Dogs In The City (2012) s01e02 Episode Script
He Barks And He Barks And He Barks
1 There's 80 million dogs in America One in eight New Yorkers owns a dog.
Titus, come here, big handsome.
That's one and a half million dogs.
Which means there's going to be some problems.
Oh, no! That's where I come in.
I'm Justin Silver.
They call me the Dog Guru.
All right, let's get started right now.
I've been working with dogs and their owners for nearly ten years.
Watch his feet, watch my feet.
Just walk, they're going to follow you.
Walk.
Good girl.
And believe me, I've seen every problem you can imagine.
- Stubborn - No, that way.
Difficult - Spoiled - Oh, my God Demanding.
And that's just the owners.
- Okay, now you're going to hate me.
- Now? I mean, the truth is, when I'm training dogs, I'm training owners.
I don't want him to bark.
I didn't ask what you don't want him to do, I asked what you want him to do.
You never get past the introduction because you're worried about the flare-up.
Up! Good boy! Bottom line, my job is to make life with dogs in the city a whole lot easier.
Walk.
You see how she starts to just fall into a rhythm with you? If there's one language I speak fluently, it's canine.
This stuff ends today.
What can I say? I speak dog.
What? Oh, my handsome dog trainer Any breed, anytime, anywhere.
Come.
When it comes to dogs, I've got this city covered.
Tonight, a back injury forces beloved police dog Riley into retirement.
- Kind of bittersweet, huh? - Yeah.
Those guys have been paired up for seven years.
And the family is scared to let the new dog into the house.
- An Upper East Side mom - Nice room! - must choose between her bulldog - Valentina is my little princess.
And her baby - And a family of four lives in fear.
- Relax.
When he bites you, he makes you bleed.
I felt bad for the kids.
They were scared.
Dogs in the city Season 1 Episode 2 So today, I'm headed upstate to Middletown, New York, which means I take care of dog clients as far as I can travel.
I'm meeting a canine cop named Kevin and his police dogs Riley and Nicky.
I've trained lots of working dogs.
I love working with police dogs.
Stay, stay.
I'm really anxious to see how I can apply my own techniques - to help Kevin and his family.
- Stay.
Hey! This is Riley.
- Oh, what a beauty, man.
- Yeah, he's a good boy.
- This is Justin.
That's my son Nathan.
- Nice to meet you.
Being a canine cop, you take the dog home at night, so the dog becomes an integrated part of your family.
His career extends all the way into his home.
So tell me a little bit about this one and you and what's going on? This guy, is going to be retiring soon, due to, he's got three blown discs in his back.
- Really? - Yep, yep.
And, they want to make sure that he doesn't get, you know, hurt anymore, so they allowed me to get another dog.
and, retire him earlier.
Just like a human athlete, a dog that's been as active as this dog, their bodies break down.
Kevin doesn't want to see this dog work himself to death.
And he's right; it's time for this dog to slow down.
- How long have you been a police officer? - 12 years now.
So how long did you have human partners for? He's my first partner which, you know, is awesome.
- What a special guy, man.
- Yeah.
And so, he's been your partner pretty much the whole time - that you've been in this unit.
- Yep.
There's no bond that's as strong as a canine partner, between him and his dog.
Riley is going to be retiring and is having a hard time adjusting to the life of retirement.
And so now, big transition for you.
Yeah, it is.
Got the new guy in now.
And, trying to make the two alpha males get together - Right - And coexist is the key.
You know, he's still, my, my guy.
I want to make sure he knows that.
But I also have to integrate my new guy to get socialized with my family, as well.
Maybe one of the things we can talk about, then, is, you becoming a little bit more active in his life while your dad starts working with your new guy.
Would that be cool? Yeah? Nathan loves Riley, but he's a little reluctant to get involved because he views Riley as his dad's dog, not his dog.
I'd really like to see that change.
There are two issues at hand.
Number one: integrating Nicky, the new dog, into the family, and introducing them to the other dogs.
- I know, boy.
I know - There it is.
He's ready to go.
And issue number two, Riley transitioning into an active retirement.
This police dog goes to work every day and can't do that anymore.
You can see that he's, like,"What am I supposed to do now? This is what we do.
" "I jump in the back of the cop car and we go catch criminals, and we go do what we're supposed to do-- what's going on?" I know, boy, I'm sorry.
Riley knows where I'm going.
He can smell the clothes.
He knows what this means.
He thinks he's going when he's not.
- We'll figure out a solution for that.
- Yeah, good, good.
- All right, want to go see the new guy? - Yeah, I do.
- Nope, nope - Stay.
Stay.
We'll be back for you, big boy.
We'll be back.
Stay.
Good boy.
Good boy.
I'm sorry, boy.
I'm sorry.
- Ah, your new partner.
- Yep.
- Nicky, sit - So he stays out here? - Yeah.
For now.
- He sleeps out here? Yeah, for now.
I'm keeping 'em separated.
Nicky hasn't been socialized with other dogs yet.
Yeah, he's a good boy.
This dog is still in training.
It's very young.
- He's amped up.
- Yeah.
But that's what we want.
That's what we're looking for.
But I still want the sociability, obviously, because, you know, I'm family's, you know, very important to me.
Nicky can't be aggressive toward the kids.
We don't know what his aggression level is with other dogs.
- Good boy.
- Oh, he's fast, dude.
Malinois are known just for their speed and they love to bite.
Now that I've met Nicky, who's just amped up to go training, and I met Riley, who goes nuts when he can't go training, I want to see what the training's all about.
- Can we go to the training facility? - Sure.
Let's do it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- All right.
- Nice, my man.
There's a lot weighing on my shoulders.
I didn't realize that I was actually being called to solve two dog issues today.
Nicky, let's go to work, buddy.
I want to give Riley a sense of purpose in life.
Want to go to work? Huh? I also want to see Nicky become a part of this family and get socialized with the other dogs.
So that's my goal, to help Kevin do that.
Come on, boy.
Come on.
- So this is the training facility.
- Yep.
In order to socialize Nicky and bring him into the Halsey family, I really wanted to see the way he was trained.
So I asked for a demonstration.
- He's amped up.
- Yeah, he's ready to go.
Watching him work will influence the way I train him at home.
We'll hide somebody in these boxes.
We teach him to find human odors through checking seams in the boxes.
We'll give whoever is in these boxes a verbal command that we're coming.
His job is to go warn us.
This is Town of Warwick Police Department.
You are under arrest.
So now, I'm going to release my dog.
Sit.
Check here? Good check.
Check.
Good.
Oh, he's got it.
- Ah, that's the one.
- See the, see the change? Yeah.
Bad man, get out of that box.
Oh, yeah, he found him.
Good boy, Nicky.
And his reward? - He gets to bite.
- That's his toy.
And it's cool 'cause you can handle him while he's biting.
There's no aggression in this.
This is a game for him.
The key part of this whole thing was he found a bad guy and he let me know.
It's a lot of fun for them.
This is a big game.
Seeing Nicky train, seeing how these dogs are motivated, it really lets me know where the dog's at, and it give me an idea in my head about how I want to go about training him.
That no.
Bad.
This is his toy, right? I'm just saying, right just now you were holding this over the baby.
65-pound bulldogs and infants don't really play the same way.
You see what I'm saying? Nice place.
I'm headed over to the very lavish Carlyle Hotel to meet with Jessica and her bulldog Valentina.
Gorda! I'm Jessica, and I have a beautiful, beautiful baby dog.
Her name is Valentina.
Te llamo.
That face.
And the way she walks, the way she moves her hips like a Latina.
You're a princess.
Yes, you are.
Valentina is Queen of the Carlyle.
She is admired and welcomed in every store here in New York.
She's the only dog allowed in certain restaurants.
Te llamo.
Gorditalina.
From the very beginning, it was all about Valentina.
Dressing her up-- I love to see her dressed up.
Oh, your tutu.
And I just had a baby.
He's five months old.
His name is Liam.
I don't know for sure if she's depressed.
Maybe she's jealous of the baby.
I don't want Valentina to feel any major changes in her life.
So I want Justin to really help us go through this transition.
I want him to tell me what to do.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi, I'm Jessica.
- Nice to meet you.
And this is Liam.
- Oh, my goodness! Hi, baby! What a cutie.
- And this is Valentina.
- Hi, Valentina.
She's the princess.
- She's the princess? - Of course.
Oh, my God.
Nice tutu.
And my friend Sarah.
She just came to see Liam.
- Oh, hi, Sarah.
