Oh, no! WOMAN SCREAMS
Sorry.
No. He likes to get men in their bits.
Ow! YAPS
JOANNA SCANLON: There's little dogs...
It could cause an accident, though. Yeah.
..large dogs... Ow!
..loud dogs... Embarrassing, really, innit?
..lazy dogs...
Can we go for a walk?
Stanley! ..even the occasional lusty dog...
Stanley! No.
Oh, hello! You wanna make love to me now, don't you?
Whatever the problem...
Jarvis, come here! No.
..master dog trainer...
We're locked and loaded.
..Graeme Hall...
Come on, Daisy.
..is there for them all.
She's just given up,
but we can't give up on her.
Off! Perfect.
Three, two, one. Come home!
SHE YELLS
But often... There's a lot of shouting going on.
..it's the owners that need the most training...
You're making it worse. Yeah, right.
Down. ..and that's the hardest challenge.
Speechless.
Yay! Hey-hey!
I never thought I'd get on this page.
No.
Well, I can't hear myself think. Come on, now.
BARKING
DOGS YAP
This week, a troublesome trio...
MAN: No. No! ..making retirement impossible.
No. Enough. Enough.
January 2020, that's when the world fell apart
as far as I was concerned.
A potential therapy dog... Stanley.
..whose lust for legs... Stanley!
..is bringing chaos to a young family.
Stanley.
If we could get him able to control his impulse,
then it would be life-changing. Stanley, no!
FEROCIOUS YAPPING
And a tiny terror... No, no, no, no.
..dividing a household
who've reached breaking point.
SHARP BARK Hey, are you OK?
SHAKILY: It just frightens me.
It frightens you?
YAPS AND GROWLS
Graeme's first case of the week is taking him to the Cornish coast,
where he's about to meet a triple helping of trouble.
Well, I'm in Cornwall today,
the far end thereof, it has to be said.
And I'm here to see a chap who's called Mark.
He's got three Frenchies and, uh, well,
he's struggling by all accounts.
Keen for an idyllic coastal life and fresh start...
Come on, then.
..66-year-old Mark moved to Cornwall after retiring from the Navy.
Good dogs. But Mark's dream of a peaceful life
has been sunk...
WILD YAPPING ...by his fiery French bulldogs.
No.
If they can't get at that dog, they wanna destroy one another.
Knowing what I'm going out on a walk with all three of them,
it just fills me with fear and dread and stress.
SNARLING No!
I can't take all three of them, for example, with me
to a National Trust property or take them out to the beach.
You know, that stops me from doing a lot of things.
I'm not getting the best life for me and for these three.
No.
Yeah, it's a nightmare.
Despite ruining his retirement...
Enough!
..Mark has a very good reason to put up with his troublesome trio.
Suzy my, my other half, she loved animals.
She was just the sweetest person and gentlest soul
that I've ever met in my life.
In 2019, Suzy said to me, she says,
"I found a lump and they did a biopsy",
and it turned out to be stage four, uh, breast cancer.
January 2020...
MARK SNIFFLES, EXHALES SHARPLY
VOICE BREAKS: ..that's when I lost her...
..and that's... that's when the world fell apart,
as far as I was concerned.
I remember sitting at a table and I thought,
"I don't wanna be here any more."
And Milo, who normally would sleep 20 hours a day,
he leapt out of his basket,
and he sat in front of me and just stared at me as if to say,
"What you doing, Dad? What about us? What about us?
"This is not what our mum would want."
And I always made a promise to her
that I would always look after these dogs.
So, that's why they're just so special to me.
PANTING
After losing the love of his life, Mark moved to Cornwall.
OVERLAPPING YAPPING Yeah, hang on.
The whole idea for me was to be closer to my daughter, Gemma.
But his Frenchies are making it impossible for them
to spend any quality time together.
FRANTIC BARKING
Oh, God.
Well, this ain't gonna work. No.
I'm not doing that, Gem. Sorry. Come on!
SHARP BARK, GRAHAM STRAINS
When my dad moved out of Southampton to Cornwall,
to be able to just rebuild his life and to get together
a bit of a social network.
