Hey. Hi. Ooh!
How are you? Pandora!
DOG YAPS Pandora! Pandora!
What you need to do is get control of Pandora.
BARKING
If dogs go wild...
BARKING They are absolutely nuts.
Is the dog around?
SHARP BARK, OVERLAPPING BARKING
I can't control 'em.
Come on now, big boy.
Nathan thinks he can read. Sure he can.
He can't. He's a dog. He can. Course he can.
...and get up... Oh, here we go.
No. Get down. ...to no good...
Oh, it's me now, is it? I'm honoured.
...or down... Oh, no.
...and dirty... He loves a big, large crap.
DOG SNARLS Oh.
Tank likes to rub his boy parts.
What is going on with you, Tank?
...when pups... Wonder what we're gonna learn today.
...need to be schooled...
Three, two, one. And sit.
Fantastic. Look at that.
DOG FARTS
...or if your pooch... He's dropped one.
Have you got a whiff? ...has a personal problem...
Some dogs have bacterias that are gas-producing.
Just in case.
...one man... Hey, look at that!
...will give it his all...
Jack, oi!
Leave it.
...and get answers... DOG BARKS
I think I might know what's going on, and it's not what you think.
...to any doggy dilemma.
Yeah, that's next-level, innit?
This week...
Picnic. Jack! A master food thief...
Jack! Oh, he's gone for the sausage.
...pillaging picnics and wrecking reputations.
It's not the biggest town, is it?
Yeah, we're a bit notorious around these parts.
A border collie bully... Daddy. Poor Daddy.
He made contact, nipped me, and he's broken the skin.
...holding one man hostage.
I think he wants to be the boss.
Good morning, everybody. Welcome back.
And at Graeme's puppy school...
Today is all about teaching the puppies
how to walk properly on the lead.
...the pupils are tearing up the rule book.
OK, we might want some red carpet adjustment in a minute. There we go.
Graeme's first case this week brings him to north-west Essex
and the Dickensian streets of Saffron Walden.
See, the nice thing about my job is I'm all around the country,
and I get to visit places like Saffron Walden.
Lovely little place.
I've just grabbed a bit of on the hoof breakfast.
I'm running a wee bit late, so I'm gonna have to crack on.
I'll have that later.
Well, I'm here to see a lady who's got a dog called Jack.
He's a Labrador. Have a guess what the problem is?
He's a bit obsessed with food.
Quite how extreme it is, I'm not sure yet.
Katie's a palliative care nurse,
and Jack is her four-year-old Labrador...
Morning. Hello. Oh. Hi. Katie, yeah?
...and a wannabe bin thief...
Jack. Oh. Oh, he's after food in a bin.
I thought he was gonna try and get in it.
Yeah, no, he would if he could.
...who's also partial to pickpocketing.
Have you got some food in there? I have, oh. I have.
I'll tell you what, there's nothing wrong with his nose, is there?
He's just so driven by food. Right.
Walking around parks like this is a bit of a nightmare.
Because off lead...
Good boy. ...Jack turns into a right ripper.
Jack. Jack! No! Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry.
And this greedy gobbler's not done.
Picnic! Jack!
When Jack's on the rampage...
Jack! ...no picnic is safe.
Oh!
Jack. Come here. Come here. I'm really sorry, guys.
Sorry about that. I'm ever so sorry.
There's no stopping this Artful Dodger.
No! Jack!
Oh, he's gone for the sausage. Jack.
How many sausages?
Come on, come on. You'll make yourself ill.
Come on.
I'm sorry.
Well, I don't know about him, but I've burnt some calories off today.
Crikey. Is this every time? Yeah. It's an absolute nightmare.
I mean, we've just ruined three people's picnics.
Yeah. I can't get over how fast he is.
Yeah. I mean, it's like as soon as he smells or sees food,
he just... recall goes out the window.
And I just have no control over him. And it's mortifying. I noticed.
THEY LAUGH
It's not the biggest town, is it?
People must kind of know you and Jack, do they?
Yeah, we're a bit notorious around these parts. Yeah.
In public, Jack's behaviour has made Katie a pariah.
Hi. Hi.
But that doesn't mean he's any better in private.
Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi. Nice to meet you.
Hello, kids. Are you all right? Yeah.
Hey, Sammykins. Good boy. And sit.
Good boy. Oh, he listened to you.
Yeah. Sometimes. It's because there's no food around.
There's no food on the table at the moment.
Maybe not on the table, but Graeme's forgotten something.
Oh. Hang on. BLEEP
Oh, my gosh.
Well, that's a good start. It's not a good start, is it?
He's very cheeky. Cheeky?
I had two sausage rolls in there. Yeah.
Yeah, this is the thing. That goes beyond cheeky.
No-one's going hungry, though...
Oh, here we go. Food arriving.