- And Valentina, of course.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi, so nice to meet you.
She's the princess, you're the what? Uh, the pea.
I don't know.
No.
- How old is he? - He's five months.
- Handsome boy.
- Thank you.
- I got to get one of those.
- Yeah, you should.
I've only got those.
I don't have any of those yet.
Be careful how you do that transition because it hurts them, I feel, a little.
It hurts who? The dog? I mean, emotionally, you know? A little.
Yeah, I have the feeling that the reason I'm here is because Jessica's friends are kind of like, "Hey, you know, you're a little off.
You may want to talk to somebody.
" - Do you notice it's a little bit chilly in here? - Yeah, it's freezing.
Yeah, that's for her.
This breed has to be in cool temperatures.
The baby's in a sweater adjusting to Valentina's room temperature? Actually, it's also good for the baby.
Babies don't like to be cold; I was like, "This is crazy.
" And I'm feeding her the special food.
- What special food? - Some pate.
Jessica herself leads a very fabulous life, and I think that she just wants to give that kind of life to her dog.
Valentina lives a life better than many people in New York City.
I don't eat pate.
This is the situation.
When we got Valentina, we started treating her like a baby.
Like a real baby.
And now, that we have a human baby, I think it's not fair to her to start treating her like a dog.
So, that's basically what's going on.
You think it's not fair for you to start treating her like a dog now.
- Yeah.
- Well, she is a dog.
- But not a dog.
- What do you mean "not a dog.
" Wh-What's this? What's this, "a dog"? Like a regular dog.
Like a regular dog.
Like they live outside, and they, you know Whatever.
People in my country have dogs.
- The dog just stays out in the yard.
- You don't want her being treated like a farm animal.
I'm from Colombia.
In Latin America, people usually keep their pets in the backyard.
I I-I don't get it.
So, here's farm animal, here's Valentina de Principessa who eats pate.
So, somewhere in the middle is a balance.
Right? Jessica has this idea that Valentina is a human baby.
I know she knows it's not a human being, but now Liam's come into the picture, and she's thinking that the two are supposed to play together like twins.
That's bad because 65-pound bulldogs and infants don't really play the same way.
- Okay, hold on.
- She wants that.
Yeah, I'm sure she wants this.
That's Liam's toy.
Let me see that.
Okay, so he's playing with this, and she rips this up.
What's her interaction with other dogs? Not much.
No, Valentina.
You see this? Right just now, you were holding this over the baby.
- Right? - Yeah.
- But you see, right? - Yeah.
When I saw the dog attacking the doll, I wasn't shocked.
I was, like, "Yeah, that's what dogs do with furry little dog toys.
" - I just put Liam to bed.
- Okay, good.
- He's gonna be all right in there? - Yeah, he's gonna be My suggestion is that I get the dog out of here and teach it how to be a dog again because then Jessica will begin to see it as a dog.
She doesn't like other dogs.
I don't think we know that 'cause I don't think she's really been allowed to run around with them and play with them and kind of bang around with them enough to know that.
Valentina wants to be a dog, and so I want to give her that opportunity, and hopefully Jessica will see how happy Valentina can be when she's allowed to be a dog.
I understand that she's your princess, but she's not a baby.
- She is.
- What? She's not, though.
She's not a baby.
She's not a person; she's a dog.
Do you disagree? If there's a way that we can make this transition more smooth for Valentina, then I'm in.
Okay.
I'm on my way down to the financial district to meet up with Adam and Dominique Carmoega.
They've got two young boys.
Adam, Jr.
, and Matthew, and an aggressive terrier mix named Oreo.
Oreo, come on, go.
Go over there.
Go over there.
What'd I say? Stop that.
There's my guy.
- How's it going? - Hi.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi.
Dominique.
- Dominique, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Thank you so much for coming.
- And this is the monster-- Oreo.
- It is, it is.
So what goes on? He runs the whole house.
- He runs the whole house? - He runs the whole house.
- This little 14-pound thing? - Yep.
Oreo has definitely affected our family.
Stop it.
No.
I can't even go to sleep on my own bed.
You're bad.
I have to bribe him with a treat for him to get off my bed in order for me to climb on my bed.
He's very domineering.
No.
What did I say? Oreo, shh.
Stop it.
- No.
Sit down.
- Quiet down.
He barks, he barks, and he barks, and he barks.
No.
You can't go to the bathroom, you can't leave.
As soon as you grab the keys, he's guarding the door.
My kids can't even play with the dog.
Stop.
No.
Oreo, no.
Oreo And I'm just scared one day he's gonna bite their face.
That's the last thing I need.
- You're walking on eggshells in your own house, dude.
- Yes.
He is.
There's times where she will pick him up, and when I want to give my wife a kiss, that's impossible.
He'll bite me.
I'll show you; come here.
- Okay.
- He doesn't like that immediately.
I'm leaving; give me a kiss.
- Can I give my wife a kiss, please? - Can I give Daddy a kiss? I I feel bad for the kids; they were scared.
It was really heartbreaking for me because I love dogs, and kids should love dogs.
Kids should have great experiences with dogs.
We And We I'm here to help Mommy and Daddy so that Oreo doesn't bark anymore and he doesn't scare you anymore.
Oreo really shouldn't be in the house anymore.
Some children have biting issues.
You're not just gonna give away your child, and to me, Oreo is my child.
He's my naughty child that needs help.
He's like a mama's boy.
When she's not here - He's the perfect dog.
- Got it.
- It's my fault, right? - I got it; I'm not saying you're the bad one here.
That's not what I'm saying.
- I know it's me.
- It's not ever one party's fault.
- There's a dynamic.
Okay? - Okay.
It the dynamic.
He was my little baby, and I still like to think of him as my little baby.
My little fresh baby.
I try to discipline the dog, and she gives him treats.
The treat is the only thing that could distract him.
I just want peace at that point.
- So, you negotiate with him all the time.
- Yes.
You try to discipline him.
I'll take like a, like, some newspaper, you know, roll it up, just to give him a little spank.
If it's up to him, he's gonna yell at it and whack it with a newspaper, which is bad for the dog.
This is a perfect example of how people just don't communicate to their dog.
If he's acting out because you've never shown him what you want him to do, and then we just expect him to know, and then you punish him - You wouldn't teach these guys that way, right? - No.
The dog has no discipline because they don't apply any discipline to its life.
They're either yelling at it or negotiating with it.
So, normally, this is just constant.
What do you want him to do when the doorbell rings? - I don't want him to bark.
- That's not a what do you want him to do? I'm gonna ask you again.
What do you want him to do when the doorbell rings? - What do I want him to do? - So, you don't know.
- No.
- Good.
- I don't know.
- Good.
- So we can start there.
- Okay.
This dog isn't bad.
The dog isn't acting out.
The dog is acting in accordance with what they've communicated to it.
How much exercise does he get? Now, he probably only goes out once a day.
- For how long? - Ten, 15 minutes.
Ten to 15 minutes? We really don't have too much time on our hands.
Well, part of having dogs in New York is we don't have backyards.
And this dog's got a lot pent up.
He needs to burn it.
I am going to take him for a walk.
I want to spend some time one-on-one with him.
- Okay.
Good luck.
- Don't worry about it.
I don't need luck.
I just wanted to get you out of there for a little bit; It's like a madhouse, right? I got to be honest, I feel bad for you, I really do.
But, you know, you got to take a little bit of responsibility here.
She's holding you, and you're going nuts on him? That's crazy, man.
I don't even need to hear your side of it; I-I get it all.
"I'm protecting Mommy.
Adam startles me; The kids don't pet me right.
" I mean, I'll straighten them out, but here's the deal.
There's a new sheriff in town, and you're looking at him.
Don't give me the snarl.
The days of Oreo's reign is over.
Let's go.
You're named after a cookie.
You're not that intimidating.
Hi.
We're back.
I had a good time with him.
I learned a lot about this dog.
He's a good boy.
So, here's the deal.
I'm gonna come back.
- And I want to spend a day with you two, okay? - Definitely.
Let's get a sitter for the kids so we can work together and focus on him, focus on changing some habits.
Get the communication going between you two.
Get on the same page as far as what we're doing with him.
- I'm gonna see you guys later this week.
- All right.
Let's No Yes Heel.
I'm headed out to the Halseys' to meet Nicky and Riley.
I got a really good sense of the way Nicky behaves at work, which is gonna help me socialize him with Riley in a safe way.