If he could just relax and be himself
and really engage in the activities that are going on around him
and be with the family, I think he'd be in a so much better place.
MARK: I can't do this any more with them. I can't. Come 'ere!
Will Graeme be able to turn things around...
By 'eck it's windy. ..so Mark can finally find peace?
GRAEME: Ah, that's gotta be Mark.
CANINE COMMOTION
No!
He's in a bit of trouble there, the old boy.
YAPPING CONTINUES No. No!
No! No! No! No!
No. Hello, Mark.
Hiya, Graeme. All right, mate. You all right?
Very nice to meet you. Shall I take one off you?
Go on, you can do. There you go.
Hello, you. Oi, pack it in.
Blimey, that was a quite a performance!
And this is why... This is why I cannot...
I cannot take them out all at the same time.
I can see that, yeah. Cor, blimey. BARKING CONTINUES
I take it there's a reason you asked me to meet you
in the middle of nowhere?
Yeah, because one of the things I do,
is I do the National Coastwatch in that lovely little hut there.
Well, look, I'll tell you what, should we go inside and have a chat?
That's a good idea, Graeme, because it's less windy.
Hoo! Come on, you.
Mark volunteers at the National Coastwatch.
There's about 2,600 volunteers...
Whilst he would love to bring his Frenchies with him,
right now, there's no chance.
Have they always been like this? No.
They were part of a pack, erm,
when, erm, my other half was, uh, was around.
When she passed away,
that changed... that changed the dynamic completely
cos I... I wasn't coping, personally.
I went to a pretty dark place and I...
and I think they formed a little protection barrier around me. Ah.
And since then, really,
they've been my sort of protectors, guardians.
VOICE BREAKS: Because they were so special to her...
..that's why they're special to me.
And that's why I wanna give them the best life.
I'm sorry, Mark. It's OK.
Mark desperately needs some help here.
'The way those Frenchies go is pretty extreme,
'and it's kind of any dog from any distance.'
And when they do go, they start to attack each other.
Despite the chaos, Graeme's spotted a pattern.
Mooki!
Mooki, the girl, she just seemed to start it.
And she's the last one to calm down. But, boy, is that reaction extreme.
Mark was in the Navy for 32 years and an officer,
so the guy clearly has leadership skills,
but I don't think he's made the connection that
that's what he needs to bring to bear here with the dogs. No!
No! No!
Still to come...
He's giving it Mr Lover-Lover.
..Graeme takes on a lusty leg man...
He's quite literally humped you back into a corner there, hasn't he?
..a tiny terror driving a wedge between family...
I haven't seen my sister for a year in the house. Really?!
Because nobody'll come in.
And can Graeme transform seafarer Mark's outlook...
Mooki, no. ..by leading his Frenchies...
Off we go. ..to a brighter future?
Sometimes, you have to just weather the storm.
It feels kind of appropriate, that. It does!
Today, Graeme's in Cornwall,
helping Navy veteran Mark with his motley crew
of troublesome Frenchies.
Going out on a walk fills me with fear and dread and stress.
I can't do this any more with them. Come on.
Three years ago, Mark tragically lost the love of his life, Suzy.
I went to a pretty dark place.
Since then, they've been my sort of protectors.
But the dogs that once saved him have become a major burden,
ruining his retirement and stopping him spending time with his daughter.
HIGH-PITCHED YAPPING GEMMA: Oh, God.
No. I'm not doing that, Gem. I'm sorry. Come on.
The truth is, I think after you lost your other half,
you know, you've clearly been in a dark place.
Who wouldn't be?
You're not in a place to step up and go, right, you three,
this is what we do. Yeah.
You just literally cannot do that at that time.
And I think they then...
In effect, they got promotion before they were ready, these three.
One in particular, Mooki. She's like, "Right, follow me.
"I know what I'm doing." She hasn't a clue.
So she's panicking and doing all sorts.
It needs somebody else to go, "Eh, whoa, pack it in.
"Follow me." Right?
You couldn't do it then... No.
..I think you can now.
