog.

Matt's been working with dogs since he was five years old.

Now he moves huge mobs of sheep worth millions of dollars

across the Outback.

I work dogs for a living. Collies,

anything that'll chase sheep, cattle around the countryside.

I am known for having dogs

which are a little bit special, that can do

what most other dogs can't.

-Good, stop. Sit. Say, speak.

-WOOF!

-Sit, speak.

-WOOF!

-Good dog, speak.

-WOOF!

Good dog. Sit.

His dogs are Australian Kelpies and Border Collies,

renowned for their resilience and intelligence.

-Emma, back here.

-And with his dad's training,

even Matt's 11-year-old son Indy can take charge of the dogs.

Back here.

But what about the Brits?

I think I definitely need to learn to make Zeus know that

I'm the boss rather than him.

I think he thinks that he's the top at the minute.

DOG MOANS

I'm really excited, but I'm really nervous at the same time.

I'm just really scared I think.

Mark and Kim don't know it,

but in the next week Matt is planning to try the impossible -

to train the Brits to have control over his working dogs, so they can

take on a real stockman's job for one of his most demanding clients.

This week is going to be a monumental challenge.

People I know within the industry who've heard I'm going to do this -

they think that it can't be done.

I've got my reputation on the line.

-Are you all right?

-Yeah. You?

-Nice to finally meet you.

Mark and Kim have arrived in Oz,

but have no idea where they're heading.

All I just know about is the nice beaches, the dangerous insects,

and the really hot weather.

And now we've seen none of it -

no beaches, no hot weather.

-So everything we know is just wrong!

-Yeah!

There's no need for sun cream

as it's midwinter here in the rural wilderness

of Victoria state.

That's a farm that, isn't it?

Sheepdog trial! Arrgh! Just seen that? Did you see it?

Must be them.

Hello!

-OK guys!

-Finally here!

KIM SCREAMS

I'm Matt Webb. I'm a professional dog trainer.

-I train hundreds of dogs.

-Do you?

And I'm a stockman as well. This is my wife.

Danielle also works with dogs. We both do it full-time.

You're actually in the heart of cattle and sheep country,

so what you're actually going to do, is you're going to be

controlling dogs, working dogs,

to the point where you're moving

hundreds, maybe thousands of sheep, around the country.

Cool!

Here dogs, to me! Grace! Grace!

Dogs, dogs. Sit.

Good boy.

They're just doing what they say, aren't they?

The first test Matt's giving Mark and Kim

is the easiest of the week, but the most telling.

Right, guys, first of all I'd like to see you around some dogs.

-Do you own dogs?

-Yeah.

-Do you own lots of dogs?

-I think mine owns me.

-Yeah!

Here dogs! Hop in here guys, if you could, please.

The first thing we need to see is how they are around dogs.

We need to see how they handle dogs,

if they like dogs touching them,

-if they're scared of dogs.

-Hello!

These dogs will be working with Kim and Mark this week,

so Matt thinks it's vital there's respect and leadership.

-You like that.

-'But already his dogs have sensed an easy touch.'

See. There we go. Bit of boundary crashing.

If Kimberly had leadership over that dog,

its first reaction would be would be to come up to Kimberley, sit down

look at her and ask for acceptance.

"Can I come into your space?" Instead there's no asking.

Oh, lovely!

Just like at home, Kim and Mark are being walked over.

Atlas is climbing all over Mark now.

It would be the equivalent of the going up to Mark

and jumping into his lap!

I wonder what he thinks of that? Maybe I should try it!

OK, guys. Fantastic. What do you think of these dogs?

-They're right cute.

-You're going to know

everything there is about these dogs by the end of the week.

You're going to know what makes them tick and what you need to do

to be a part of their lives.

Matt, you can tell he really knows what he's doing,

just by the way the dogs are with him. He just has to say it once

and they do as they're told.

If my Chunky did that, he'd be running round everybody

and I'd be like, "Get here, now", and he just would not do it.

Grace, hop up.

Say hello, dogs, speak.

DOGS BARK

He said he's been working with dogs all his life.

I've only had a dog for a year

so I'm going to be in the deep end here, I think.

I'm going to be really good at this, me, I think.

I've got a funny feeling,

I've got a gut instinct I'm going to be good at this.

Righto, school time, let's go, guys.

Today Kim and Mark are joining one of Matt's dog schools.

He's trained hundreds of Australian dog owners.

In Matt's work he thinks dogs must recognise

who's leader of the pack.

He wants Mark to start by focusing on body language.