Nicky and Riley have never been face to face without the protection of the kennel, so there's a good chance we might see aggression.
Because of that, I brought my dog Chiquita to test the waters.
This is Chiquita.
I know Chiquita so well, so I can anticipate how she's gonna react to Nicky.
That way I can focus on Nicky more.
This is the first step in socialization.
Keep him right there; Let him just see her.
Let him just see.
There you go.
We know he's got all that aggression.
Let him just see that she's not a threat.
What we want to see is the dogs at play, not aggression.
We'll just let 'em dance a little bit.
The tricky part is that sometimes play and aggression look very similar.
She's saying what she's comfortable with.
And it takes an expert eye to know the difference.
There we go! That's all play.
Now he respects her, you see that? This is all good.
- Nicky passed the first test with Chiquita.
- That's a good boy, Nicky! But an even bigger test is still to come.
- Ready to introduce these two? - Sure! I was concerned bringing Riley for the first time to meet Nicky.
You really can only guess what they're gonna do, but you're never 100% sure.
Let them meet.
Nicky and Riley are two alpha dogs, so you have to be very careful when you introduce them, because you could have major aggression problems.
Anything could happen.
- Let 'em loosen up.
- Easy, boy, easy.
- Everybody's in good spirits.
- Let 'em make a family.
And then this'll start to translate into the house.
It was a little awkward for everybody at first, but that's the beginning of training.
These dogs are gonna have to learn to live together.
- We're making a family.
- Big, happy family.
Look at this.
I feel really good about Nicky and Riley's new relationship.
Now I want to make sure Riley has a new purpose in his retirement.
So now I want to work with Michelle and Nate to see how they can take a more active role in Riley's life.
I feel bad when Kevin's going to work.
Riley just waits by the door, and it breaks my heart to see him being left behind.
Don't feel so bad for him.
I'm not so concerned about the few moments where you leave the house, if he's scratching at the door, if he's got other things that replace that in his life.
He doesn't care if he's apprehending criminals, or if he's fetching the ball.
He doesn't know the difference.
It's just as satisfying for him.
The best thing for him is teaching this guy how to be the new master for him.
Because police dogs are trained to only take orders from their handlers, no one in the house has ever been allowed to train Riley like this before.
It's your turn to work with him.
You gotta learn all those commands from Dad.
- How's that sound? - Good.
All the pieces of this family puzzle are moving around, and everybody needs to figure out what their new jobs are.
- How we doing? - Good.
- Everything working out? - Here's the interesting thing.
As Nicky steps into his role with you, Nate should be stepping into your role with him.
What's the list of commands he knows? I want to show you, and then I want you to do it.
Riley, come.
Always reinforce what you want him to do.
Sit.
Just like that.
Go ahead.
Tell him to come.
Come.
Riley, come.
Sit.
- Stay.
- Throw it for him.
- There you go.
- Good boy! When I saw Nathan and Riley playing together, it made me feel good, that Riley will be happy staying home.
Now Riley has a new purpose, and Nicky and Riley can begin to work on co-existing together in the same family.
We have sit, down, heel, come - Stay.
- Stay.
Nathan taking over with Riley's gonna help me out a lot.
It's going to be an adjustment period, but, I'm glad Justin came to help these dogs and all of us get together as one big pack.
Well Later on this week, Riley will be taking his last patrol.
You're always welcome to come join us and go on a ride with us, for his last time.
- I would abs I would love that.
- All right.
- I've never done that before.
- No? I would absolutely love that.
Getting to do a ride-along with a canine cop, especially on his last patrol, is really exciting for me.
Not everybody gets a chance to do something like this.
- All right, I appreciate it.
Thank you.
- All right, man.
I had a great time.
Whenever I'm able to come and help somebody out the way I worked with Kevin and his family today, it feels so rewarding.
It's such an unbelievable feeling, and that's the reason that I do this.
I'm downtown at South Street Seaport, at the Fetch Club.
I brought Pacino with me.
We're gonna have a little fun play date with Valentina.
Because Valentina doesn't know what it means to be a dog.
Thank you.
Vente, mi amor.
Oh, boy.
Jessica rolls up.
Exactly as I expected, Valentina is wearing a dress, like she's going to the debutante's ball.
Who's this handsome boy over here? How are you? Nice to see you.
- This is Pacino.
- Hey, Pacino.
How are you? I'm gonna take these two for a play date.
- Where? - The Fetch Club.
- I'm gonna take her to have a little fun today.
All right? - But okay.
Is that okay? You know, Valentina's not gonna loosen up around Jessica.
She's so used to being babied by her.
I wanted her to leave that at home.
She's gonna have a good time.
I'll call you when we're done.
I feel a little concerned and nervous.
Can I can I just take a peek? She's such a little diva, and a little princess.
You don't worry.
I'm not going to do anything that would ever hurt her.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- So where you going? - I just want to check it out.
No, you go there.
I I-I I wish I could, like, peek through a hole, and see her.
- Take good care of her.
- I will.
- Ciao, mi amor.
- Babies! Come on.
Okay.
Valentina! Look at this! I brought Valentina to Fetch Club because I didn't want to overwhelm her in a park with lots of other dogs, and lots of dog owners.
She doesn't know how to have fun.
Come here.
First thing we take you out of your little tutu.
You're going to be a dog today.
Oh come here.
So here's my plan for the dog: I want to introduce her to my big, handsome pit bull Pacino, let them be dogs again so all that energy gets focused in its rightful place.
She doesn't know how to play.
That penthouse really messed you up, huh? Say, "I'm so used to being a person, I forgot how to be a dog.
" Don't be so scared.
Come on.
Come here.
What's that? You could see how Valentina is not used to being in an environment that is just catered to dog fun as opposed to people fun.
There we go.
Come on.
This is going to take some time for her.
Valentina has been up in that hotel room, dressed like a Barbie doll Look how much fun they have.
Being treated like a little person for so long, it's going to take some time for her to adjust.
Come here.
You want to come swimming? So I don't expect her to just go from black to white.
There's gonna be a gradual change.
Don't be scared.
You're busy living in a bubble in that penthouse.
Come on.
Get a little messy.
And I could see her starting to open up.
What a good girl! You see that? What's it like, being a dog? It's better than wearing a dress, right? Go ahead.
Go in there.
Aw, see? Look how good we did, huh? Everybody in the pool together.
Give me big kisses.
Give me big kisses.
What's it feel like to be a dog again? Huh? Feels pretty good, right? There you go.
When I saw Valentina, my heart stopped for a second.
Did you miss me? I was going crazy.
- I took her swimming.
- No! She doesn't know how to swim.
She was great.
She was.
She needs to learn how to play, and be a dog.
That's the point.
- Did she like the other dog? - Yeah! She had so much fun.
I was very relieved.
That's a huge step forward.
You can dress her up in tutus, but I also want you to teach her how to be a dog.
I set up an appointment at the groomer, 'cause I know you'd have an anxiety attack because she's a little wet.
All right, let's go wash her off now, all right? There you go, good girl.
Now this, I see, is not not cold enough for her.
To be dead honest, Valentina adjusting to being a dog again isn't gonna take that long.
Good girl.
Jessica adjusting to the idea of Valentina being a dog again is going to take forever.
Let's do this.
So I wanted to get her away a little bit, so she could practice a little bit of separation from you first.
Why are you so reluctant still? - It's a lot of changes.
- Right.
Well, you're going through a lot of changes right now.
I just had a baby.
- Oh, congratulations! - A human baby.
I just want to implement some new things for her - so you don't feel so pulled apart.
- Okay.
- So what do you think? - This was fun.
I learned that Valentina needs her own life aside from mine, and aside from the baby's.
So we got a good start on this situation, but it's super important for Jessica to listen to me and to let Valentina get outside of her comfort zone.
She's going to be fine.
For the safety of your kids, I gotta put my man on top.
Sorry.
It's a beautiful day in Manhattan.
I'm going downtown to Wall Street to go meet up with Adam, Dominique, and work with Oreo.
- What's u kids? - Hi! - Hey, Justin.
- How you doing? - How are you? - How are you? Great, thank you.
Oreo has a lot of pent-up energy, because he only gets walked 15 minutes a day.
That builds up as frustration and it caters to his aggression, so if they get him more exercise, it will go a long way toward working out that issue.
The kids are with their grandma.
- Okay.
Okay, good.
- For today.
Let's get us just all on the same page - and then it'll be easier, we'll get the kids back into the picture.
- Sounds good.
- Let's take this guy for a walk.