Graeme is convinced that with the right training,
Mark can once again be the captain of his own crew...
Come on, then.
..allowing him to enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds him
and quality time with his daughter.
MASS YAPPING Come on, dogs, let's go.
To do that, they're breaking things down,
one fiery Frenchie at a time.
And he's starting with the trio's biggest troublemaker...
Mooki.
We'll start with one dog, Mooki, because, well,
I think we both know she's probably the one
who's gonna instigate it. Instigate it. Yeah.
Graeme believes Mooki has appointed herself master and commander.
MARK: Good girl, Mooki.
But if Mark can show her he's ready to retake the helm,
then Yogi and Milo will follow suit.
I'm gonna get you to stand here,
a volunteer with the dog down there. Right.
And I'm gonna get you to go forwards bit by bit, right. OK.
If she starts to lose it, tell her "no".
Yeah. Gotcha. So she calms down.
The bit that's always missing is a pat on the back
when they get it right. "Good girl." That's fine.
So what I suggest we do, take a couple of steps,
pause, let's see where we are.
So, off we go. And this'll do us.
Good.
Good girl, Mooki. Good dog, good dog.
That's it. Good dog, good dog, good dog.
She's interested in everything but the dog right now.
Yeah. Lovely. We'll take another couple of steps.
Good! Good dog, Mooki.
Good girl. Good girl. Good girl.
Right, couple more steps.
Very good. This is good. Good girl.
That was quick, we're about a metre away.
Yeah. Magic. How's that feel?
That feels good. She knows the dog's there,
but she's just not reacting. No.
It appears Mooki is quick to get the message.
Good girl.
But Graeme's eager to push the boat out
and get another crew member aboard.
Yogi. GRAEME CHUCKLES
There you go. Say hello.
We'll take a couple of steps, then. Same again. Yeah.
There we go. Good.
Good boy, Yogi. Good boy. Good girl.
All right, we'll take another couple of steps.
Come on, dogs. There we go.
Yeah, and just...
And that'll do it. Yeah.
Good boy. Good boy.
Lovely. Good boy.
Absolutely not a peep.
There's no reaction there at all.
No. That's amazing. It's good, isn't it?
THEY CHUCKLE
I think Mark has done really well.
I think he's found that leadership from before,
he's channelled his inner naval officer.
He's got the skills. Good boy.
So far, it's been plain sailing.
But if Mark can't manage all three Frenchies together,
his social life will remain anchored.
I'm not doing that, Gem. Sorry.
There's only one thing to do now, isn't there?
Another volunteer and all three Frenchies to captain at once.
Good. Up for it?
With the troublesome crew reunited, can Mark keep them shipshape?
Right, come on, then. Go on, then. Couple of steps.
Good.
Good boy. Good boy. Good girl. Good boy.
Yeah, that's nice. Good boy.
Suddenly, Mooki threatens a mutiny.
Milo. No. No. No, no, no.
SCRAPPY COMMOTION OK.
But a good captain must hold firm...
Sometimes, you have to just weather the storm.
Yeah. You know? Yeah.
Feels kind of appropriate today. It does!
..keep his head...
Well, we'll get a bit nearer. Two or three more steps, then.
..and keep going.
Good. Come on, dogs.
Magic. Hold it.
Good boy. Good boy.
Good boy, Yogi. Good boy, Milo.
Ready when you are, Mark. Yeah, ready.
Lovely. VOLUNTEER DOG BARKS
Good dogs. Good girl. No. No, no, no. Hey, you.
No. No. No. Mooki, no.
No. HUBBUB
No. Mooki, no.
Come here. No. No.
Good. No.
Now, these two have calmed down quite quickly.
No, no. Wait for it. Wait for it.
No. No, she's all right now.
By weathering the storm...
Good girl, Mooki.
..Mark's managed to steady his ship.
There you go. Good boy.
Good dogs. Exceedingly good dogs.
He's mastered the technique sea-side.
Good dogs. Good dogs.
So, Frenchies safely away.
Now Graeme wants to apply the same training ashore
so Mark can spend precious time with his daughter, Gemma.
So I think we're ready to rock and roll.