Strong dogs go for a walk and expect everyone to move out of the way.

You're not going to stop, but I'm going to use correct body language.

Stop!

LAUGHTER

Next, Matt wants to show Kim

why she shouldn't resort to shouting at a dog.

Kimberly...

-SHOUTS:

-Kimberly.

You'll go, "Whoa! Hooley-dooley, mate."

But, if I did it like this,

Kimberly, Kimberly, I'm talking to you, Kimberly.

It'd be nice if you turned around and listened to me while I talk. OK?

Matt wants to show both Kim and Mark a technique that he believes

works for him, but many people find controversial.

The left-hand comes down to the corner of the mouth here.

The other hand comes down to the loose bit of skin near the belly

and you go like that. OK?

That's it.

-I feel awful!

-Come on, come on, don't give up.

That's it. That's it.

You'll have to do better than that, Kimberly.

Kim doesn't discipline her dogs at home

and she's finding it tough.

I just feel mean.

I'd rather shout at him and say, "No", than grab him

and spin him onto the floor.

Everyone listen for a minute.

Now we get our opportunity to go and work them.

Before Matt can send Kim and Mark out to work with his dogs, they need

to get to grips with the commands of working with livestock.

If they can at least get the hang of this, we'll get through.

If they don't, then the week will be long.

(Nervous.) I'm a bit nervous.

I just hope I'll not look stupid.

SHE SHOUTS COMMANDS

I just want to make sure I can do it.

I don't want to make myself look daft by getting it all wrong.

There's the basic commands...

Stop. Good girl.

Sit!

Away.

..there's go clockwise around the sheep...

Jake come, come.

..and go anticlockwise around the sheep -

all designed to move livestock wherever Matt wants it to go.

When working with livestock,

controlling a dog depends on the handler being in charge

and clear communication.

Be all right.

I'm really confused.

After a full day, Matt is sending Kim and Mark

to bond with two of his dogs in a basic shelter, 20 miles

from the nearest civilisation.

I love it. Swear to God, look at it all!

It's like Grand Designs. Do you ever watch Grand Designs

where they build stuff? I'd build something like this myself.

They've got basic provisions, including juicy kangaroo steak.

Right, let's get this fire started.

No fire means no dinner

and the nearest takeaway is a six hour walk.

How do you know when kangaroo's cooked, by the way?

I'm going to have a bash at this!

Come and have a go. It's ace.

Two hours later and there's still no sign of tea,

though Kim's giving it her all.

Shit! Quick, get it. It's going to set everything on fire.

SHE SCREAMS

Put it out.

Wait! Watch!

Absolute lunatic!

Mark's assuming his usual position on the sofa

and is missing his local pizza delivery.

Tired tonight, so I can't really be bothered cooking.

Rather just phone summit or go out,

but we haven't really got the option, have we?

Just four hours later

and they can finally enjoy their home-cooked tucker.

You try and rescue that and I'll keep cooking kangaroo.

This is so funny!

The Australian stockmen start early

and the Brits must too.

Look at the state!

Kim and Mark are being thrown into the deep end today with a real job.

We're on a dairy farm. We're about to milk 100 cows this morning.

Matt wants Kim and Mark to use the skills

they learned with the dogs yesterday to round up these 100 cows

and herd them half a mile along the lane, so they can be milked.

The cows are used to coming in but there's still potential,

you know, from losing cows over fences

and keeping the dairy running,

so the pressure's going to be on Mark and Kimberly to make it happen.

Kim's not loving the countryside.

A lot of cows eating a lot of grass means a pretty bad smell.

Stinks.

Supposed to be good for you though, isn't it?

This cow pat, yeah?

Victoria Beckham uses it on her face.

I think it's that, or it might be monkey crap.

It's one of them, but it's good for your face.

SHE YAWNS

-OK, I want you to sit your dogs, please.

-Sit.

This is the start of it all, guys.

When these dogs go, we're working.

Mark and Kim are going to use Spice and Emma.

They've got 12 years' experience between them.

All they have to do is remember what Matt taught them

about leadership and good communication.

One, two, three...

BOTH: Back here!

Command one - perfect.

Spice and Emma have run to the back of the cows,

-ready to push them forward.

-She's off! Look at her!

Only problem is, seconds later,

-the dogs are already ignoring Mark and Kim.

-Spice!

I've lost the dog.

Where's Spice?

Kim's answer is to engage volume 10.

SPICE!

Spice! Get out!

I don't have a clue how to get her back or anything.

They're just not commanding the dogs like they should.

The dogs are getting a bit confused.