...unless Jack gets it first...
Jack. No.
...which he does again...
Oh! Watch him! Jack! Jack! Oh, he's got a chip.
...and again... Ah!
No! Jack!
...and again. No, no.
Oh, Jack.
No! Jack never takes no for an answer.
Once he's started, he doesn't stop, does he?
Jack. Jack. See?
He does know I'm a pushover. He does.
Jack. Oh!
Bang goes the wrap.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised,
but what I am surprised about
is how fast he is and how relentless he is.
Jack's appetite is truly relentless in the park...
Jack!
...at home... No!
...and at the table. Oh! Watch him.
And Graeme wants to know where it all began.
So, how did he come into your life?
So, I got Jack just shy of five years ago now.
Dad hadn't long died.
And I remember I really liked the fact
that he wanted to be by my side all of the time.
We'd sit together while I would eat,
and invariably, I'd give him the odd titbit.
It sounds to me like you've been on, like, a sliding scale from,
like, I feed him bits to... Yeah.
He asked for bits, and I give them to him.
And then finally, well, he just grabs whatever he wants,
whenever he wants. Yeah. Exactly that.
So, this has been getting worse for five years.
Yes, but it's certainly been getting worse the last,
I'd say, 18 months, two years. Right.
Jack's behaviour is spiralling. Jack!
And Graeme's worried it could go from embarrassing to dangerous.
What if he eats the wrong thing?
You know, something that's poisonous to dogs?
Or worse still, he goes to snatch some food off somebody.
He catches them. He causes a bit of an injury.
Well, I don't need to tell you how that story ends.
Coming up...
We need to stop his thought process.
Can Graeme put an end to Jack's picnic pilfering?
Jack, stop.
In Scotland, Graeme meets a bully boy border collie...
Every time I come over, he'll, like, run at my dad,
and push him with his two paws.
...whose family is facing an impossible decision.
We could try and rehome him. The clock is ticking.
At Graeme's training school...
Leave. Leave.
...the pups are unleashed... She doesn't wanna leave.
...on lead training. Are you ready for this?
Oh, no. Oh, Jack. In Essex...
Jack. ...Jack the Labrador...
I'm so sorry.
...is a shameless food thief. Jack!
His smash-and-grab tactics are leaving Katie red-faced.
I'm ever so sorry.
And Jack's bolder by the bite.
Jack. Oh!
Bang goes the wrap.
I'm really sorry.
For Graeme, this isn't just about food.
It's about the thrill of the steal.
So, if you could speak to him, you go, Jack, why do you steal food?
He's like, "Is it not obvious? Because I get to eat stuff,
"and I get Mum to chase me around. It's just fantastic."
He doesn't respect me, does he? No. Not really.
My mission is getting this dog to look at you and go,
"Respect is due."
OK, so I need to channel my assertiveness.
Yeah.
Graeme reckons Jack's playing games, and he's in charge.
Jack. Jack, no.
Off lead, it's about the chase.
Jack! Oh!
At the table... Oh! Watch him.
...chaos pays. Oh, he's got a chip.
First up, Graeme's ending the chase game
and giving Jack a better one to play.
Before, he was running amok because he got food
and he got a game out of it, and it was all on his terms. Yeah.
So, I think if we turn that on his head and we say to him,
if you come to us when we call you,
you get a game, but also there's some food in there.
So, there's bits of treats in there.
All right. And there we go. There's one.
And if he rolls it around long enough, it'll fall out.
So, on our terms, he comes back.
He's rewarded by food and play. OK.
On a long lead, first, Graeme plans to bed in the game
without food distractions.
So, now he's wandering off, look. Jack.
Jack. Hey. Good boy.
What's that? There you go. Great fun. Right?
So, he's getting a game out of it.
Good boy. And there's treats inside. He knows it.
This only works if Jack chooses Graeme's game over his own.
Right. OK. Game over.
In a minute, the game starts again on our terms, not on his. Yeah.
Graeme is introducing a "game on" command.
If I give you that, Katie. Yeah. Right.
I'll do the line, which makes life a bit easier.
OK. Good boy.
Jack and game on, yeah? Yeah. So, Jack, game on.
But nice and bright and happy. OK. Yeah.
And without other food around...
Good boy. Go on. Fantastic.
...Jack is playing along. There you go.
There's a treat here somewhere.
The truth is, as much fun as that is,
it's never gonna be quite the same as somebody's picnic.
Right? Cue the temptation.
A plate of really tasty chicken.
So, I think before we call game on...
Yeah. We need to stop his thought process.
OK. So, it's "stop",
and then we go, "Jack, game on." OK.
For this to stick,
human food must be completely off limits, no matter what.
We wander and then stop again.
There we go. Jack, stop.
So, we don't need to carry on shouting.