But having another dog in the house is an absolute first.
Oh, there we go.
So one by one... There we go.
..the Frenchies are slowly introduced to Molly.
And surprisingly... Who's this, Molly?
..for once, it's not a complete disaster.
GRAHAM AS DOG: "There's a girl in our house, and it's not Mooki."
GEMMA LAUGHS
If anything...
You might have a different problem.
..Lab Molly is a hit.
There we go. Hello, Milo.
There we go.
And we'll just stay here for a moment.
Good boy. Yeah, this is good.
So we should bank this good behaviour and call it quits, right?
Absolutely. Yeah, I totally agree.
You're on the right track now.
Can I say a huge thank you, Graeme.
I appreciate it, I really do,
and it means a lot for many, many reasons...
GEMMA'S VOICE BREAKS: Oh, don't, Dad. Please, don't.
..as you know. Yeah, I know. I know.
It's gonna be OK, mate.
I'd never thought we'd have got them all in the same room
at the same time.
'It's lovely. It's really, really good.
'It's buoyed both me and Dad up, I think.'
MOOKI PANTS
For me, it's important that I try and give the dogs the best
because of Suzy.
She would have wanted the best for the dogs.
So it's in her memory that I wanna do that as well.
Some people really, really deserve a helping hand in life
and, for me, that was Mark.
I think if he keeps it up, which he absolutely will,
it's gonna make a big difference to his life.
With calmer seas ahead for Mark,
Graeme is heading inland to meet an energetic golden retriever
who's causing utter chaos for a young family.
Well, I'm in East Yorkshire today,
old stomping ground of mine, this, really.
And I'm here to see a couple who've got, well,
a golden retriever who was got as a therapy dog.
But his antics were less than therapeutic.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Morning. Owen, isn't it? Hiya. Come in, come in.
Thank you very much. Hello, you.
Hi. WOMEN: Hi. Hi.
You've got me at a disadvantage cos I don't know everybody's name,
so maybe we should go around the sofa, shall we?
I'm Cathy, Ella's mum.
Right, hello. This is Alfred.
Alfred. Very good name.
And this is Dotty!
Hello, Dotty! Hiya!
SOFT CHEER AND LAUGHTER
Well, it's nice to meet you.
And Stanley, of course. ELLA: This is Stanley, yeah.
So he's a happy boy, isn't he? He is.
It's a pretty busy, vibrant household, this.
No, I tend to agree. It's chaotic at times.
So tell me about your problems with him.
So we originally got him cos we were gonna have him trained
to be Dotty's assistance dog. Oh, I see.
Erm, Dotty has autism and a global development delay,
and she's non-verbal.
Two years ago, Ella and Owen got Stanley
in the hope he'd bring a little calm to their noisy house.
But their best intentions...
MOLLY BARKS ..have seriously backfired.
Stanley. Stanley. Stanley, no.
Stanley. No.
ELLA: 'He's 40kg, so it hurts.'
Oh, my leg!
'And if I'm on my own, I can't get him off me.'
Ah!
Steady!
This golden-fleeced lover...
Stanley. Uh, no! ELLA: That backfired.
..has thrown their lives into utter chaos.
Stanley. No! Stanley.
It might look like fun and games...
Gonna go down! ..but parents Ella and Owen
are concerned what effect Stanley's overzealous behaviour...
Ah-ah-ah.
..is having on the kids.
Am I tickling ya? Especially Dotty.
DOTTY CHATTERS
Our biggest fear is that he'll hurt either somebody else,
but mainly the children,
because they're so young and little and he's so big.
Good girl. He likes your cuddles, doesn't he?
Dotty is autistic and non-verbal.
She does have limited understanding.
So, she's five and a half, but she's probably got the understanding
of maybe a three-year-old.
While Stanley's chaos may be a concern,
his bond with Dotty is undeniable.
She's loved Stanley ever since he was tiny, really.
I mean, she's grown up with him.
I wouldn't say he's got a bad bone in his body, has he, really? No.
But bad bone or not...
Stanley!
..there's still no way he could be trusted as Dotty's therapy dog.