- Okay.
- Come on, Oreo.
- Come on, bud.
- I suspect that he's aggressive with other dogs when you're walking? - Very much.
Yes, he he would never walk with other dogs.
- Want to bet? - Oh, goodness! I got $80 saying I get him to walk with other dogs.
- What do you got? - Adam, be careful, he's good.
So knowing that I was going to work with dog aggression issues, I had one of my handlers bring Chiquita, Pacino, and Ray to work with Oreo.
I want to see how he reacts to dogs normally, the way you do it.
I'm gonna stand back.
All right? Hi.
Hi.
Who is that? Dominique, take both leashes.
Take both leashes.
Come on, girl.
Every time.
The reason that Oreo was more relaxed is because he didn't feel the burden of being the leader in that situation.
This is amazing, Oreo.
You're making friends.
Let's bring the dog by our side, and let the human beings lead the walk, not the dog.
- Feel the rhythm? - Yes.
When he walks ahead of you, he thinks it's his job to lead and protect.
We relieved him of duty a little bit.
Usually, when we go out for a walk with Oreo, he's usually pulling me and leading the way.
Today, I was amazed that he actually let me lead.
You and Oreo, up top, and then everybody else is sort of Beneath that? - Okay, so you said it.
- I did.
- I'd rather Adam walk him for right now.
- Okay.
Here you go.
So, keep him on one side of you.
Right there.
- He's doing good.
- This is great.
I don't think this ever happened before.
Oreo, are you smiling? They smile physically with their mouths a little bit.
- This is happy dog.
- Yeah, yeah.
Just because we walked on some of the problems outside, that's gonna translate a little bit, but the majority of their issues were in the house.
Okay, so now we have the in-the-house problems.
Oreo rules the roost in there.
He does whatever he wants.
The problem doesn't lie in the dog.
The problem lies in the people.
Can I get him off the couch right now? Get down.
Come on.
- Tell him off the couch.
- Oreo, off the couch, come on.
Here we go.
You told him to do something; he's not doing it.
This is more like, "I don't have to listen to anybody in this house," right? Show me what normally happens now.
Watch this.
Come on, get down.
Go ahead, reach for her.
What happens? There we go.
You see that? Oreo's been put in the guardian role.
For example, when Dominique holds him, he thinks it's his job to protect her from Adam and the kids.
Come over here.
Send him off the couch, please.
Oreo, come on.
Get down.
Let's go.
Get down.
Let's go.
Off.
Okay, thank you.
You see how easily he can get him off the couch? Adam, send him off the couch.
Come on, get down.
Problem solved.
Oreo is highly agitated because he's been put in the position of leadership.
So he thinks he needs to defend Dominique.
Adam needs to assume the role of the leader so that Oreo can go back to being the dog.
From now on, I'm gonna say that Adam sets the tone and the rules in this house.
- Remember we talked about the pyramid? - The pyramid.
I gotta put my man on top for the safety of your kids.
- But this is - I'm sorry.
What's the matter? Oh, I just Because I get emotional when it comes to him.
Like, I feel bad.
He wants me to nurture him, and I feel like I'm turning my back on him.
We've been through so much together, so, I just wanted to make him as happy as he had made me for all these years.
I'm gonna make you feel better.
When was the last time Oreo had as pleasant an experience as he did today, when we were walking around? Probably never.
When he's sitting there, on your lap, going - He's miserable.
Right? - He is.
When you get up and Adam goes, "Get down," he doesn't even seem affected by that.
Stop feeling bad for him, like if you're not holding him like this, you're doing the wrong thing.
You're creating just a problem that way.
- All right? - Thank you.
What are some more of the problems in the house that I can now help you with? He doesn't let us leave the house.
I want the barking and the attacking to stop.
What do you want him to do when you guys walk out the door? - Sit on his bed.
- Okay, watch this.
He needs rules when you leave the house.
So, here we go.
So right now, the rule I'm making Come here, sit.
Stay is that he has to stay.
when I walk over here.
I encourage people to feed their dogs with the training, so it's a great way that the dog can work for its reward.
He's not allowed to get up.
I'm not gonna hurt him.
There we go.
Instead of just using treats like candy, I use something healthy to train a dog.
So, I use turkey.
They can use that as a meal.
They can actually feed the dog by having it work for its food by practicing these drills.
Step over a little bit more toward the door.
You see?'Cause he's like, "uh-oh, they're going toward the door.
So, we have to practice this.
Step outside the front door.
Step outside.
So, the barking I expect, but he's not gonna move.
Stop barking.
Stop.
Not necessary.
Chill out.
Chill out.
Hold this open, hold this open.
Back, back, back, back.
Back, back, back, back, back, back.
See, we got a lot of work.
Whenever I ask you what you want him to do, how do you always answer me? - In a negative way.
- In a negative.
- You can't teach in a negative.
- Right.
So, you see how he's like, - "Oh, He's learning something right now.
" - He is.
He's learning what to do when you go to the door.
The training went great.
Oreo responds to what he's told to do.
We addressed the problem.
I tell them how to fix the symptoms.
Is it done? No.
It's still gonna take a lot of work on their part.
So, I can give you the solution, but they have to enact it in their lives.
So, here's how we do this now, right? Keep in touch with me.
I'm gonna get calls from you.
"Justin, this is happening; what do we do?" You're never gonna be bothering me.
When the Oreo toilet gets backed up, I'll plunge it.
- Justin, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- You lifted a ton of weight off of me.
- Good.
- Dominique, I'll see you later.
- Love you, Justin.
- Thank you so much for everything.
- You guys are so welcome.
Dominique and Adam are so emotional about this.
That's gonna be the thing that allows them to get success with this.
So, I have no doubt in my mind that they will do exactly what they have to do to fix this situation.
- Thank you, Justin.
- Bye-bye.
- Take care.
- Bye.
And you let him leave, but he didn't bark.
- No barking.
- Good dog.
How's it going? - Riley, what's up, bud? - Who's that? Come here, buddy.
You got your ball? - Oh, yeah, how you been? - Good to see you, brother.
Good.
Good.
You ready? Your last ride, buddy? How's it going? - All right, let me see.
Let me get his stuff.
- All right, cool, man.
We are here at Warwick Police Department to meet up with Kevin for Riley's last patrol, and I'm real excited to go along with him.
- Attack dog suits? - Yeah, we got it all.
Everything I need is in here.
And everything he needs.
I'm gonna miss Riley being in the car.
I couldn't ask for a better dog for the last seven years, having him here.
You ready? Huh, want to go to work? Ready to go to work, huh? - All right, let's go.
- It's gonna be an adjustment period where I'm gonna probably look back and say, "Come on, Riley.
"Let's go," and it's not gonna be him, It's gonna be Nicky.
- Hop on in.
- But I also get to go home to him.
This really is his last ride.
Yeah, this is it.
Huh, Ry? Old-timer.
- Is it sad for you? - It's sad and happy at the same time.
'Cause, you know, he's been with me for seven years.
It's got to feel good, though, that-that part of you He's not gonna be in the line of danger anymore.
Yeah, you know, I get to hang out with him at home, you know; he loves being at home with my family.
I could tell it was hard for Kevin to go on this last patrol with Riley.
Those guys have been paired up for seven years.
When he was a pup, he was a ball of fire, this kid, you know? He was just a big-- little hairball.
This is really a changing of the guard, and it's a new chapter, not only for the dogs, but also for Kevin.
There's nobody that's gonna ever take his place.
You know, he's my first guy.
But there's gonna be a spot for Nicky as well.
When he was working, do you ever get concerned, like, he's gonna get hurt? In this job, you just do what you've been trained to do.
Some buildings, when we go into, we don't know the schematics of the building.
He's our eyes and ears, at some point.
So, you do, you know, dodge a few bullets sometimes, you know? The police dogs are police officers.
That dog's a real hero.
The contribution the two of them have made to their community, all the people in this town love and respect Kevin and Riley.
It's a closing of a chapter for Kevin, but Riley's off duty now.
All right.
- So that's it? - This is it.
- It was an honor, man; it really was.
- Thank you.
You, too.
Come on, boy.
Detail, atten-hut.
Present arms.
Life is full of change and transition and it's inevitable for all of us, whether we walk on four legs or two.
Good boy.
Up.
And the bond between dog and owner is so close, that a change in the life of one affects the other.
Wow, this is great.
But with proper care, change can always be a good thing.
This city is full of life and constantly changing.
But one thing remains the same: When a dog needs me, I'll be there.