But when he turns away...
It's just like, "Yeah, but, yeah, but..." Stop.
Good boy! Game on.
Jack discovers a new food game, and this one's allowed.
With the rules locked in, Katie steps up as team captain.
First, she puts human food offside...
Stop.
...then she makes the treat ball the only way to score.
Wait for it. Now. Go on. Good boy, Jack. Game on.
Jack. Good boy! Good boy.
Go on, then. Come on.
What's over there? Good boy.
Graeme's game is starting to pay off.
Now for the ultimate test.
Let's try this with a picnic. OK.
Jack!
Around picnics, Jack's game is at its most frantic.
Jack! Smash, grab, chase!
Jack.
Let's head on towards the picnic, then.
Good boy. Right, off he goes. If we stop...
The challenge is on.
Now, can Katie convince him that her game is more fun?
Stop! That's it.
Jack, game on! Good boy, good boy. Good boy.
Game on. Team Katie scores! Good.
What do you think?
I'm bamboozled by it all, really. Yeah, you are, you're like...
I can't believe this.
Yeah, it doesn't compute.
But can she win the match on her own?
Off you go. OK. Come on, then, Jack.
Good lad, Jack. Good boy.
There you go.
Stop.
Good boy! Yay!
Good boy.
Good boy! He's ignoring it. He is.
It's amazing, isn't it? Now you're ignoring a picnic!
With consistent training,
Graeme believes the long lead will soon be redundant.
Good boy!
I can't quite believe that that happened the way it happened.
I imagined that he was just gonna be charging into that picnic
like this morning.
I didn't expect Graeme to have worked such quick progress in Jack.
Good boy!
Graeme's training is gonna change, ultimately,
everything about my life.
But Jack the Ripper's games aren't over yet.
Oh, watch him. At the table, there's no chase.
Just jumping, pestering, and demanding attention.
Jack!
And that needs a very different kind of training.
So, I've got something else in mind. I'll come back another time.
Graeme's next case is a hefty seven-hour drive to Scotland,
hugging the rugged coastline of South Ayrshire.
"You take the low road I'll take the high road
"And I'll be in Scotland afore ye."
Well, I already am. I'm here.
You know, I've never seen so many wind turbines in my life.
Talk about renewable energy. There's no shortage of wind here.
But it's not just the wind whipping things up.
Two-and-a-half-year-old Lochie, the Border collie,
is stirring up a storm of his own. LOCHIE BARKS
Quantity surveyor Gordon
is effectively being held hostage by his own dog.
LOCHIE BARKS
Standing up, moving,
leaving the room or even catching his eye,
Lochie turns into a barking, shoving, bitey bully.
I don't know why he bullies me
cos I'm the one that takes him walks most of the time.
I'm the one that generally feeds him.
LOCHIE BARKS
I feel I've got the short straw.
Gordon must stay frozen stiff,
so wife Helen has to pick up the slack.
When we sit down for dinner, Lochie will approach Gordon,
and he jumps up on him all the time.
He would just bark.
LOCHIE BARKS PERSISTENTLY
Gordon traditionally has always cleared the table,
and when the plates start to clink together,
Lochie's on the attack again.
LOCHIE BARKS When I leave to go out to work,
go shopping, go out on my bike,
he takes exception to that.
LOCHIE BARKS AND GROWLS
On one occasion, when I was leaving, I was down the side of the house,
and I heard the sound of breaking glass, and he...
he'd actually smashed the window pane.
And even outside, Gordon can't escape...
LOCHIE BARKS ...without a nasty nip.
Daddy. Poor Daddy.
He made contact, nipped me,
and he's broken the skin slightly.
Why Lochie's got beef with Gordon is a mystery,
but Helen fears the worst.
He sees Gordon as the boss of the house,
and he's not happy with that.
It's dominance.
He wants to be in control of what happens in this house.
And with retirement looming,
the couple have even questioned Lochie's future.
We could give up now, that's one solution - give up.
Try and rehome him or whatever.
The clock is ticking, and we need to do something now.
So, can Graeme figure out why Lochie has Gordon in his sights?
Hello. Delighted to meet you, Graeme.
Helen, nice to meet you too.
Come on in and get some breakfast. Breakfast. Lovely, thank you.
Hello, Lochie. Hello.
Well, my first impression of Lochie was a friendly dog...
until Gordon stood up from the table,
and then you see a completely different side of him.
LOCHIE BARKS
So he's barking at you all the time? Yes.
Just when somebody comes round the house...
Say again, sorry. Somebody comes in the house.
Funny, cos he didn't bark at me. Visitors... No, no. It's me.
It's always you. It's always me.
LOCHIE BARKS Why? Why? Don't know.
I'll go and get some milk. Righto.
Oh! Oh, blimey. He goes away.
Looks like he went to bite him, then.