Mark's finally found Emma

and has the perfect opportunity to exert his authority.

Emma, come round.

Emma!

Emma, come over.

At home, Mark has exactly this problem with Zeus.

Zeus, sit.

He won't listen to a word I say to him.

Zeus.

Come here.

He's just not in charge.

Emma...

And it's something Matt knows he needs to change.

OK, Mark, bring Emma over here.

-I think we've just got to get him more confident.

-Emma!

He seems like a very passive bloke.

He doesn't easily physically back up how he feels.

Spice! Push!

Her dog gets confused or doesn't listen to her, so she keeps yelling.

-Spice! Push!

-Spice, push! Push!

-Again.

-Spice, push!

With help from Matt,

the herd is finally on the move in the right direction,

but the Brits' inexperience is showing through.

Spice, push!

KIM SQUEALS

I thought it were going to get her.

I thought it were going to kick her.

Kimberly, Kimberly, I want you to try and keep with Spice,

so you're going to have to get those big boots thumping along.

Less than an hour into the first job, and Matt's worried

that Kim's already giving up.

She's still dragging her feet in this mud, and labouring a bit.

You just can't have those moments when you're doing this job.

It's so frustrating when they're not listening to you.

I can't even be arsed.

It's like, what's t'point?

Then people say, "Ah, you're not doing it."

Well, I am.

-How you going?

-All right.

OK. Let me tell you something.

The reason you're having trouble calling Spice back

is Spice is in the work zone

so you got to try and get to where the work is.

SHE LAUGHS

Can't walk when boots are too big, though, can you?

Mark and Kim finally get the cows back to the farmyard.

But there's no time for anyone to be dragging their feet.

Back at Matt's house, they've got chores to do with the dogs

and while Kim's now upped her effort,

just like at home, Mark's not pulling his weight.

Come on.

Kim's doing all the hard work out there.

She's just changed all the beds,

and doing all the water on her own.

It wouldn't hurt Mark to do a bit of what Kimberly's doing.

I bet he's quite lazy at home.

I bet he doesn't do owt.

Mark lets the dogs out to take them for a walk.

-They quickly spot the family cat, who they normally ignore.

-Dogs!

Rover!

Mark needs to show the dogs who's in charge.

Hey, dogs, to me! Dogs!

Jed! Holly!

Holly, Emma!

CAT SCREECHES

Get off it!

Get back for us!

DOGS BARK

It's all right, he's away.

Shit.

It's not going very well, yeah.

Instead of taking command,

Mark passes the buck - and the cat - to Kim.

Quick, get them, Mark. I don't want dogs jumping up at me.

-Dogs! Dogs!

-I don't want the cat clawing me.

-NO!

-Atlas!

Quick! Get them away, Mark, I don't want the dogs jumping up on me!

-Go over there.

-I can't, they're chasing me.

-Grab the cat. They're following me.

-Just walk. Keep walking.

Grab the cat! Grab the cat!

Atlas! Atlas!

Get here! Atlas!

EMMA SCREAMS

Hey, Matt! Quick!

Get out of it! Get out of it! Jed!

It's takes Danielle to show the dogs who's in control.

Come here!

MATT: You, what are you at?

By crikey, you dogs!

The cat's OK, but that's no thanks to Mark.

Hey, dogs! Dogs, to me!

'I think the cat distracted them,'

just completely broke their concentration.

I needed to break their concentration from the cat,

and I wasn't able to do it.

Grover! Grover!

Now Mark can't even break the dogs' concentration from looking at grass.

It's been a long, tough day for both Brits.

Earlier in the field, Spice didn't listen to Kim,

just like her dogs in England.

I just think it's obvious it just happens to me,

like the same process as what's happening at home.

Nobody seems to be listening to me and then after so long,

they just be naughty and I just think, "Right,

"just go and do it, go and do what you want."

I'm used to, like, giving up.

-Hello!

-You all right?

-And Mark's trouble is with leadership.

Matt wants to see how deep the problem runs at home.

DOGS GROWL AND BARK

He soon discovers Zeus has no bond with Mark.

ZEUS GROWLS

He chews anything and everything up, he mauls like mad,

he poos and wees all in the house when he was in here.

I think he's all right.

He is actually a little bit worse than that sometimes,

but the biggest problem is with him,

is the way Carla is with him,

cos she doesn't like him,

she doesn't take any time to try and train him herself.

-He is your dog.

-Yeah.

-So you've got to take responsibility for that.

-Yeah, yeah.

When Zeus jumps on you,

that's not right. You need to take leadership in that dog's life.