Dogs in the city Season 1 Episode 2
Titus, come here, big handsome.
That's one and a half million dogs.
Which means there's going to be some problems.
Oh, no! That's where I come in.
I'm Justin Silver.
They call me the Dog Guru.
All right, let's get started right now.
I've been working with dogs and their owners for nearly ten years.
Watch his feet, watch my feet.
Just walk, they're going to follow you.
Walk.
Good girl.
And believe me, I've seen every problem you can imagine.
- Stubborn - No, that way.
Difficult - Spoiled - Oh, my God Demanding.
And that's just the owners.
- Okay, now you're going to hate me.
- Now? I mean, the truth is, when I'm training dogs, I'm training owners.
I don't want him to bark.
I didn't ask what you don't want him to do, I asked what you want him to do.
You never get past the introduction because you're worried about the flare-up.
Up! Good boy! Bottom line, my job is to make life with dogs in the city a whole lot easier.
Walk.
You see how she starts to just fall into a rhythm with you? If there's one language I speak fluently, it's canine.
This stuff ends today.
What can I say? I speak dog.
What? Oh, my handsome dog trainer Any breed, anytime, anywhere.
Come.
When it comes to dogs, I've got this city covered.
Tonight, a back injury forces beloved police dog Riley into retirement.
- Kind of bittersweet, huh? - Yeah.
Those guys have been paired up for seven years.
And the family is scared to let the new dog into the house.
- An Upper East Side mom - Nice room! - must choose between her bulldog - Valentina is my little princess.
And her baby - And a family of four lives in fear.
- Relax.
When he bites you, he makes you bleed.
I felt bad for the kids.
They were scared.
Dogs in the city Season 1 Episode 2 So today, I'm headed upstate to Middletown, New York, which means I take care of dog clients as far as I can travel.
I'm meeting a canine cop named Kevin and his police dogs Riley and Nicky.
I've trained lots of working dogs.
I love working with police dogs.
Stay, stay.
I'm really anxious to see how I can apply my own techniques - to help Kevin and his family.
- Stay.
Hey! This is Riley.
- Oh, what a beauty, man.
- Yeah, he's a good boy.
- This is Justin.
That's my son Nathan.
- Nice to meet you.
Being a canine cop, you take the dog home at night, so the dog becomes an integrated part of your family.
His career extends all the way into his home.
So tell me a little bit about this one and you and what's going on? This guy, is going to be retiring soon, due to, he's got three blown discs in his back.
- Really? - Yep, yep.
And, they want to make sure that he doesn't get, you know, hurt anymore, so they allowed me to get another dog.
and, retire him earlier.
Just like a human athlete, a dog that's been as active as this dog, their bodies break down.
Kevin doesn't want to see this dog work himself to death.
And he's right; it's time for this dog to slow down.
- How long have you been a police officer? - 12 years now.
So how long did you have human partners for? He's my first partner which, you know, is awesome.
- What a special guy, man.
- Yeah.
And so, he's been your partner pretty much the whole time - that you've been in this unit.
- Yep.
There's no bond that's as strong as a canine partner, between him and his dog.
Riley is going to be retiring and is having a hard time adjusting to the life of retirement.
And so now, big transition for you.
Yeah, it is.
Got the new guy in now.
And, trying to make the two alpha males get together - Right - And coexist is the key.
You know, he's still, my, my guy.
I want to make sure he knows that.
But I also have to integrate my new guy to get socialized with my family, as well.
Maybe one of the things we can talk about, then, is, you becoming a little bit more active in his life while your dad starts working with your new guy.
Would that be cool? Yeah? Nathan loves Riley, but he's a little reluctant to get involved because he views Riley as his dad's dog, not his dog.
I'd really like to see that change.
There are two issues at hand.
Number one: integrating Nicky, the new dog, into the family, and introducing them to the other dogs.
- I know, boy.
I know - There it is.
He's ready to go.
And issue number two, Riley transitioning into an active retirement.
This police dog goes to work every day and can't do that anymore.
You can see that he's, like,"What am I supposed to do now? This is what we do.
" "I jump in the back of the cop car and we go catch criminals, and we go do what we're supposed to do-- what's going on?" I know, boy, I'm sorry.
Riley knows where I'm going.
He can smell the clothes.
He knows what this means.
He thinks he's going when he's not.
- We'll figure out a solution for that.
- Yeah, good, good.
- All right, want to go see the new guy? - Yeah, I do.
- Nope, nope - Stay.
Stay.
We'll be back for you, big boy.
We'll be back.
Stay.
Good boy.
Good boy.
I'm sorry, boy.
I'm sorry.
- Ah, your new partner.
- Yep.
- Nicky, sit - So he stays out here? - Yeah.
For now.
- He sleeps out here? Yeah, for now.
I'm keeping 'em separated.
Nicky hasn't been socialized with other dogs yet.
Yeah, he's a good boy.
This dog is still in training.
It's very young.
- He's amped up.
- Yeah.
But that's what we want.
That's what we're looking for.
But I still want the sociability, obviously, because, you know, I'm family's, you know, very important to me.
Nicky can't be aggressive toward the kids.
We don't know what his aggression level is with other dogs.
- Good boy.
- Oh, he's fast, dude.
Malinois are known just for their speed and they love to bite.
Now that I've met Nicky, who's just amped up to go training, and I met Riley, who goes nuts when he can't go training, I want to see what the training's all about.
- Can we go to the training facility? - Sure.
Let's do it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- All right.
- Nice, my man.
There's a lot weighing on my shoulders.
I didn't realize that I was actually being called to solve two dog issues today.
Nicky, let's go to work, buddy.
I want to give Riley a sense of purpose in life.
Want to go to work? Huh? I also want to see Nicky become a part of this family and get socialized with the other dogs.
So that's my goal, to help Kevin do that.
Come on, boy.
Come on.
- So this is the training facility.
- Yep.
In order to socialize Nicky and bring him into the Halsey family, I really wanted to see the way he was trained.
So I asked for a demonstration.
- He's amped up.
- Yeah, he's ready to go.
Watching him work will influence the way I train him at home.
We'll hide somebody in these boxes.
We teach him to find human odors through checking seams in the boxes.
We'll give whoever is in these boxes a verbal command that we're coming.
His job is to go warn us.
This is Town of Warwick Police Department.
You are under arrest.
So now, I'm going to release my dog.
Sit.
Check here? Good check.
Check.
Good.
Oh, he's got it.
- Ah, that's the one.
- See the, see the change? Yeah.
Bad man, get out of that box.
Oh, yeah, he found him.
Good boy, Nicky.
And his reward? - He gets to bite.
- That's his toy.
And it's cool 'cause you can handle him while he's biting.
There's no aggression in this.
This is a game for him.
The key part of this whole thing was he found a bad guy and he let me know.
It's a lot of fun for them.
This is a big game.
Seeing Nicky train, seeing how these dogs are motivated, it really lets me know where the dog's at, and it give me an idea in my head about how I want to go about training him.
That no.
Bad.
This is his toy, right? I'm just saying, right just now you were holding this over the baby.
65-pound bulldogs and infants don't really play the same way.
You see what I'm saying? Nice place.
I'm headed over to the very lavish Carlyle Hotel to meet with Jessica and her bulldog Valentina.
Gorda! I'm Jessica, and I have a beautiful, beautiful baby dog.
Her name is Valentina.
Te llamo.
That face.
And the way she walks, the way she moves her hips like a Latina.
You're a princess.
Yes, you are.
Valentina is Queen of the Carlyle.
She is admired and welcomed in every store here in New York.
She's the only dog allowed in certain restaurants.
Te llamo.
Gorditalina.
From the very beginning, it was all about Valentina.
Dressing her up-- I love to see her dressed up.
Oh, your tutu.
And I just had a baby.
He's five months old.
His name is Liam.
I don't know for sure if she's depressed.
Maybe she's jealous of the baby.
I don't want Valentina to feel any major changes in her life.
So I want Justin to really help us go through this transition.
I want him to tell me what to do.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi, I'm Jessica.
- Nice to meet you.
And this is Liam.
- Oh, my goodness! Hi, baby! What a cutie.
- And this is Valentina.
- Hi, Valentina.
She's the princess.
- She's the princess? - Of course.
Oh, my God.
Nice tutu.
And my friend Sarah.
She just came to see Liam.
- Oh, hi, Sarah.
- And Valentina, of course.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi, so nice to meet you.
She's the princess, you're the what? Uh, the pea.