What, did he go for you again? Yes.
Well, it was all hell let loose.
I mean, he's jumping up, he's barking.
I saw him try and nip Gordon a couple of times.
Thank you. I'll make some more. Enjoy. Blimey.
LOCHIE BARKS
This is why it's very difficult to have friends.
And it's all aimed at Gordon, isn't it?
It seems to me there are triggers for his bad behaviour.
Gordon getting up from a sitting position...
Really? ...if I am around is a trigger.
If you're around. If I'm around.
I'll go and get some more coffee. Just a little, thank you.
OK, I'll just top this up. Oh, he's gonna go again.
LOCHIE BARKS
Blimey! He went to nip him there. Mm-hm.
I'm surprised, you're clearly not. This is normal, is it?
This, Graeme, has become our life.
I'm looking at Lochie doing what he's doing,
I'm thinking, "Blimey," as you do. But me being me, I'm like, "Why?
"Why is he doing this?"
And to add to the mystery,
it's not just movement that sets Lochie off.
Oh, no, Isla's about to arrive.
You'll get a reaction now, Graeme. Oh, aye.
Hello? Are you a cutie?
Visitors, especially daughter Isla,
push him over the edge. LOCHIE BARKS
How odd. He thought about biting you again. Yeah. He did, aye.
Yeah. BARKING CONTINUES
She's annoyed. Every time, Graeme. I'm the target.
So how do you cope with this? What do you?
I just retreat upstairs, out of the way.
It's beginning to dawn on me what, for Gordon,
life is like with Lochie.
I mean, he keeps saying, "It makes me feel uncomfortable."
And I'm, like, "Mate, you're not kidding!"
Anytime someone visits,
Lochie's barking and lunging
force Gordon out of the room and upstairs into hiding.
LOCHIE BARKS It's not, like... Blimey.
The pattern is very clearly... Gordon's the problem.
He really is bearing the brunt
of all of this aggressive-like behaviour.
As I watched Graeme sitting watching,
it actually went through my head,
"What is Graeme making of this?"
If you ladies would like to leave for a moment. Yep.
Let's just... I'd love to see what happens when you're not here.
Is that all right? Yes, absolutely.
Give us a few minutes, yeah? Absolutely. Thank you.
With Helen and Isla out of the house,
Lochie immediately switches off.
You can see there's Jekyll and Hyde.
So often when you've got a dog who targets one person,
it's cos that person has done something bad to the dog
and the dog's never forgiven them.
So why do you think he does it?
He maybe thinks I'm a threat to Helen and Isla, I don't know.
There's no reason he would have it in for you?
No, no, I haven't...
He hasn't seen me be violent to anybody. I'm sure.
I think I'm a pretty good judge of character.
You seem like a very nice, patient, kind person.
Let's get Helen and Isla back, and we'll have a chat
because I think I might know what's going on,
and it's not what you think.
OK, I'll be interested to hear that, yeah.
Cos we've been trying to work it out, and we haven't a clue.
Coming up, the real reason Lochie's been bullying Gordon...
So why would he be so bothered about a person leaving.
...is a jaw-dropper.
Oh, it all makes sense.
What Graeme told us, it was quite a surprise. Yes, uh-huh.
At puppy school, it's lead training...
It's a legal requirement.
We've really gotta get this one right.
...where Graeme's got his hands full.
Oi! That's my red carpet, that is.
And he's back with food thief Jack. No.
Uh-uh! JACK BARKS
It's almost like I'm seeing what I've created.
But can years of bad habits be undone?
It's my own fault, isn't it?
Kind of, yeah. SHE LAUGHS
In South Ayrshire,
Graeme's facing a full-blown Border collie mystery.
What, did he go for you again? Yes.
Lochie's turned on one man in particular.
Blimey.
Gordon can't move freely in his own home,
and any attempt to leave ends badly.
LOCHIE GROWLS AND BARKS
He made contact,
nipped me, and he's broken the skin slightly.
Helen and Gordon believe
Lochie's bullying behaviour is a bid for power,
but Graeme thinks they've got it completely wrong.
Why just Gordon?
There's a trigger, and it's not quite what you think.
It's to do with movement.
It happens every time you're leaving,
or he thinks you're about to move and leave.
So why would he be so bothered about a person leaving?
Well, it's the one in the flock that's straggling, isn't it?
I think he sees you as the lamb.
He's a farm-bred dog. Mm-hm.
That was a big clue, you know?
He's, like, "Somehow, I've gotta keep this flock together."
I don't think he thinks he's a bully.
He just thinks he's doing his job, bless him. Yeah.
Stopping me from escaping the house. Yeah. Mm-hm.
Oh, it all makes sense! Doesn't it?!
It's all a game, yeah. There you go.
I've been racking my brains, really.