Aside from lack of authority,

Matt can see that Zeus's life is missing a big component - exercise.

Those dogs were bred to get tired,

and now he's not getting tired each day.

He needs to feel his heart beating.

I can't see any reason why that dog

won't become a great dog in your family.

But Matt's not just concerned about Zeus.

He can see an even bigger problem.

-If that's dog doesn't change, you think we're keeping it?

-Yeah.

-Really?

I'm not keeping that dog if it doesn't change.

If that's dog doesn't change, that dog's going.

Or you.

Pretty dysfunctional, man.

She's telling you that she actually wants to get away from you.

What does that actually mean? Just sit and think about that.

Man, that's huge.

Your family's everything. You can't risk that for a dog.

I definitely think that

not just seeing Carla say the things that she said in the video,

cos at home I could brush it off and go, "Oh, she's moaning again,"

but to hear people who know a lot about dogs say,

"Hang on a minute, she's right."

The problem isn't with Zeus. The problem's always been with me.

It's made me realise that I need to work as hard as I can.

Yeah, it'd be everything, I'd lose everything if I lost Carla, so...

It's 6am, and Kim and Mark are on their way to meet Matt.

They're starting to realise where their weaknesses with dogs lie.

I need patience

and I need to cut my temper out.

-Because I just lose it like that.

-I think that's one of the things

he wants us to learn, it's not the dogs' fault.

It's the communication that we have with the dog.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Like, if we're not talking to them right,

then the dog doesn't do what we want them to do,

then we think it's the dog's fault when it's ours.

I'm going to try my best now. After I got in, like, impatient and stuff,

I'm just going to really give it a go now.

If they do get tougher, they get tougher. Tough.

Matt's taking Kim and Mark

to one of the state's largest livestock ranches.

-How are you this morning?

-Good, mate. Yourself?

-How are you?

He wants to up the pressure for Kim and Mark,

with two livestock mustering jobs

to help them to get to grips with their dog skills.

This is one of Matt's most important clients,

so they'll need to perform well.

Listen, I just want to talk to you about today.

Mark, remember, it's not about what you tell the dog,

what you train the dog, it's about that relationship.

Try and focus on that. That's what will get you and Emma through today.

-Kimberly...

-I'm not looking forward to it at all.

-DANIELLE:

-You look a bit nervous, Kimberly.

-I am.

-Yeah.

And you have to shine. Right?

You have to find a way to make it happen.

Today's task is to move 50 tonnes of cattle

over 10km of rugged countryside.

It means the Brits need clear communication

and to show the dogs who's in charge.

They'll need to use ATV bikes to cover the ground.

I'm going to go in with you

because these cows could go mad at the dogs. They haven't seen dogs yet

properly, so your dogs will be under a lot of pressure.

These cows aren't like the cows you worked before, they're very cranky.

-I don't want her to get hurt.

-She's been trained to do this stuff.

Oh, I'm shitting it.

-Em, back!

-Two, three, go back!

Spice! Spice!

Spice!

Kim and Mark need to get around the back of the cattle

and drive them out to the lane to start the muster,

but if the cattle stampede, it might be impossible to stop them.

Stop, Spice! Stop!

Come back!

They're going well. They've got their dogs working the back

and we're just easing the front down these cows.

-Right, go!

-Things are looking up.

The Brits remember the commands and both dogs are listening.

Keep your dogs out of there.

-Emma!

-Good girl, Spice!

-Emma, to me!

But as the cattle are pushed into the holding pen, Kim makes

a serious mistake - following them in.

Hey, Kimberly! Out of there!

Emma, to me!

With the dogs winding up the cranky cattle,

Kim is stuck in the small pen with them.

Emma! Emma!

Here, dogs! Just grab the end of this bike, quick! Quick!

-Push it out!

-They're all coming, they're all coming!

-Push!

-Oh, shit! What a disaster!

-Emma! Come here! Emma!

Quick! Push it back!

Trust me to get us in here.

Quick, quick, quick!

OK.

I might have just shit myself then.

Well, guys, that's a lesson in pressure.

-You shouldn't have taken that bike in.

-I know.

-You got to think a little about what's going on.

-Yeah.

Crazy.

Only I could do that.

What an idiot!

If Kim thinks she's having a bad day,

it's about to get a whole lot worse.

There's still 5km to go,

the weather's getting worse,

and the Brits are starting to lose control of their dogs.

Mark, call your dog! Call her!

Mark's lost his connection with Emma...

Keep her with you, Mark! Keep her with you!