I don't know.
No.
- How old is he? - He's five months.
- Handsome boy.
- Thank you.
- I got to get one of those.
- Yeah, you should.
I've only got those.
I don't have any of those yet.
Be careful how you do that transition because it hurts them, I feel, a little.
It hurts who? The dog? I mean, emotionally, you know? A little.
Yeah, I have the feeling that the reason I'm here is because Jessica's friends are kind of like, "Hey, you know, you're a little off.
You may want to talk to somebody.
" - Do you notice it's a little bit chilly in here? - Yeah, it's freezing.
Yeah, that's for her.
This breed has to be in cool temperatures.
The baby's in a sweater adjusting to Valentina's room temperature? Actually, it's also good for the baby.
Babies don't like to be cold; I was like, "This is crazy.
" And I'm feeding her the special food.
- What special food? - Some pate.
Jessica herself leads a very fabulous life, and I think that she just wants to give that kind of life to her dog.
Valentina lives a life better than many people in New York City.
I don't eat pate.
This is the situation.
When we got Valentina, we started treating her like a baby.
Like a real baby.
And now, that we have a human baby, I think it's not fair to her to start treating her like a dog.
So, that's basically what's going on.
You think it's not fair for you to start treating her like a dog now.
- Yeah.
- Well, she is a dog.
- But not a dog.
- What do you mean "not a dog.
" Wh-What's this? What's this, "a dog"? Like a regular dog.
Like a regular dog.
Like they live outside, and they, you know Whatever.
People in my country have dogs.
- The dog just stays out in the yard.
- You don't want her being treated like a farm animal.
I'm from Colombia.
In Latin America, people usually keep their pets in the backyard.
I I-I don't get it.
So, here's farm animal, here's Valentina de Principessa who eats pate.
So, somewhere in the middle is a balance.
Right? Jessica has this idea that Valentina is a human baby.
I know she knows it's not a human being, but now Liam's come into the picture, and she's thinking that the two are supposed to play together like twins.
That's bad because 65-pound bulldogs and infants don't really play the same way.
- Okay, hold on.
- She wants that.
Yeah, I'm sure she wants this.
That's Liam's toy.
Let me see that.
Okay, so he's playing with this, and she rips this up.
What's her interaction with other dogs? Not much.
No, Valentina.
You see this? Right just now, you were holding this over the baby.
- Right? - Yeah.
- But you see, right? - Yeah.
When I saw the dog attacking the doll, I wasn't shocked.
I was, like, "Yeah, that's what dogs do with furry little dog toys.
" - I just put Liam to bed.
- Okay, good.
- He's gonna be all right in there? - Yeah, he's gonna be My suggestion is that I get the dog out of here and teach it how to be a dog again because then Jessica will begin to see it as a dog.
She doesn't like other dogs.
I don't think we know that 'cause I don't think she's really been allowed to run around with them and play with them and kind of bang around with them enough to know that.
Valentina wants to be a dog, and so I want to give her that opportunity, and hopefully Jessica will see how happy Valentina can be when she's allowed to be a dog.
I understand that she's your princess, but she's not a baby.
- She is.
- What? She's not, though.
She's not a baby.
She's not a person; she's a dog.
Do you disagree? If there's a way that we can make this transition more smooth for Valentina, then I'm in.
Okay.
I'm on my way down to the financial district to meet up with Adam and Dominique Carmoega.
They've got two young boys.
Adam, Jr.
, and Matthew, and an aggressive terrier mix named Oreo.
Oreo, come on, go.
Go over there.
Go over there.
What'd I say? Stop that.
There's my guy.
- How's it going? - Hi.
- I'm Justin.
- Hi.
Dominique.
- Dominique, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Thank you so much for coming.
- And this is the monster-- Oreo.
- It is, it is.
So what goes on? He runs the whole house.
- He runs the whole house? - He runs the whole house.
- This little 14-pound thing? - Yep.
Oreo has definitely affected our family.
Stop it.
No.
I can't even go to sleep on my own bed.
You're bad.
I have to bribe him with a treat for him to get off my bed in order for me to climb on my bed.
He's very domineering.
No.
What did I say? Oreo, shh.
Stop it.
- No.
Sit down.
- Quiet down.
He barks, he barks, and he barks, and he barks.
No.
You can't go to the bathroom, you can't leave.
As soon as you grab the keys, he's guarding the door.
My kids can't even play with the dog.
Stop.
No.
Oreo, no.
Oreo And I'm just scared one day he's gonna bite their face.
That's the last thing I need.
- You're walking on eggshells in your own house, dude.
- Yes.
He is.
There's times where she will pick him up, and when I want to give my wife a kiss, that's impossible.
He'll bite me.
I'll show you; come here.
- Okay.
- He doesn't like that immediately.
I'm leaving; give me a kiss.
- Can I give my wife a kiss, please? - Can I give Daddy a kiss? I I feel bad for the kids; they were scared.
It was really heartbreaking for me because I love dogs, and kids should love dogs.
Kids should have great experiences with dogs.
We And We I'm here to help Mommy and Daddy so that Oreo doesn't bark anymore and he doesn't scare you anymore.
Oreo really shouldn't be in the house anymore.
Some children have biting issues.
You're not just gonna give away your child, and to me, Oreo is my child.
He's my naughty child that needs help.
He's like a mama's boy.
When she's not here - He's the perfect dog.
- Got it.
- It's my fault, right? - I got it; I'm not saying you're the bad one here.
That's not what I'm saying.
- I know it's me.
- It's not ever one party's fault.
- There's a dynamic.
Okay? - Okay.
It the dynamic.
He was my little baby, and I still like to think of him as my little baby.
My little fresh baby.
I try to discipline the dog, and she gives him treats.
The treat is the only thing that could distract him.
I just want peace at that point.
- So, you negotiate with him all the time.
- Yes.
You try to discipline him.
I'll take like a, like, some newspaper, you know, roll it up, just to give him a little spank.
If it's up to him, he's gonna yell at it and whack it with a newspaper, which is bad for the dog.
This is a perfect example of how people just don't communicate to their dog.
If he's acting out because you've never shown him what you want him to do, and then we just expect him to know, and then you punish him - You wouldn't teach these guys that way, right? - No.
The dog has no discipline because they don't apply any discipline to its life.
They're either yelling at it or negotiating with it.
So, normally, this is just constant.
What do you want him to do when the doorbell rings? - I don't want him to bark.
- That's not a what do you want him to do? I'm gonna ask you again.
What do you want him to do when the doorbell rings? - What do I want him to do? - So, you don't know.
- No.
- Good.
- I don't know.
- Good.
- So we can start there.
- Okay.
This dog isn't bad.
The dog isn't acting out.
The dog is acting in accordance with what they've communicated to it.
How much exercise does he get? Now, he probably only goes out once a day.
- For how long? - Ten, 15 minutes.
Ten to 15 minutes? We really don't have too much time on our hands.
Well, part of having dogs in New York is we don't have backyards.
And this dog's got a lot pent up.
He needs to burn it.
I am going to take him for a walk.
I want to spend some time one-on-one with him.
- Okay.
Good luck.
- Don't worry about it.
I don't need luck.
I just wanted to get you out of there for a little bit; It's like a madhouse, right? I got to be honest, I feel bad for you, I really do.
But, you know, you got to take a little bit of responsibility here.
She's holding you, and you're going nuts on him? That's crazy, man.
I don't even need to hear your side of it; I-I get it all.
"I'm protecting Mommy.
Adam startles me; The kids don't pet me right.
" I mean, I'll straighten them out, but here's the deal.
There's a new sheriff in town, and you're looking at him.
Don't give me the snarl.
The days of Oreo's reign is over.
Let's go.
You're named after a cookie.
You're not that intimidating.
Hi.
We're back.
I had a good time with him.
I learned a lot about this dog.
He's a good boy.
So, here's the deal.
I'm gonna come back.
- And I want to spend a day with you two, okay? - Definitely.
Let's get a sitter for the kids so we can work together and focus on him, focus on changing some habits.
Get the communication going between you two.
Get on the same page as far as what we're doing with him.
- I'm gonna see you guys later this week.
- All right.
Let's No Yes Heel.
I'm headed out to the Halseys' to meet Nicky and Riley.
I got a really good sense of the way Nicky behaves at work, which is gonna help me socialize him with Riley in a safe way.
Nicky and Riley have never been face to face without the protection of the kennel, so there's a good chance we might see aggression.