Stanley, it's not a game!
If we could get them able to control his impulse,
then it would be life-changing for us and the kids,
and Dotty particularly.
And it'd be life changing for him as well.
So when's he doing all this jumping and humping?
It first started
when he was probably about six months old, I think.
But I feel like in the last six months,
he's just got, like, horrendous with it.
So is there a trigger for it, do you think?
Excitement, fright, other dogs.
If I bend down to tie my shoelace, push the horse trailer.
Right on cue,
Stanley's excitement gets the better of him
and Graeme's treated to a... CLEARS THROAT
..live performance...
Now you'll get humped. Stanley.
..without a spot of anxiety from Stanley.
Take him out to calm down a bit. All right.
He's quite literally humped you back into a corner there, hasn't he?
He certainly has. He's a big, strong boy.
So this is every time he gets excited.
I find it is, Graeme, yes.
And he's-he's a big boy and he gets you in the same spot every time.
And I'm 13, 14 stone. If anyone... one of the kids.
So we're lucky at the moment that he's not extended this
to the kids, hasn't he? That's correct.
But Stanley's biggest turn-on is when Owen's bent over the horsebox.
GRAEME: Giving it Mr Lover-Lover, isn't he? No.
Well, yes, he's certainly an opportunist. I'll give him that.
But it's not just Owen...
This is quite a heavy trailer.
..visitors are regularly treated to Stanley's "special hug"...
Any opportunity really.
..with Ella's mum, Cathy, taking the trophy for his number one crush.
GRAEME LAUGHS WHEEZILY I shouldn't...
Stanley!
All jokes aside,
Graeme's well aware Stanley's here to do a very important job.
I wanna fix these problems for Owen and Ella,
but also for little Dotty.
Stanley was, for her, a therapy dog.
She clearly loves him...
Is he kissing you?
..so those problems need fixing.
Cos at the moment, although he's a lovely dog,
he's not the best family dog,
and he is certainly not a therapeutic dog to be around.
Still to come, a family in turmoil.
If we can't cure it, he's going to have to go. Oh, right.
Can Graeme turn it around?
Would you like to come through?
Oh, no. Bailey.
And Graeme attempts to turn off Stanley's amorous advances.
So, the one skill you need here is one eye on the trailer,
but be aware of what he's doing out your peripheral vision.
Stanley!
Today, Graeme's in East Yorkshire to help a young family
with their golden fleeced randy retriever.
Stanley! No!
Ella and Owen got Stanley to be an assistance dog
for their autistic daughter, Dotty.
Come on, then. Ready?
But rather than bringing harmony to the household,
he's bringing chaos.
Stanley!
It's time for Graeme to rally the troops
and get to the bottom of Stanley's lively libido.
GRAEME: What a great place to bring your dog.
He is one of a kind, really, isn't he?
He is. Broke the mould.
There's a big question, isn't there? Why? Why does he do that? Yeah.
He loves attention. Yeah.
You know, he loves affection.
He would clearly love to be the centre of attention.
But, in a household like yours,
he ain't gonna be the centre of attention, you know? Yeah.
And that really is Stanley's dilemma, right?
Because he's discovered that when he does the humping...
He gets the attention.
..he gets attention, everybody's looking at him.
So, how do we fix it?
Well, I think we've got to give him a reason
to keep his paws on the ground.
So, the training that I'm going to put in place
will be based around that.
Husband Owen and Ella's mum, Cathy,
bear the brunt of Stanley's affections.
No!
I can't get free of him.
I've got a bit of a dodgy back
and I do worry he'll make that a lot worse.
But my main concern is him injuring one of the children.
Ah! Ah! Ah!
OK. No! Stanley, no!
Before helping Granny Cathy,
Graeme wants to break the back of this habit...
Stanley! Stanley!
..where this retriever is randiest...
when Owen's bent over doing chores.
This is quite a heavy trailer.
Graeme believes Stanley's being naughty to get attention.
Any opportunity, really.
Because he thinks Owen and Cathy enjoy the contact.
The key to turning him off...
remove the pleasure...
