The Hairy Hooligans: Bumble and Doogle | Full Episode | It's Me or the Dog

welcome to sunny Margate home to Penny Curran and her daughter Jade they shared their home in peace until 15 months ago when they decided to get to Olli the sheepdogs a brother and sister duo who started out cute and cuddly but have ended up huge hairy and uncontrollable Oh first up there's Dougal he's the dead people he may not be the brightest puppy in the pound but what he lacks in brains he more than makes up for in brawn his sister is bumble a real cutie who leads her brother astray despite the hairy pairs bad behavior both at home and away penny and J dote on their dogs and are constantly cuddling them this is the fun cuddle spot but these dogs can go from soft to scary in a matter of seconds topping the list of their ASBO antics is the constant jumping up scratching and biting anyone who dares to come over the doorstep they can get your whole arm in their mouth and we're constantly covered in scratches and bruises because we're forever being bitten there are times when you know it's all I can do to keep my feet anyone who comes around knows they come wrap arounds at their own risk don't know James best friends Louise is one of the last few to run the canine gauntlet all they do is jump at you and bite you and Nick pew and just bite me if you're alone at all I think we feel very isolated now because people don't visit us because they can't deal with the hassle from the dogs losing all your friends is one thing but driving away members of your own family is quite another especially when it's pennies 83 year old mother Betty oh my mummy I feel desperately guilty about her she can't be in the house with the dogs because she's so frightened of them even shutting her in a room of her own doesn't keep Betty safe from bumble and doogle Breaking and Entering they have given me a fair amount of wipes in their tongue she used to come around the house all the time every day she used to be rounds but she can't do that now I feel as if I'd been replaced by a dog this brother and sister are quite literally tearing a family apart and everyone has had enough I want other people to love our dogs and I want to be able to just just do normal things without out it being so hard we just don't know which way to turn but help is on its way with over ten years experience as a dog trainer victoria Stilwell is no stranger to canine miscreants and when it comes to household hierarchy she knows exactly who should come out on top bringing dogs since your home should be fun but allowing your pets to take over your life and scare away your family and friends is simply madness dogs must be true their place Old English sheepdogs date back to the 1700s and were originally bred to herd sheep as their long coats insulate them in both hot and cold weather their loyalty is legendary with folklore telling tales of them lying over injured farmers in the field to protect them until help arrived they might also be known as the Dulux dogs but these two are certainly no advertisers dream is Victoria facing a whitewash Wow as soon as she steps through the door Victoria is hit by the full force of the scary siblings she's bold in the hall and in the lounge she's swept off her feet that's about one of the most exuberant greetings I've ever had it's kind of like having your headmistress from school coming and watching you being really badly behaved now Victoria wants to see the full extent of the dogs biting she decides this is more mouthing than biting behavior that's common in puppies but can be dangerous in an adult dog she just nipped how low on average a day would you say you would play with your dogs very little time I mean only about 30 seconds if that was actually play so we have to make these these are no longer two toys these are my arms and you do not bite on my arms at all and you do not bite on any of my clothing or any part of my body at all from now on from what I've seen so far the mouthing and biting from these dogs is out of control holding the sheepdogs they might look fluffy in cuddly but they are working dogs and they were bred to work therefore they need a lot of exercise a lot of mental stimulation firm but fair handling and if they don't get it things could easily turn nasty it's one thing being savaged by sheepdogs when you're victoria Stilwell but imagine facing eleven stone of delinquent dogs when you're seven stone and 83 years old how many times a week do you come here I don't I've been here once since Christmas once I'm scared like the Doakes it would be nice to come here and be together like a family grandmother daughter granddaughter and ducks but it doesn't work like that something wrong here suddenly dolly do you think yes and that's why I'm here after a busy morning of being bitten and jumped on Jay takes Victoria out in the car for a nice trip to the seaside that is until bumble and Dougal spot another dog on the pavement and decide to try and say hello and once they've started there's no stopping them not content with the backseat bark fest Dougal tries to get up front you know what I'm gonna say this is an accident waiting to her before Victoria does permanent damage to her ears it's time to ditch the car and take the gruesome twosome for a gentle stroll in the local park or maybe not with doggy friends to be made everywhere Bumble and Dougal can hardly contain themselves penny and Jade aren't finding it a walk in the park either Bumble and Dougal and not aggressive dogs but the things that I've seen today such as the mouthing the jumping up