..and Kim's resorted to hitting maximum volume.

SPICE!

But Spice isn't listening.

At home, Kim always shouts at Chunky and Lola to get their attention.

Chunky! He does not listen to a word that I say.

Chunky! Get down!

And they don't listen either.

Chunky!

Now, both these hugely-experienced dogs have stopped listening.

Grab your dog! Grab your dog!

And the cattle are moving too fast.

Suddenly, Kim's dog Spice is in a dangerous face-off with a cow.

-Look out, look out!

-SPICE!!

SPICE!

SPICE WHIMPERS

Spice, to me!

-No, it, like, kicked her.

-Come here, old girl.

-She's proper crying.

-Come here, old girl.

-Aw!

-You all right?

-I don't know what it's done to her!

You all right?

No!

-She in't!

-Here, good girl.

OK, I got you. Come on, girl. Spice.

Spice, come on. Let me look at you.

Why does it have to always go wrong?

-What, it hit her?

-Yeah.

(VOICE CRACKS) I hope she's all right...

She were crying.

Proper kicked her.

Spice, girl. Spice, girl.

-All right, put her on the bike with you.

-Will she be all right?

-Yeah, carry her up there.

-Come on, baby.

She might have to get on the ute.

It's all right. Hey?

It's OK. She'll be OK. She's tough.

Why does it have to happen to me, though?

Well, it happened to her, not you.

She's OK. She's OK.

Listen, what I need you to do is to go down,

you need to help and carry on with what's going on, OK?

We'll keep an eye on Spice and you can pick her up when we're finished.

While Kim's licking her wounds,

Mark's finally taking charge of his dog Emma

to lead the herd home.

It's a big step forward for him.

Getting the job finished was my responsibility

so I tried to step up, like

as Matt's been telling me things I need to do,

and I think I managed to put a few of them into practice today.

Spice has been checked over

and is fine.

I've touched everything and I felt every joint.

Yeah, she's all right.

But it's Kim who's feeling more like the victim.

You see, that again annoys me

cos it's, like, my dog that's got hurt.

Spice. You OK.

After some rest and recuperation,

the next task is to move several hundred sheep.

It's the Brits' last chance to hone their dog handling skills

before they're let loose on a real paid job.

Go, go, go!

-Right, Emma, wait. Good girl, good girl.

-Stop, Spice! Stop!

Mark's bond with Emma is becoming stronger by the minute.

Emma! Hop up! Up!

She keeps going on the front instead of the back.

How you going?

Going all right.

You're creating a connection.

And you're doing a job.

-Good stuff, Mark.

-Cheers, mate.

But Kim's lost her connection with Spice again.

Mark's holding his dog back. See the dog looking at him now.

Whereas Kimberly's dog - well, Kimberly's dog's completely gone.

We got one happy camper and one sad camper at the moment.

Emma, to me!

Mark's leadership is so strong

that he's now mustering the sheep alone, and Spice has decided

she's going to follow him instead.

She's ignoring Kimberly and trying to go with Mark. You can see it.

She's staying right next to Mark's motorbike

and that's a purpose-driven dog.

Spice, to me! Stop, Spice! Stop!

I'm trying to call her back and she's not coming.

-I don't know why.

-Well, do whatever it takes to get near her.

Get off your bike, go talk to her, say, "Hey, hey, listen."

Kim and Spice couldn't be further apart.

Kimberly's got the stomp going.

Spice! To me!

And now, just like she does with her own dogs,

Kim's thrown in the towel.

I don't know what else to do.

Five minutes ago, Kimberly, what did we say?

If she doesn't listen to you, what?

BIKE ENGINE RUMBLES

-Go and get her.

-Well, you've come back to me.

Do you want me to tell you something different?

But she's obviously listening to Mark.

-Every time I get...

-So what do we do? Do we turn the bike off,

do we walk away, do we give up? Is that what we do?

Well, yeah.

And where does that leave these sheep? Where does it leave today?

Kimberly, seriously, what do you want me to do?

What do you want to do?

Not be here.

So you came halfway around the world not to be here?

No, but I'm trying my best.

Well, listen...

-Look at me.

-This is what always happens.

Unless you just go and take charge,

and put that dog on the back of the ute,

you're going to be looking to either leave

or get someone to fix things for you every time something goes wrong

and you can't be that person, Kimberly.

Find some ticker.

-Find some heart.

-I have, but it can only last so long.

You're giving up. You're giving up.

That's what you're doing. Don't give up.

Come on. Start that bike and go.

As Mark musters the sheep into the last paddock,

Kim's been demoted to gate duty.