Stanley!
..and replace with reward when he keeps his paws to himself.
If he goes, "Ooh, I think I will." It's like, "No, no." Right?
He backs off. We praise him.
So, the one skill you need here
is kind of like one eye on the trailer,
but be aware of what he's doing out your peripheral vision.
Right, give it a little pull. Good lad.
Little pull. Good lad. OK.
See what I mean? Yeah.
So, it's like every time I do it, you do nothing...
With Stanley about...
Off you go. OK. Best of luck. Thank you very much.
..Owen's going to need eyes in the back of his head.
Keep an eye on him.
Every time Stanley tries it on,
Owen needs to turn the cold tap on his randy advances
with a frosty "no".
No.
Then warm reward...
Good boy, good lad. Good boy.
..for keeping his paws to himself.
Keep an eye on him.
But teaching Stanley no means no...
Ah! Ah! No. No. No.
..is easier said than done.
Right, next time you do that, the "good boys",
slow them down for me, Owen.
Because that was like... QUICKLY: "Good boy, good boy." Yes.
You got away with it.
But it'd be better if it was like... SLOWLY: "Good lad."
If at first you don't succeed...
Wait, whoa, whoa. Here you go.
No, no, no. Good lad. Good boy.
..try...
And again. ..try...
You've got to be a little bit firmer than that. No.
..try again.
Wait for it. Look, he's looking at you.
Good boy. There you go.
Good boy, good lad.
Slow. Slowly, slowly, though.
Good boy. Good boy.
When you tell him no, I don't want you to be shouty and nasty.
But assertive. Yeah.
And the praise needs to be... SLOWLY: "Good boy."
Calm, calm.
If you stretch the words out. SLOWLY: "Good boy."
It will sound calmer.
If you make it shorter and staccato...
QUICKLY: "Good boy, good boy, good boy."
You know? GEORDIE ACCENT: "Calm down."
GRAEME LAUGHS Yeah!
Owen's been well briefed,
but has giving Stanley the cold shoulder finally sunk in?
This time, he'll have two targets.
There you are. There's two of us doing it now.
There we go.
Good boy. Well done. Good boy.
That's it.
Ugh! Tell him. No.
No!
A simple but firm "no"... Well done.
..turns Stanley off. Good boy.
He's learning to get over his hump.
Good boy.
And warm praise reinforces keeping his paws to himself.
Good boy.
You realise, by the way, I'm getting you to shuffle your bum
towards him and he's not doing it.
Go on, then.
No!
Good boy.
Oh, I think we're nearly there. There you go. We can go there.
With Stanley seeming to understand what no means...
Good lad.
..has Owen put an end to his amorous advances?
Right. Let's go inside.
There's only one way to test it...
..Cathy slipping into something a little more comfortable.
Stanley's favourite number.
Good boy.
No.
Correct him now. No.
No. He's gonna let go, ain't he?
Good boy, good boy.
All right. Well, that's very good.
Good boy. Good boy.
No.
Good boy.
Why don't you do a little walk up and down for us?
Marvellous. Hey, that's nice, innit? Look at that.
And again. There you go.
Cathy is modelling a very fetching dressing gown with animals on it.
There we go. Marvellous.
GRAEME LAUGHS
There you go. Good boy.
Total transformation.
He hasn't even bothered to get up now, has he? No.
Good boy.
For the first time ever, Cathy is able to calmly
move around the house without Stanley trying it on.
Good boy.
It was really good. I think we've turned a corner. Fabulous.
So, what difference is this going to make, then?
You'll be able to walk freely into our house,
and hopefully we'll be able to walk freely around.
All around. Downstairs. Yeah.
And, for Dotty,
I think it's going to make all the difference, isn't it?
Yeah. Yeah.
Just an amazing experience all around for me.
It's gonna have a massive impact on our lives.
And the children's, specifically Dotty's as well,
because she loves him.
Um, but it's going to have a huge impact on Stanley
because when we go out, he's going to be able to come with us
and be part of the family.
When I first came here, I kind of met a lovely family
who were struggling with a dog who had lost his way.