barking in the car barking crazily other dogs when they're out on a walk all have the potential to be extremely dangerous now Jade and Penny obviously love their dogs but they've taken on two dogs and I think they're out of their depth it's embarrassing it is humiliating and you know that people are looking at you and your dogs and thinking for goodness sake why can't these people get their dogs to behave as Jade is a teacher and her mum an ex teacher Victoria takes them back to school for a firm lesson in canine discipline if you let those kids that you teach with get away with anything do you think they'd respect you course not and they'll keep pushing it and get away with however much they can get away with it's exactly the same with your dogs I've drawn here three triangles representing really what's going on in this household your dog's up here and you're here and what you're not being to your dogs is a really good teacher I do think you give them way too much attention way too much attention this is a cuddles chart the only affection that you're going to give your dogs from now on is one cuddle per dog per person a day oh no okay well you watch a pack of wild dogs you watch a pack of wild wolves the leader doesn't give free cuddles the leader is very calm and all the other little dogs or the other wolves come round and constantly licking the leaders face you're the little puppies coming up and stroking and fawning over all your leader dogs if you follow the training your dogs will begin to see you in a different light and they will begin to respect you the most difficult thing is going to be the cuddles I'm gonna find that so difficult because pretty much the whole time I'm with the dogs they're having cuddles aren't they I've given penny and Jade a really tough regime to follow and it's gonna be hard but they have to cut down their affection for those dogs and this is just the beginning day one of the training and to kick off Victoria wants to show the terrible twosome just who's in charge wait wait in a matter of minutes Victoria has shown bumble and Dougal who's boss that was absolutely amazing now that she's got the dogs full attention Victoria can move on to the first stage of training breaking their bad habit of molesting anyone who steps through the front door first up Dougal wait to reinforce her leadership Victoria keeps the pitch of her voice strong and low so dogs know she's really serious higher pitches are purely reserved for praise wait keeping eye contact all the time and as for his patient waiting Dougal is reward Lee with a tasty piece of chicken good boy it's time to try them out on a real live person wait wait they've come in again wait no eye contact wait wait good boy very good boy do girls learn fast but how will penny get on with boisterous bumble Waits [Music] wait keep on reinforcing eighths weights fumble weights good girl very good is a miracle I want you to keep practicing this and when I come back I want you to get it to the point where a stranger can come through the door and they're sitting and waiting and won't be released to greet until you release them and I'll know because I'll be that stranger at the door but this is only the beginning for Victoria will her firm but fair training regimes stop these dogs from biting all in their path I know one of the major major problems you have is when the dogs get overexcited that they stop jumping up all over you nobody jumps up on the leader taking since bumbles the worst biter a Victoria shows penny and Jade techniques for tackling it through a game of tug whenever bumble jumps up Victoria turns her back and plays stops until she's Carmody [Music] her mouth went onto my hand then so I squealed say how you hurt me like her litter mates did in the litter as a puppy a dog will learn from its mother or litter mates when it's using too much teeth when taken away from the pack it can forget these early lessons so it's up to the owner to keep teaching their dog where the boundaries lie [Music] so far so good but it's not just their bike that makes big dogs dangerous it's their ability to overpower their owners who's taking whom for a walk [Music] well that's one way of restraining your dogs but Victoria has something a bit more sedate in mind for bumble and Dougal new safer dog collars properly fitted collars should always be as wide as two of the dog's vertebrae to distribute pressure on its neck more evenly so handsome with bumble and Dougal in their correct collars Victoria has a plan to get them under control when people come round to visit I have what's known as the tether system so your dogs can be in the room at the same time as your guests your guests can be 100% safe a tether is a cable that screws into the wall and keeps the dog on a short leash with two dogs the tethers need to be placed on opposite sides of the room to stop any fights purely frustration eventually you want to get to the point where you can have them in here and they're listening to you enough that they are sitting and staying or just lying down when you have guests and their most important guests is of course granny as soon as she walks in the room the dogs go ballistic but Victoria has a plan for dealing with their squealing if the dogs bark everyone leaves the room the dogs go quiet they come back in again the dogs bunk they leave the room dogs quiet back in again and again again and again just when it looks like everyone's at the end of their tether they finally get the message it's the first time granny and dogs have sat down together for nearly a year it