I didn't expect what Graeme told us.
It was quite a surprise. Yes, uh-huh.
I thought he thought I was the dominant one, but no.
I'm the sheep that's escaping from the flock.
LOCHIE YIPS We need him to understand
that all this jumping at you, pawing at you, barking -
not allowed.
So somebody has gotta be the shepherd. Yeah.
I don't think that person should be Gordon
because I've got a concern that if Gordon really stands up to him,
somebody could get hurt.
For the training, Graeme wants Isla to take on the role of shepherdess.
My thinking... Oh, hello. Come to join us, have you?
No. Oi.
Stand down.
Good boy.
Now, he's only been friendly right now,
but he does a version of that to you when he's less friendly. Aye.
Ah! Stand down.
And I'm walking into him. Good boy.
The message was really clear, wasn't it?
As soon as he jumps up, the tone of voice
and the look on the face says, "I don't really approve." Mm-hm.
And the body language moving forward is making him go backwards. Mm-hm.
As he backs off, "Good boy", and we give him a little tickle.
To break Lochie's herding instinct when Gordon moves...
Gordon, you stand up in a second.
...Graeme wants Isla to get between them
and tell Lochie to stand down.
Stand up, please. Couple of steps.
LOCHIE BARKS Oh, here we go.
Right, Isla, you're on.
Stand down!
Step between. Stand down.
Well done. Stand down.
Wait for it, wait for it.
Stand down!
And step... Oh, he's walked off. Well done. It worked.
Ha! Ha-ha-ha! Good.
Lochie backed down.
But Graeme thinks Isla can do better.
You were good.
But the thing to guard against is, like,
"Stand down, stand down, stand down!" Stand down!
That's the road to ruin. Yeah.
I think we'll do it again. Stand up. There we go.
Right. Isla, you're on.
Stand down. That's probably enough.
Wait for it. OK, stand...
Stand down. And he's walked off again.
So that was a wee bit easier, yeah? Yeah.
By stepping between Lochie and Gordon...
Stand down. ...the message is clear -
herding dad isn't his job.
Here we go. Right.
Stand down. And when he stops...
Stand down. ...he earns praise instead.
Boy.
We're getting there, Loch. We really are.
I think, like before, we would just have been scared to do that.
And I wouldn't advise doing it when he's super excited.
Now, with Isla's intervention, Gordon can stand and move...
Stand down. ...without a bust-up.
It's a vast difference from just a few hours ago,
when even the slightest movement from Gordon
sent Lochie into a frantic barking and shoving frenzy.
So the important thing... Good boy.
...is never to push your luck.
Never run before you can walk. No, no, that's it, aye.
This time, I'll get you to do it, Gordon.
It's a big ask, but Graeme has a hunch...
I think that the way that Lochie sees Gordon
has completely changed.
...and he's betting that Lochie won't react this time.
Yeah, go on, then, Gordon. Yeah.
Good boy! Huh?
Amazing. Great.
It's a major breakthrough.
Well, I'll tell you what, then - we'll follow him through.
Cups of tea.
Lochie used to see him as the vulnerable sheep
that needed to be brought back into the fold.
And now I think he's looking in a completely different way.
"I got this all wrong. You're the shepherd."
With Lochie seeing Gordon differently,
Graeme's confident things are looking up for them all.
Cheers, everybody. Cheers. There you go.
Hope you've enjoyed your day. Cheers.
That was a result, wasn't it? Yes, uh-huh. Indeed, it was.
Vast improvement.
I mean, it really is life-changing.
I can stay in the company of Helen and Isla
when Isla comes in.
You've helped us greatly today. You're welcome. It's my pleasure.
Love Scotland at the best of times.
Well, Gordon... Thanks for coming, Graeme.
...put it there, you're welcome.
Enjoyed your company. Thank you. Helen. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, Graeme. You've been a star. Thank you.
Right, bye, everybody. Ta, bye.
See ya. Good to see you. Thank you.
It's a good thing Graeme's fuelled up -
he's got a big drive ahead of him.
On the edge of the Cotswolds,
a new day is dawning,
and Graeme's getting ready to teach his third puppy school lesson.
The first year of a puppy's life is absolutely crucial
cos that's when they do most of their growing and learning.
Returning today are farm dog, Mr Todd...
Good boy. ...whirlwind Hungarian Vizsla, Loki,
bouncy labradoodle Sydney... Good boy.
...and rescue pup Winnie.
In you go. Ready to see your friends, in't we?
Let's see what we're doing today. Good girl.
Starting school at just three months old,
these pups have already mastered socialisation
and basic commands.
Well, today's lesson, everybody, is lead walking.
Oh, good. That's what we need. That's what we need.
Really important because it builds a bond with your dog,
it helps them to focus.
But let's be honest, it's a safety thing as well.