-Emma!

-Bloody hell!

What a load of shit.

I'm past caring now, you know.

But Mark couldn't have had a better day. He's finally bonded with Emma.

She hasn't moved from my feet most of the day

or been everywhere I've asked her to be.

Matt said that it's because she wants to work for me

and I've got the right leadership qualities

for her to want to be around me.

If I can get this feeling at home,

I'll be a lot happier than I am at the minute.

Kim's blaming everyone but herself.

What more can I do if she listens to Mark? He's saying, "Go get your dog,"

but I'm sure I've been given awkward dogs on purpose.

Mark's dog just seems to listen, well, she listens to anybody.

But Spice is one of the best mustering dogs in Australia.

If she can create a problem

in a dog that has had ten years of experience in droving

and make it become totally useless, then what sort of problems

do you think she's causing her dogs at home,

who don't have any experience in life?

In just 24 hours, Kim must get Spice to herd 1,500 sheep

in a job that's paid by success.

-I don't even doubt!

-As Matt's reputation is on the line,

Matt and Danielle want to figure out what's going on at home with Kim,

-to cause her so many problems with Spice.

-No!

No! Go away, Chunky! I'm trying to get it off of him!

Since me dad died, there's not a day's gone by that I haven't stopped.

She thinks she's coping and doing really brilliant, and she isn't.

I sometimes look at her and it makes you want to cry

because she clings to him

She knows once it's gone, that's the last thing

of her father that's here.

I just miss him sometimes so much.

How do you feel watching it?

-It looks crazy.

-It is sort of running your life.

What do I need to do though? I don't know.

Well, for a start, if you physically can't hang onto Chunky,

you need to put yourself in a position where you can

control Lola on her own and deal with Lola one on one

-and get the bone off her without Chunky chasing you around.

-Mm-hm.

But at the end of the day, Kim,

you could be shown all the techniques that will help you

with your specific problem, but what will really help you is just

sheer determination not to be content with the way things are.

-You obviously love Chunky a lot. You loved your father a lot.

-Yeah.

Yeah, obviously.

Because you're failing to lead these dogs and because you're failing

to give these dogs what they really need, you're actually probably going

to be the primary cause of the bad things that happen in their life.

Mm-hm.

That's the truth.

There's a fair chance of one of those dogs killing one another.

Do you know that, when they get a bit older?

That's the road you're heading down.

-That's all I could see when I watched it.

-When you're not around, there's going to be an awful fight.

That's what worries me and I don't want it to be Chunky.

One of them will be dead and that's the truth.

Matt thinks that all of the problems in Kim's dogs

stem from one problem in Kim.

When Spice got hurt, immediately it was,

"These things always happen to me."

It wasn't about you. It was about her. You were just there.

But you wanted it to be about you.

You believe somewhere that you are the cause for the bad things

that happen in your life.

Do you really feel that bad about yourself?

Yeah.

You're worth a lot to a lot of people.

So the answer to how do I do it? You just get determined.

You see your problems as things that you can beat

and that you need to work on, so that you can smile

and be the good person that you want to be.

I just want to give you the biggest cuddle right now. I'm good at that!

Knowing how you feel about your mum

and everything you've just said, surely you can see now that

you've got just so much worth fighting for, haven't you.

Yeah. I know I have.

It's 5:30 and today, Kim and Mark face one final paid for job.

They'll be moving more than 1,000 sheep

and controlling the dogs alone.

-I'm really worried. I hope it goes all right.

-I do.

It's going to be hard work today, like.

Matt keeps saying determination.

Just because bad things happen don't mean you have to give in.

Are both the wagons coming to us? What the hell is on the back of that?

It's a team of shearers who will be relying on Kim

and Mark's new dog skills to move sheep for them.

Good morning, guys. OK, this is the big day, guys.

What we're going to be today is we have a really big

mob of sheep that need to be processed.

We need to bring them out of the paddock, out into the yard.

It's going to be your sole responsibility to keep

those sheep flowing using your dogs

and what you've been taught over the last week.

Fight for it. Use that bit of ticker, that bit of heart.

That's the only way you're going to get through today. All right?

And try not to panic.

But moments from starting, Kim still can't remember the dog commands.

That's over, and then come.

Goes anticlockwise, so that's the other way.

Can I not write them down. Have you got a pen?

Possibly even more worried than Kim is Matt.

The sheep the Brits are moving

are worth more than 1 million to the farmer.

Got a big day ahead of us now. I'm feeling a little nervous about it,

only cos I'm literally handing the reins over to Kimberly and Mark.