Because of that, I brought my dog Chiquita to test the waters.
This is Chiquita.
I know Chiquita so well, so I can anticipate how she's gonna react to Nicky.
That way I can focus on Nicky more.
This is the first step in socialization.
Keep him right there; Let him just see her.
Let him just see.
There you go.
We know he's got all that aggression.
Let him just see that she's not a threat.
What we want to see is the dogs at play, not aggression.
We'll just let 'em dance a little bit.
The tricky part is that sometimes play and aggression look very similar.
She's saying what she's comfortable with.
And it takes an expert eye to know the difference.
There we go! That's all play.
Now he respects her, you see that? This is all good.
- Nicky passed the first test with Chiquita.
- That's a good boy, Nicky! But an even bigger test is still to come.
- Ready to introduce these two? - Sure! I was concerned bringing Riley for the first time to meet Nicky.
You really can only guess what they're gonna do, but you're never 100% sure.
Let them meet.
Nicky and Riley are two alpha dogs, so you have to be very careful when you introduce them, because you could have major aggression problems.
Anything could happen.
- Let 'em loosen up.
- Easy, boy, easy.
- Everybody's in good spirits.
- Let 'em make a family.
And then this'll start to translate into the house.
It was a little awkward for everybody at first, but that's the beginning of training.
These dogs are gonna have to learn to live together.
- We're making a family.
- Big, happy family.
Look at this.
I feel really good about Nicky and Riley's new relationship.
Now I want to make sure Riley has a new purpose in his retirement.
So now I want to work with Michelle and Nate to see how they can take a more active role in Riley's life.
I feel bad when Kevin's going to work.
Riley just waits by the door, and it breaks my heart to see him being left behind.
Don't feel so bad for him.
I'm not so concerned about the few moments where you leave the house, if he's scratching at the door, if he's got other things that replace that in his life.
He doesn't care if he's apprehending criminals, or if he's fetching the ball.
He doesn't know the difference.
It's just as satisfying for him.
The best thing for him is teaching this guy how to be the new master for him.
Because police dogs are trained to only take orders from their handlers, no one in the house has ever been allowed to train Riley like this before.
It's your turn to work with him.
You gotta learn all those commands from Dad.
- How's that sound? - Good.
All the pieces of this family puzzle are moving around, and everybody needs to figure out what their new jobs are.
- How we doing? - Good.
- Everything working out? - Here's the interesting thing.
As Nicky steps into his role with you, Nate should be stepping into your role with him.
What's the list of commands he knows? I want to show you, and then I want you to do it.
Riley, come.
Always reinforce what you want him to do.
Sit.
Just like that.
Go ahead.
Tell him to come.
Come.
Riley, come.
Sit.
- Stay.
- Throw it for him.
- There you go.
- Good boy! When I saw Nathan and Riley playing together, it made me feel good, that Riley will be happy staying home.
Now Riley has a new purpose, and Nicky and Riley can begin to work on co-existing together in the same family.
We have sit, down, heel, come - Stay.
- Stay.
Nathan taking over with Riley's gonna help me out a lot.
It's going to be an adjustment period, but, I'm glad Justin came to help these dogs and all of us get together as one big pack.
Well Later on this week, Riley will be taking his last patrol.
You're always welcome to come join us and go on a ride with us, for his last time.
- I would abs I would love that.
- All right.
- I've never done that before.
- No? I would absolutely love that.
Getting to do a ride-along with a canine cop, especially on his last patrol, is really exciting for me.
Not everybody gets a chance to do something like this.
- All right, I appreciate it.
Thank you.
- All right, man.
I had a great time.
Whenever I'm able to come and help somebody out the way I worked with Kevin and his family today, it feels so rewarding.
It's such an unbelievable feeling, and that's the reason that I do this.
I'm downtown at South Street Seaport, at the Fetch Club.
I brought Pacino with me.
We're gonna have a little fun play date with Valentina.
Because Valentina doesn't know what it means to be a dog.
Thank you.
Vente, mi amor.
Oh, boy.
Jessica rolls up.
Exactly as I expected, Valentina is wearing a dress, like she's going to the debutante's ball.
Who's this handsome boy over here? How are you? Nice to see you.
- This is Pacino.
- Hey, Pacino.
How are you? I'm gonna take these two for a play date.
- Where? - The Fetch Club.
- I'm gonna take her to have a little fun today.
All right? - But okay.
Is that okay? You know, Valentina's not gonna loosen up around Jessica.
She's so used to being babied by her.
I wanted her to leave that at home.
She's gonna have a good time.
I'll call you when we're done.
I feel a little concerned and nervous.
Can I can I just take a peek? She's such a little diva, and a little princess.
You don't worry.
I'm not going to do anything that would ever hurt her.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- So where you going? - I just want to check it out.
No, you go there.
I I-I I wish I could, like, peek through a hole, and see her.
- Take good care of her.
- I will.
- Ciao, mi amor.
- Babies! Come on.
Okay.
Valentina! Look at this! I brought Valentina to Fetch Club because I didn't want to overwhelm her in a park with lots of other dogs, and lots of dog owners.
She doesn't know how to have fun.
Come here.
First thing we take you out of your little tutu.
You're going to be a dog today.
Oh come here.
So here's my plan for the dog: I want to introduce her to my big, handsome pit bull Pacino, let them be dogs again so all that energy gets focused in its rightful place.
She doesn't know how to play.
That penthouse really messed you up, huh? Say, "I'm so used to being a person, I forgot how to be a dog.
" Don't be so scared.
Come on.
Come here.
What's that? You could see how Valentina is not used to being in an environment that is just catered to dog fun as opposed to people fun.
There we go.
Come on.
This is going to take some time for her.
Valentina has been up in that hotel room, dressed like a Barbie doll Look how much fun they have.
Being treated like a little person for so long, it's going to take some time for her to adjust.
Come here.
You want to come swimming? So I don't expect her to just go from black to white.
There's gonna be a gradual change.
Don't be scared.
You're busy living in a bubble in that penthouse.
Come on.
Get a little messy.
And I could see her starting to open up.
What a good girl! You see that? What's it like, being a dog? It's better than wearing a dress, right? Go ahead.
Go in there.
Aw, see? Look how good we did, huh? Everybody in the pool together.
Give me big kisses.
Give me big kisses.
What's it feel like to be a dog again? Huh? Feels pretty good, right? There you go.
When I saw Valentina, my heart stopped for a second.
Did you miss me? I was going crazy.
- I took her swimming.
- No! She doesn't know how to swim.
She was great.
She was.
She needs to learn how to play, and be a dog.
That's the point.
- Did she like the other dog? - Yeah! She had so much fun.
I was very relieved.
That's a huge step forward.
You can dress her up in tutus, but I also want you to teach her how to be a dog.
I set up an appointment at the groomer, 'cause I know you'd have an anxiety attack because she's a little wet.
All right, let's go wash her off now, all right? There you go, good girl.
Now this, I see, is not not cold enough for her.
To be dead honest, Valentina adjusting to being a dog again isn't gonna take that long.
Good girl.
Jessica adjusting to the idea of Valentina being a dog again is going to take forever.
Let's do this.
So I wanted to get her away a little bit, so she could practice a little bit of separation from you first.
Why are you so reluctant still? - It's a lot of changes.
- Right.
Well, you're going through a lot of changes right now.
I just had a baby.
- Oh, congratulations! - A human baby.
I just want to implement some new things for her - so you don't feel so pulled apart.
- Okay.
- So what do you think? - This was fun.
I learned that Valentina needs her own life aside from mine, and aside from the baby's.
So we got a good start on this situation, but it's super important for Jessica to listen to me and to let Valentina get outside of her comfort zone.
She's going to be fine.
For the safety of your kids, I gotta put my man on top.
Sorry.
It's a beautiful day in Manhattan.
I'm going downtown to Wall Street to go meet up with Adam, Dominique, and work with Oreo.
- What's u kids? - Hi! - Hey, Justin.
- How you doing? - How are you? - How are you? Great, thank you.
Oreo has a lot of pent-up energy, because he only gets walked 15 minutes a day.
That builds up as frustration and it caters to his aggression, so if they get him more exercise, it will go a long way toward working out that issue.
The kids are with their grandma.
- Okay.
Okay, good.
- For today.
Let's get us just all on the same page - and then it'll be easier, we'll get the kids back into the picture.
- Sounds good.
- Let's take this guy for a walk.
- Okay.
- Come on, Oreo.
- Come on, bud.