So, end result, happy family, I think.
Better life for him. He'll be more included in all of it.
We've turned chaos into harmony, I suppose you could say.
With Stanley hopefully giving humping the heave-ho...
Graeme's on his way to meet another family
whose chippy Chihuahua is driving a wedge between mother and daughter.
I'm in Lowestoft today, in Suffolk.
It's the most easterly town in Britain.
And I'm here to see a lady called Steph... Stephanie.
Um, she's got a Chihuahua
and he's causing quite a lot of trouble in the house,
possibly more for the rest of the family than it is for her.
BARKING
Blimey. I take it that's Bailey, then.
Morning. Morning. Lovely to meet you. And you.
Shall I come in? Come through. Ta.
This is Stephanie.
Hello. Nice... Oh, nice to meet you, darling.
Oh, hello.
This is Jeffrey. Jeffrey.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Hello.
And that's Bailey.
I thought that might be the offending article.
Bailey. Hello. BARKS
Right. OK. No problem.
So, whose dog is Bailey?
He's very barky.
THEY LAUGH
Stephanie got Bailey almost four years ago
after her health deteriorated.
You're being good boy, aren't you?
And was left with serious mobility issues.
JENNY: Bailey, please!
A decision Stephanie's parents are regretting.
We've never had a dog before.
But because Stephanie's had such a rough time,
unfortunately we gave in.
Continuously barks.
Doorbell goes, up the window, growling and barking.
BARKS, GROWLS
Stephanie may not be able to hear the chaos,
but for her mum his very bad behaviour...
Ouch!
Stop it!
..is loud and clear.
It stresses me out so much.
I did say to Stephanie, I'm going to have to get rid of him.
I think that would break her heart and I can't do it.
But I can't put up with this noise.
BARKING
He won't let anybody in. Right.
I haven't seen my sister for a year, in the house. Really?
Vicious, yeah.
I see you have some mobility issues.
Before the mobility problems, you were working?
Right.
Come on.
That's a good boy. There you go. Ooh, this is good.
Boy... YAPS
No, no.
Yeah. JENNY: Naughty!
BAILEY GROWLS Come here.
GROWLS "No, I don't wanna come there."
No. Bailey!
BARKS I never moved.
Why is he biting you? Yeah.
He's not... GROWLS AND BARKS
JENNY SNIFFLES
Hey, it's all right. Hey. Are you OK?
He's not doing anything to you.
Yeah. Oh, blimey. What are you thinking, Jen?
It just frightens me. It frightens you? OK. Yeah.
Oh, were you?
I like him, but I can't put up with that noise.
And if it continues, I've said to her,
if we can't cure it, he's going to have to go. Oh, right.
Because I just can't put up with it any longer. Right.
If you did rehome him, what would that be like?
Right.
Yeah. Yeah.
Cor, there's a lot going on here, isn't there?
Bailey's behaviour's affecting everybody in this family,
but in different ways.
Clearly, it affects Steph, although she says herself
that the barking doesn't bother her as much.
Her mum is really badly affected.
When he barks, I've never seen somebody jump out of their skin
quite like that.
So, if he stays the way he is, it's really affecting Jenny.
If he was to go, I don't know what happens to Steph.
Still to come,
are Mark's once marauding doggie pirates... Enough!
..obeying their captain's orders?
Would you like to come through?
And can Graeme tame this tiny terror?
We're giving that word, "no", a bit of power.
And find a way for Bailey, Stephanie, and mum Jenny,
to live peacefully under one roof.
Bailey!
Today, Graeme's in Suffolk to help Stephanie and her mum Jenny
with their chippy Chihuahua, Bailey.
No, no, no!
While Stephanie relies on Bailey as a companion...
BARKS ..her mother is petrified.
Hey. Are you OK? It just frightens me.
And his non-stop noise... Naughty!
..is driving a wedge between them.
Stop it!
I think, if you didn't know dogs, you would look at Bailey
and perhaps be a little bit confused
because he comes forward like a lion sometimes.
He's wagging his tail,
which most people associate with being happy,
but the clues are really... he's actually going backwards.