There's been lots of times especially with Kimberley,

where I've had to pick up the pieces and help her.

I'm not going to be able to do that today.

There's a lot at stake for me. I've been working for these people

for a long time. I don't want to look a fool.

After Kim's meltdown yesterday,

Matt wants to make sure Kim can hold it together today.

Listen, even if people attack you, like these shearers start saying,

"What are you doing? Blah, blah, blah!"

You're reaction in the past when people do that is to go,

-"Rah, rah, rah!" back, eh?

-Gobby back, yeah.

Don't do it. Just smile, laugh, move on. OK?

Just keep knuckling forward.

We're going to do this, aren't we? We're going to do this.

Determination.

I'm still feeling quite confident. I think it will be all right.

You're representing me. Don't let me down.

There they go. That's it.

Off on their own.

There's more than 1,000 sheep in this paddock and Kim and Mark will

have to move them over a kilometre back to the farmyard through

a series of gates, so that a team of shearers can get to work on them.

Emma, come back!

Spice! Woo, woo, woo!

The ewes are all pregnant,

so it's vital they don't move too fast and overheat.

Spice, go!

Right, they've got them through the gate.

Well, they're learning. I am proud.

Now it gets trickier.

There's a sharp turn back into the next gateway to negotiate.

Don't stop!

-But Mark's missed the turn.

-Don't stop the sheep!

Uh-oh. We've lost the sheep. Mark, get back here.

Take the sheep in. Don't stop the sheep.

-He's pushing them past the gate.

-They need to be in there.

-Go right back!

-They need to be in the gate that you've just run past.

It's a disaster. The pregnant ewes are running and getting overheated.

Look at the steam coming off them.

Oh, guys! What are you doing?

Oh, wrong gate, wrong gate!

Matt, it's the bloody wrong one!

Matt, you're officially in the wrong paddock!

Yeah, I know. That's why you were meant to put them in the other one.

The sheep calm down and the Brits eventually get them

into the correct paddock.

But they're now an hour behind and Mark's happy to point the blame.

I think I'd be better just working me and Emma without Kim.

The team seems to be falling apart already.

He's the one that actually pushed them down the road.

He's actually the one that caused that problem.

Push, Spice! Push!

Despite being wrongly accused of messing up,

Kim's doggedly getting on with the job.

I'm so determined to do this and I'm doing it, look! Yeah!

Push! Push, dog! Push! I'm determined not to be beaten.

I'm going to keep going. Come on.

Move, sheep!

And Spice is responding to Kim's clear direction and determination.

Push, Spice! Push!

How do you lock this? Ah, it's stuck!

Mark's day's going from bad to worse. By the time the sheep

are in the yard ready to be sheared, he's lost his connection with Emma.

Hey, Mark! You can't leave your dog here cos it doesn't know anyone!

It's just doing its own thing!

Just lost the sheep already once.

-Push, push!

-The sheep are in the last pen and ready to be sheared.

One final task for the Brits.

OK, guys. Back on track. You, brighten up.

It's not the end of the world. OK?

And you? Doing good. Keep it up. OK?

To succeed, they've got to control their dogs to carefully push

the ewes through series of runs up to the shearers.

With the workers pay depending on how many sheep are processed,

head shearer George has high expectations of the rookie stockmen.

At all stages, sheep welfare.

These animals are valued at over 1,000 each.

The stockmen that we use, we require them to be the best at their job.

To get these sheep moving,

the Brits are going to have to use all the skills Matt's taught them.

But as the job starts, the shearers are waiting.

They've forgotten the tools of their trade.

-My dog. Is she allowed in there?

-We're waiting, we're waiting!

We're waiting!

Spice, here! Spice, push, push, push!

Kim, come on. Go, go, go!

As the heavens open, Kim and Mark marshal their dogs

and the sheep start moving.

Spice, to me!

Kim's determination and steady approach

is finally allowing her to control Spice.

Spice, to me!

-Spice, push, push, push!

-That's it. Well done. Did you see that?

She couldn't move them, so she brought the dog up and said,

"Help me, help me." And bang, the dog did it. Fantastic.

Spice is picking up Kimberley's confidence, the fact that

Kimberley's getting focused and it's all starting to work.

Move, move! Whoo! Good girl!

Hop over. Good girl, Emma.

Mark's finally got his head in the game and rebuilt his bond with Emma.

Emma, to me! Good girl!

It's hard work, but it's going well at the minute. Push, push, Em!

Push, push, push! Emma, come on! Hey! Good girl, Em!