And there's lots of places in the UK where it's a legal requirement.
So, we've really gotta get this one right.
All right. Follow me, everybody. We'll make a start.
Lead training is a key milestone.
If a puppy can't walk calmly past other dogs
or big distractions...
Yes. Good girl.
...they're a problem waiting to pull you over...
Keep up, Graeme. Ooh!
...or cause a scene.
Ow. Ow! Sorry.
And Graeme has two key elements to teach today.
First lesson - keep your lead loose.
It doesn't really matter what the length of the lead is.
Where you hold it is the important thing.
Ideally, what I describe as a J-shaped lead.
So I'm expecting to see it drop down very slightly and go up to you.
Yeah? If it's too tight, your dog pulls all the time.
So it means that you can hold the dog with one hand
and you can relax.
I feel secure... more secure with two hands on his lead. Yeah.
You feel more secure with two hands, but it's a bit of an illusion.
Ready? Ready?
Catherine may use two hands,
but holding on for dear life isn't calming her puppy.
How do you feel that went?
Terrible, as usual.
Catherine and Pete want Sydney to be the perfect pal
for Ruby and Daphne,
but walks are already causing concern.
When we walk Sydney, he'll see another dog, and he's like...
He'll try to jump across the road. That's it. And be like... Yeah.
Yeah. And if Daphne's holding the lead -
she's nine, she is strong,
but I think Sydney will be bigger and stronger than her.
He's strong already, isn't he?
For Sydney, this is the moment lead control needs to click.
So Graeme has set up a catwalk,
or in this case, a dogwalk, to show how.
Shall I have a go? Shall I do Sydney?
Come on, then. Good boy.
That's all right. Good. OK.
Come on.
So he's still as bouncy as he was with you,
but he's on a shorter lead, which isn't tight,
so he's only got so many options
as to how much mischief he can get up to.
But... No.
...in Sydney's case... No.
...he's ripping up the rule book.
RECORD SCRATCHES No. Oh.
LAUGHTER
We might want some red carpet adjustment in a minute.
He's got a bit in his mouth. CATHERINE CHUCKLES
He got a new toy there, a bit of red carpet.
He does that, everything he wants to pick up.
If Sydney pulls, he gets a gentle warning...
No. No.
...and walking nicely gets praise.
Oh, good boy, Sydney.
And after a few turns with a loose lead...
Sydney's strutting.
Clever boy.
This is better. It's like he's on Crufts.
SHE CHUCKLES
That was very good, I thought.
Now, with a loose lead,
can Catherine strut her stuff?
Come on, let's go. Good boy. Come on. Yeah.
Straight off, there's an issue. Come on. That's it.
Drop your arm, Catherine. There you go.
Good boy. Good boy. Keep moving.
But as she loosens up... That's it.
...she shows it's all about confidence.
Keep moving, that's it. Sit.
Good boy. Come on. Better.
Good boy. Oh, yeah. There you go.
Good boy. You can do it. Come on, then.
It might seem counterintuitive,
but as Lorraine releases the tension on the lead with Loki...
That's it. Good boy.
...Rob encourages Winnie... Oh, very good. Good girl.
...and Mary praises Mr Todd... Good boy.
...Graeme's methods are paying off.
That was really good. We got you moving quite nicely now.
But there are times when, well, of course, you've got to stop.
Graeme's second lesson is all about teaching your pup...
to fall in step with you.
Now, for me, you don't need to say anything.
I would love to get the dogs to just see what we're doing
and stop automatically when we stop. But in order to do that,
they've gotta pay attention to where the legs are.
So, let me demonstrate with one of the dogs.
Winnie... This lesson is especially important for rescue pup Winnie.
We know nothing of her background
apart from she was found by a dog warden
on the side of the road in London.
Winnie, come on.
For Winnie, walks can be overwhelming.
WINNIE YELPS AND WHINES All right, all right.
She's just absolutely petrified of traffic,
which I think takes her back to when she was just abandoned.
She just gets stressed. WINNIE WHINES
When a dog learns to move and stop with you, it builds trust,
and Winnie needs that more than most.
So if I take a couple of steps and I stop,
she'll probably overshoot.
So...
Overshot, right?
So all I've done here is I've caught her on the harness
and just brought her to a stop. Right? Come on.
Not quite. So I've stopped her again.
What's gonna happen is when she stops for herself...
Good girl.
Come on, then.
No, not yet. So I'll stop her again. I'm gonna turn around. Come on.
By mirroring Graeme's movement, Winnie gets praise...
Yay! Good girl.
...and now stops on cue.
Yay! Good girl. Super. Right.
Go on, then, you go back to your mum and dad now.
Oh, hello, Dad. GRAEME LAUGHS
Very good. All right. Good girl.
Now it's over to Winnie's mum, Karen.