- I suspect that he's aggressive with other dogs when you're walking? - Very much.
Yes, he he would never walk with other dogs.
- Want to bet? - Oh, goodness! I got $80 saying I get him to walk with other dogs.
- What do you got? - Adam, be careful, he's good.
So knowing that I was going to work with dog aggression issues, I had one of my handlers bring Chiquita, Pacino, and Ray to work with Oreo.
I want to see how he reacts to dogs normally, the way you do it.
I'm gonna stand back.
All right? Hi.
Hi.
Who is that? Dominique, take both leashes.
Take both leashes.
Come on, girl.
Every time.
The reason that Oreo was more relaxed is because he didn't feel the burden of being the leader in that situation.
This is amazing, Oreo.
You're making friends.
Let's bring the dog by our side, and let the human beings lead the walk, not the dog.
- Feel the rhythm? - Yes.
When he walks ahead of you, he thinks it's his job to lead and protect.
We relieved him of duty a little bit.
Usually, when we go out for a walk with Oreo, he's usually pulling me and leading the way.
Today, I was amazed that he actually let me lead.
You and Oreo, up top, and then everybody else is sort of Beneath that? - Okay, so you said it.
- I did.
- I'd rather Adam walk him for right now.
- Okay.
Here you go.
So, keep him on one side of you.
Right there.
- He's doing good.
- This is great.
I don't think this ever happened before.
Oreo, are you smiling? They smile physically with their mouths a little bit.
- This is happy dog.
- Yeah, yeah.
Just because we walked on some of the problems outside, that's gonna translate a little bit, but the majority of their issues were in the house.
Okay, so now we have the in-the-house problems.
Oreo rules the roost in there.
He does whatever he wants.
The problem doesn't lie in the dog.
The problem lies in the people.
Can I get him off the couch right now? Get down.
Come on.
- Tell him off the couch.
- Oreo, off the couch, come on.
Here we go.
You told him to do something; he's not doing it.
This is more like, "I don't have to listen to anybody in this house," right? Show me what normally happens now.
Watch this.
Come on, get down.
Go ahead, reach for her.
What happens? There we go.
You see that? Oreo's been put in the guardian role.
For example, when Dominique holds him, he thinks it's his job to protect her from Adam and the kids.
Come over here.
Send him off the couch, please.
Oreo, come on.
Get down.
Let's go.
Get down.
Let's go.
Off.
Okay, thank you.
You see how easily he can get him off the couch? Adam, send him off the couch.
Come on, get down.
Problem solved.
Oreo is highly agitated because he's been put in the position of leadership.
So he thinks he needs to defend Dominique.
Adam needs to assume the role of the leader so that Oreo can go back to being the dog.
From now on, I'm gonna say that Adam sets the tone and the rules in this house.
- Remember we talked about the pyramid? - The pyramid.
I gotta put my man on top for the safety of your kids.
- But this is - I'm sorry.
What's the matter? Oh, I just Because I get emotional when it comes to him.
Like, I feel bad.
He wants me to nurture him, and I feel like I'm turning my back on him.
We've been through so much together, so, I just wanted to make him as happy as he had made me for all these years.
I'm gonna make you feel better.
When was the last time Oreo had as pleasant an experience as he did today, when we were walking around? Probably never.
When he's sitting there, on your lap, going - He's miserable.
Right? - He is.
When you get up and Adam goes, "Get down," he doesn't even seem affected by that.
Stop feeling bad for him, like if you're not holding him like this, you're doing the wrong thing.
You're creating just a problem that way.
- All right? - Thank you.
What are some more of the problems in the house that I can now help you with? He doesn't let us leave the house.
I want the barking and the attacking to stop.
What do you want him to do when you guys walk out the door? - Sit on his bed.
- Okay, watch this.
He needs rules when you leave the house.
So, here we go.
So right now, the rule I'm making Come here, sit.
Stay is that he has to stay.
when I walk over here.
I encourage people to feed their dogs with the training, so it's a great way that the dog can work for its reward.
He's not allowed to get up.
I'm not gonna hurt him.
There we go.
Instead of just using treats like candy, I use something healthy to train a dog.
So, I use turkey.
They can use that as a meal.
They can actually feed the dog by having it work for its food by practicing these drills.
Step over a little bit more toward the door.
You see?'Cause he's like, "uh-oh, they're going toward the door.
So, we have to practice this.
Step outside the front door.
Step outside.
So, the barking I expect, but he's not gonna move.
Stop barking.
Stop.
Not necessary.
Chill out.
Chill out.
Hold this open, hold this open.
Back, back, back, back.
Back, back, back, back, back, back.
See, we got a lot of work.
Whenever I ask you what you want him to do, how do you always answer me? - In a negative way.
- In a negative.
- You can't teach in a negative.
- Right.
So, you see how he's like, - "Oh, He's learning something right now.
" - He is.
He's learning what to do when you go to the door.
The training went great.
Oreo responds to what he's told to do.
We addressed the problem.
I tell them how to fix the symptoms.
Is it done? No.
It's still gonna take a lot of work on their part.
So, I can give you the solution, but they have to enact it in their lives.
So, here's how we do this now, right? Keep in touch with me.
I'm gonna get calls from you.
"Justin, this is happening; what do we do?" You're never gonna be bothering me.
When the Oreo toilet gets backed up, I'll plunge it.
- Justin, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- You lifted a ton of weight off of me.
- Good.
- Dominique, I'll see you later.
- Love you, Justin.
- Thank you so much for everything.
- You guys are so welcome.
Dominique and Adam are so emotional about this.
That's gonna be the thing that allows them to get success with this.
So, I have no doubt in my mind that they will do exactly what they have to do to fix this situation.
- Thank you, Justin.
- Bye-bye.
- Take care.
- Bye.
And you let him leave, but he didn't bark.
- No barking.
- Good dog.
How's it going? - Riley, what's up, bud? - Who's that? Come here, buddy.
You got your ball? - Oh, yeah, how you been? - Good to see you, brother.
Good.
Good.
You ready? Your last ride, buddy? How's it going? - All right, let me see.
Let me get his stuff.
- All right, cool, man.
We are here at Warwick Police Department to meet up with Kevin for Riley's last patrol, and I'm real excited to go along with him.
- Attack dog suits? - Yeah, we got it all.
Everything I need is in here.
And everything he needs.
I'm gonna miss Riley being in the car.
I couldn't ask for a better dog for the last seven years, having him here.
You ready? Huh, want to go to work? Ready to go to work, huh? - All right, let's go.
- It's gonna be an adjustment period where I'm gonna probably look back and say, "Come on, Riley.
"Let's go," and it's not gonna be him, It's gonna be Nicky.
- Hop on in.
- But I also get to go home to him.
This really is his last ride.
Yeah, this is it.
Huh, Ry? Old-timer.
- Is it sad for you? - It's sad and happy at the same time.
'Cause, you know, he's been with me for seven years.
It's got to feel good, though, that-that part of you He's not gonna be in the line of danger anymore.
Yeah, you know, I get to hang out with him at home, you know; he loves being at home with my family.
I could tell it was hard for Kevin to go on this last patrol with Riley.
Those guys have been paired up for seven years.
When he was a pup, he was a ball of fire, this kid, you know? He was just a big-- little hairball.
This is really a changing of the guard, and it's a new chapter, not only for the dogs, but also for Kevin.
There's nobody that's gonna ever take his place.
You know, he's my first guy.
But there's gonna be a spot for Nicky as well.
When he was working, do you ever get concerned, like, he's gonna get hurt? In this job, you just do what you've been trained to do.
Some buildings, when we go into, we don't know the schematics of the building.
He's our eyes and ears, at some point.
So, you do, you know, dodge a few bullets sometimes, you know? The police dogs are police officers.
That dog's a real hero.
The contribution the two of them have made to their community, all the people in this town love and respect Kevin and Riley.
It's a closing of a chapter for Kevin, but Riley's off duty now.
All right.
- So that's it? - This is it.
- It was an honor, man; it really was.
- Thank you.
You, too.
Come on, boy.
Detail, atten-hut.
Present arms.
Life is full of change and transition and it's inevitable for all of us, whether we walk on four legs or two.
Good boy.
Up.
And the bond between dog and owner is so close, that a change in the life of one affects the other.
Wow, this is great.
But with proper care, change can always be a good thing.
This city is full of life and constantly changing.
But one thing remains the same: When a dog needs me, I'll be there.
Dogs in the city Season 1 Episode 2