As the hours roll on, so do the sheep.

Against all odds, the Brits with less than a week's experience,

are looking like seasoned stockmen.

Determination. It's obviously succeeded, so yeah. Come on, yes!

After hundreds of sheep and six hours hard slog...

We've got the last few sheep come into the race and we're done.

You did it! How do you feel?

Ace!

I think we should feel proud of ourselves. Well, I do.

I am so proud of you. You have worked just so, so hard.

-Can you feel the difference in how you're handling Spice too?

-Yeah.

When you weren't getting what you want, you went in.

Yeah, my change of voice. I noticed.

Mark, you were absolutely brilliant.

-You and Emma have just come together, haven't you?

-Yeah.

Between the two of you, you've made this happen and as far as I can see,

if you can stay this way, your dog problems are going to go...

-Ah, happy!

-We don't want you to go home!

This part of Mark and Kim's journey has come to an end,

but they're looking forward to changes at home.

The things I've learnt from these dogs are just amazing.

I just can't wait to get home and see it with my own dogs,

so I understand it more with my own dogs.

There's going to be really big changes at home.

Not just with Zeus, mainly with me. That's the main thing I've learnt

while I'm out here is that it's not Zeus's fault.

It's me that needs to change. In doing that, I'll change Zeus.

I do feel sorry for myself and I've got to stop that.

Like you say, all the negative thoughts do become negative things,

whereas when you're positive, you start to see positive reactions.

There's a lot riding on me getting it right when I go home.

That's why being out here's

been so massive in my life, really.

People won't be here forever. I've learnt that with my dad.

Really, I need to knuckle down and sort myself out

and be the person that my mum and my family want me to be.

And I will be.

-Dogs can teach people so much. We've learned that this week.

-Bye, Em.

If you want to get the best from them,

you've got to be the best yourself.

Come on. You'll have to shout her in.

Hopefully it's the beginning of a new life for them,

their family and their dogs.

The dogs love you, that's why!

In Bradford, Kim's finally turned down the volume.

He's just totally chilled. It's ace, I love it!

Since I've been away, it's just opened my eyes to loads more.

Sit!

They don't fight as much any more. All I have to do is go, "Hey!"

Ah-ah! Sit! Hey!

I feel like I've got hope and it's going to go well.

And it is going well.

And that's because Kim is finally in charge of her dogs.

Down! Come to me.

Hey, sit! Good boy!

They're definitely different. They had to be separated before

and now she can put them in the same room together and they're fine.

-That's fantastic, is that.

-Well, it's a dog.

It's not a human being, it's a dog.

In Middleborough, Mark and Zeus have come to a new

agreement about who's top dog in their relationship.

He knows his place now and I know his place as well.

We do what I want to do. We don't do what he does.

He's a lot calmer. He doesn't jump as much. He does listen a lot more.

You wouldn't have got this before. He's just laid down on the floor.

Mark's in charge thanks to regular exercise and discipline.

Before, I didn't want to do anything with him.

I just shouted at him, because I didn't know what to do.

But now I know.

And the whole family are seeing the benefits.

Abby, do you think Zeus is good now?

Yeah. He always bit me, but now he doesn't.

He's better since Mark's been back. It sees to have calmed down.

It listens to him more. If you tell it to get down, it'll get down.

It means that he can stay, so I'm obviously doing something right.

And Mark has started to pull his weight with the kids.

Yeah, he has changed.

Gradually, he's doing a bit more and he doesn't

whinge as much as he used to when you ask him to do things.

I am doing more since I got back.

And the family can finally enjoy each other's company.

When I got home, I realised how much I'd actually learned.

Not just about the dogs, but about myself as well.

I don't think we've had one argument about him. Everything's much easier.

And Kim's new found determination is making life easier too.

-I feel a better person.

-Now you just believe in yourself.

I feel like I can do it.

Not just controlling my dogs, controlling my life.

-My baby's all grown up!

-I'm still your baby. Always be your baby.

But you're grown up now. You're growing up.

And part of that growing up is learning to let go of the past.

When I went to Australia, I felt like I were leaving my dad behind

and I felt like I were forgetting about him, but I don't feel that now.

I get this sense, like he's ready to let me go and I can let him go.

Now I'm just looking forward to the future.

I know things are going to go well for me.

No, not I think they are. I KNOW they are!

Next time, two clueless British dog owners

are off to Hollywood.

Take two.

It's where dogs train hard to become stars

and movie dreams can become nightmares.

No wonder I've got no confidence. I can't do anything!

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