Right, ready when you are.
That's it. Yeah. When you're gonna go, go.
And stop.
Oh, nearly. OK.
Stop.
Good girl.
She's learning not to move until you move.
Yeah.
Try again. Off she goes. Stop!
Nearly there. Good girl.
Stop. Good girl.
How's it feel at your end?
Feels good. It doesn't feel like much pull on it. Yeah?
And for the rest of the pups, this stop-start training
is also going to lead to more controlled and safer walks.
And stop!
Yeah, lovely.
Good boy. Yeah. Good boy.
We've all got dogs who you can start and stop now
without dragging you all over the path.
So, all we need to do now
is add in some real-life distractions.
It's all very well to be able to walk your dog in a straight line,
but out in the real world,
there's all manner of distractions to pull your pooch off course.
So, it's test time. Footballs, picnics
and a new friend, Rudy, stand in the way.
Well, this'll be interesting.
Can all four pups make it round?
If you can walk your dogs past this lot
without being unduly pulled everywhere,
I think we've had a good day.
To pass the test, the pups must walk past every distraction calmly.
Lose control, and it's back to the start.
All right, Lorraine, off you go. Give it your best. Loki, come on.
First to make an attempt is Loki...
Come on. Come on. That's it. Keep going.
...who's a live wire. Loki. "Oh, it's a ball, I'm interested."
This way. Yeah. The football has his full attention.
This way. Good boy. Followed by...
Come here. Loki.
Ah, not bothered about Rudy at all.
He's interested in the ball, isn't he?
So it's back to square one.
Right, off you go.
The distractions, for Loki,
they had a big impact on him focusing and him listening.
In fact, Loki's lost it.
All right. Got overexcited.
All right, bring him back.
We'll give him a rest. We'll go again in a bit.
It was really hard to get his focus.
As Loki takes a moment to cool down,
next up is Mary and farm dog, Mr Todd. Good boy.
Unlike Loki, Mr Todd doesn't seem too distracted.
Keep going. Good boy. Rudy dog.
Good boy. Oh. That's nice.
Good. Said "hello", moved on.
Good boy. Fantastic. Well done.
Next up, bouncy Sidney,
who's made remarkable progress since this morning.
Good boy. Blimey.
Catherine, you'll be getting phone calls
asking if you can handle their dogs at Crufts next year.
Oh, yes, I'll be there. That was fantastic, wasn't it?
Winnie is braving it next.
That's it, Winnie. Off you go. Good girl, Winnie.
And after a little hesitation with big boy Rudy...
Go on. She was just trying to hide around Karen.
...makes it through on her second attempt.
Good girl.
Well done. OK, Lorraine.
The only pup not to have made it around is Loki,
who's had a little time-out. That's it.
Well, that's nice.
After a few failed attempts... Sit.
Good boy. ...Lorraine's gained back control.
Past the picnic. Very good. "Oh, what are we doing, Mum?"
Finally, they've made it round without a flip-out.
Well done. THEY CLAP
That was hard-fought, but you got there. Fantastic.
You've come a long way in a day. If you keep practising,
where will you be in three or four weeks, when we meet again?
Good. Well done, everybody.
I'm hoping that with some of the tools I've learned today
that his lead walking will improve.
We just need to continue with what we've been taught. Yeah.
Cos it works. Cos we've seen the progression.
Syd, come on, then. Good boy.
Coming up, Graeme's back in Essex...
Right, here we are, in a pub, surrounded by people.
...for a face-off to end...
We have to be on our A-game now.
...Jack's outrageous table manners.
We might have to just go through this.
JACK BARKS
Graeme's nearly off the clock,
but there's one last stop in Essex with Jack...
Jack! ...a Labrador...
Oh! Jack!
...with an appetite for chaos...
Oh, no. ...mugging kids for cakes...
Jack! ...pilfering picnics
and flat-out ram-raiding tables for food. No!
Last time, Graeme stopped him playing with human food
by giving him a new game, with new rules.
Stop! Good boy.
Now he's back to focus on Jack's table manners... Jack.
...which have brought Katie's social life to a standstill.
Jack! Oh!
GRAEME GROANS, CHILD GUFFAWS
For sure, last time we saw Graeme,
he worked magic.
But within a closed environment,
lots of people, easy access to food,
I'm just not sure how it's gonna go.
So Katie's brought back-up - her friend's son, Ted.
Hiya. Hi again, Graeme.
I thought I'd treat us to a bite to eat.
It's quite swanky in here. OK.
The sort of place where you might need table manners.
I need to teach Jack that jumping up on the table, trying to steal food,
is clearly not acceptable.
Right, here we are, in a pub, surrounded by people.
How are you feeling? Yeah, a little bit nervous.
When he was last here, Graeme clocked something important.