doesn't feel so we've got dogs here in the room with us you know it's really nice I didn't like it at first because the dogs were incredibly stressed but eventually they count down and obviously with time they will get karma quicker penny and Jade have had to go cold turkey on the cuddles but Victoria still wants the dogs to have human contact in a positive way as more and more people turn to alternative therapies they're even getting their dogs involved - Jane Thomas is a qualified therapist in k9 Bowen technique the Bowen technique is a light touch holistic therapy which aims to rebalance the body it was actually developed to treat human health problems but seems to be proving a hit with their four-legged friends it's one happy dog they think bumble is actually unconfident and more anxious how would Bowen help that kind of dog because it does balance the systems maybe it it would have more of a calming effects after Jane has worked her bow and magic this brother and sister certainly seem fully chilled out day 2 of training and with the dogs starting to knuckle under in the house it's time to tackle their terrible behavior when they're out and about starting with the car this is called a doggy seatbelt the reason why seatbelts are so important is that an average dog let's say a Labrador maybe that weighs about 60 pounds if you have an accident at 30 miles an hour that dog is going to go through your windscreen with a force of a baby elephant they're gonna take your head off on the way out if you are going to buckle up don't use anything that attaches to your dog's collar as this could cause them serious injury in the event of an accident with the dog safely seat belted in the bag Victoria wants to put a stop to that of a dangerous distracting car habit going barking mad when they see another dog this could easily cause a crash she blacks out the rear windows and puts a curtain up between the front and back seats so that the dogs are in a cocoon where they can't see out here goes see an annoyance is it's the visual stimulation that's obviously making you but you can't see anything there's nothing to vodka it's time to try it with the curtain down see their reactions soon as I hear about that could the dogs quickly catch on that barking equals a boring view Victoria's managed to tame them [Music] you were taking control of the situation yeah I'm the boss yeah it feels nice to be the boss yeah after coming on leaps and bounds in the car Victoria Jade and dogs go to meet penny to stretch their legs by the sea I think one of the reasons why the dogs appear so hyperactive and get so excitable is that they need more exercise an old English sheepdogs need on average about two hours of good aerobic exercise a day and Victoria has some novel ideas for wearing the dogs out as well as their owners cycling is a great way to burn off energy for both dog and owner just don't go too fast take lots of breaks and plenty of water likes it [Music] now that Duggan's had a good run round it's time to meet up with penny and bumble for a bit of doggy paddling swimming can be great exercise for dogs particularly for a breed like an Old English Sheepdog which has a thick coat and can easily overheat there are even lifejackets especially for dogs to ensure they stay afloat [Music] I think the overriding feeling is that if we work really hard and we get the dogs to work really hard then I think we can have success Bumble and uber are very determined pair and as long as penny and Jade show their leadership skills I think I will see a big change when I come back but it's not going to be an easy road at all while Victoria's away penny and Jade worked really hard to keep the training going cutting down on cuddles practicing with the tethers and keeping up the exercise regime [Music] it's time for Victoria to come back to see how they're getting on three weeks ago when she first came here Victoria was jumped on mouthed and nearly knocked off her feet what kind of reception will she get now wait wait wait since wait wait Victoria's safely through the front door but will it be Stilwell's last stand in the sitting room good boy tickle your control is thousand percent better it's unbelievable last time I was like this remember with pinned to the seat they're not even on the tethers it's fantastic it's more than I expected I know you've been working hard right from the beginning we saw results I mean I think we both had apoplexy and we saw the cuddle chart but it's undoubtedly made the difference and we feel that we have regained control of the animals now that they're not ruling us we are now in control of them and to show just how far things have moved on look who's come over for a visit hey Betty how are you feeling now the dogs they're off the lead you're here it's like having a new lease of life darling bumbum what a good girl just a month ago this was a miserable family being torn apart by their pets now Betty finally has her dream of being able to sit in safety with her daughter granddaughter and Bumble and Dougal the same amazing understatement darling I can't believe they're both the same adult I think we're really proud of ourselves that we've achieved so much in such a short space of time I think it's really difficult to say what it's meant to us cuz it's meant so much they seemed happier the dog seemed happier and a family that was split apart is actually now coming together it has changed our lives completely [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 22min 52sec (1372 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 03 2019