This is a nervous dog.
No, no!
Graeme believes Bailey's fear is fuelled by Jenny's fear of him.
But if she can learn to confidently embrace being a dog owner,
he'll feel less stressed around strangers.
I'm going to bring somebody in in a minute. Who's, uh...
Well, he's a member of the crew. His name is Felix,
and despite being named after a cat, he's quite good with dogs.
So, uh, I don't know what he'll do. He might bark.
Key to nipping Bailey's noise in the bud
is to confidently remove him from the situation
until he sees sense.
Right. We'll call in the victim, then. Right.
Felix, would you like to come through?
To begin with, Felix will simply sit alongside the family.
STEPHANIE: Good, good boy, now.
It's a good start.
Jenny is calm, and so is Bailey.
I'm gonna get him to stand up, move around. All right?
If he reacts, very clear, "No." No.
And you're going to take him out. Take him out.
All right, mate. Feeling brave?
Yeah. Yeah. Go on, then.
As soon as Felix stands...
Oh, no. ..Bailey finds his voice.
OK. Take him out.
So, in effect, we've said, "Right, that was your verbal warning.
"You had a chance. You messed up, so you're out."
We're giving that word, "no", a bit of power.
Right, I think we can bring him back in, please. Come on, then.
Good lad.
Would you like to mooch about, please?
No, no. BAILEY GRUMBLES
This time, Bailey keeps his discontent to a murmur.
No. No.
Right. No.
And Jenny reinforces any peace and quiet...
Good boy. ..with praise.
Good boy, Bailey.
Well, this is good,
but what I'm going to do now is ask him to leave the room,
come back in. Then we'll see what happens, won't we?
Oh, yes. All right? Yeah.
Thank you very much. If you'd like to leave the room, please.
Bailey voices his objection.
BARKS No, no. No.
But Jenny is quick to quieten him.
Good. Good boy.
OK, Felix, come back in and start mooching for us.
Oh. That's good. And just stop for a sec.
BARKS No. No. No.
Bailey. No!
Right. Hang on.
Oh, OK. Good boy.
No.
Good boy.
There's a good boy, Bailey.
That's good. Because one or two little grumbles, that's all.
Not barking.
Very good. He's never done that before.
Right. What, with a person coming in?
Yeah. Not since we've had him. Nobody ever.
Less of the strange.
THEY LAUGH
But you're right. It's great. Two strangers in the house.
But, for me, it doesn't look as though he wants to escape. No.
But how will Bailey fare when Felix gets up close
to his beloved mum Stephanie?
Right, Felix, come in here, mate.
So... Good boy.
BARKS
No. no! Bailey! No!
Jenny confidently keeps him under control.
Right. And he's stopped.
Good boy. Well done.
Now you're cooking with gas. Yeah. Good boy.
This once anxious little barker...
..is now much more relaxed around strangers.
Good boy.
But before he leaves, Graeme wants to see
if Jenny can handle the heat on her own.
You keep practising. I'm going to step out of the room.
Final test. Can you do it on your own?
All right. Yeah.
Good boy.
This time...
..there's not a peep from Bailey.
Good boy, Bailey. Good boy.
Good boy.
Hey, I didn't hear any barking.
How do you feel?
Yeah. Happy, impressed.
I didn't think, erm, it'd be that quiet.
How does that feel?
GRAEME LAUGHS Yeah.
If you work together, he'll be a different dog in no time.
We've seen quite a transformation this afternoon.
So, uh, keep it up.
So pleased with the outcome at the moment.
Yes. Definitely. Yes.
He's staying with us.
I'll be honest, I'm a bit relieved
because I thought the stakes were very high here.
But he's got a home for life.
In Cornwall...
Walking the two boys.
Sadly, I can't take Mooki with me due to health issues.
But the boys, what I can do now is control them better.
So, a huge thank you from me.
In East Yorkshire...
In regards to Stanley's humping, he's very much a work in progress,
but there's light at the end of the tunnel.
And in Suffolk,
peace finally reigns for Stephanie and her mum.
And I'm feeling much more relaxed with Bailey.
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