Jack! GRAEME GROANS
Jack isn't just after food -
it's all a game for attention.
But the irony, of course,
is that on the rare occasions he is good like this,
when you're in company, with food, he gets ignored.
Graeme is setting up a new game - no means no.
From now on, jumping, barking, and pestering
get zero attention or treats.
When he backs down,
we need to let him know that that was a great decision.
So we're gonna tell him he's a good boy
and we can give him a treat.
Now, "no" if he's jumping up,
"good boy" when he's sitting or down.
Graeme's starting with just dog treats on the table.
No.
We have to move him off. Jack, now.
If need be, we can physically move him off.
I don't mean anything nasty. No. That's it. Yeah.
No.
Good boy.
In a second... Yeah.
...if he keeps it up, we'll give him a little treat. OK.
The rule is clear - jumping up gets nothing.
No! Better.
No! That's it.
Good boy. Backing off and staying quiet,
that's what gets rewarded.
No. That's it.
Sit. OK.
Good boy. Good boy. There you go.
Good boy. Good boy.
Jack needs to figure out...
Ah, no. ...no means...
No. ..and anything other than sitting quietly...
No! No.
...earns nothing.
Ah! JACK BARKS
JACK PANTS
We might have to just go through this,
and it's a bit awkward, but it's worth it in the long run.
JACK BARKS
He's like, "No, I will just snatch the food.
"I will have it whenever I want." You know, very rude.
"I want what I want, and I want it now."
Exactly what he's saying. Yeah. JACK BARKS
It's almost like I'm seeing what I've created.
JACK CONTINUES BARKING Yeah.
It's my own fault, isn't it? Kind of, yeah.
SHE LAUGHS
Will Jack ever figure out...
No.
...bad behaviour... JACK BARKS
...won't get him treats or attention?
We're effectively overcoming five years of programming.
JACK BARKS
But after a few noisy minutes...
So that's good. Good boy.
We didn't tell him to lie down, but he did it. Yes.
It seems the penny has dropped.
Shall we give him another treat? OK. Good boy, Jack.
Now, the longer he's quiet...
So, three, two, one. Good boy.
...the more rewards he gets.
So we could carry on chatting. Let's see what happens now.
With calm behaviour scoring doggy treats...
So we're up to... 40 seconds now,
so maybe give him another treat, now, look.
So... Good boy.
Good lad.
...being quiet is finally paying off.
You do have to just work through that storm. Yes.
And then you get to the good stuff the other side.
Two minutes of him being silent is crazy.
The next rule of table manners is - no human food ever.
Oh, look at that lot. Oh, lovely, thank you.
Lovely. Thank you.
We're gonna have to be on our A-game now.
He can still earn dog treats, but only by following the rules.
Operation Jack: assault on food.
No! No.
Sit.
Good boy. Good boy. Down.
Super. Good boy. Good.
Dog treat. Good.
That's part of his scheme foiled.
It is, isn't it? Good boy.
And soon, clever, Jack...
There we go. Lovely. There we go.
Thanks, Graeme. Yeah.
Good boy. ...is learning how to score treats.
That was a good choice. There you go. Good boy.
Good choice. Good decision, mate. Very good.
Eating out with Jack used to be an all-out assault...
Bang goes the wrap.
...but by standing her ground
and rewarding calm, quiet behaviour...
Good boy.
...the battle is finally over.
I can't quite believe it. Good, innit?
I feel like you've swapped my dog without me realising.
So what do you put the change down to?
I haven't given in, where I would have done previously.
Yep. So, the first sign of bad behaviour,
"Oh, I just want to shut him up," so I would feed him.
So I guess, in a way, I was rewarding bad behaviour. Yeah.
Absolutely.
Graeme's really helped me recognise where I've gone wrong, previously.
What Graeme has done for... for Jack and I,
I mean, it sounds a bit dramatic, but really life-changing.
You see a behaviour as bad as Jack's, and you think,
"Why is he doing what's he doing?
"How is he getting rewarded for it?
"How can I prevent that?
"And how can I put a better behaviour in instead,
"that he gets rewarded for?" And that, really, is all I did.
In Ayrshire, Lochie's bullying behaviour is a thing of the past.
Hi, Graeme, it's only a week since you were here,
and already we have a different dog in the house.
Honestly, I think this is going to change our lives,
and we just can't thank you enough.
Puppy School is paying off, too.
Daphne's lead training is keeping Sydney under control.
Winnie's stop-start is building confidence.
And Loki's staying focused.
Good boy.
And in Essex, Jack's food thieving days are finally numbered.
He's still got his eyes on the food,
but he is pretty chill, pretty calm,
and I'm able to eat my supper in peace.
So, thank you so much.
If you think your badly behaved dog could do with Graeme's help,
then why not get in touch?
Details can be found at...
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