All language subtitles for Secret Life of Dogs - S01E03 (no subs)

Dogs.

They're loyal, fun, loving and brilliant
companions.

No wonder they're man's best friend.

Yet they descended from the wildest of
predators.

So how did the much feared wolf become the
much loved dog in the heart of our homes?

To find out, we travel the world to bring
you the most remarkable stories and the

latest scientific discoveries that reveal
how dogs have become our closest

companions, unrivaled working partners and
trusted family members.

Tonight, we reveal how the wolf in every
dog makes them the perfect family pet.

Seiko's a hero.

Seiko saved my son.

How over thousands of years they learned
to read our emotions and how our unique

bond led dogs to become the most diverse
and adaptable species on the planet.

Everybody who has one, it changes their
lives.

Only now, a scientist proving that dogs
are more like us than we ever thought

possible.

This is dogs as you've never seen them
before.

There's no denying Britain is a nation of
pet lovers.

But more than any other pet, dogs have
truly managed to become part of our

families, even persuading us to give them
the run of the house.

After all, as far as Chip here is
concerned, this is his home too.

Dogs love being in our homes and in
return, they're our best friends,

patient companions and forgiving critics.

Because even when we mess up, they just
want to be with us.

It's what we like to call unconditional
love, which is remarkable given that Chip

descends from the gray wolf, one of the
most fearsome creatures on the planet.

Chip, like all dogs, is practically a wolf
in dog's clothing.

His DNA is 99.8% gray wolf.

At six and a half feet from nose to tail
and with huge canines, it's no wonder

wolves were feared by humans.

So when wolves first began to scavenge
around our villages over 10,000 years ago,

we only welcomed the friendliest.

As they became tamer, we then began to
breed them with the characteristics that

we liked best.

And slowly the big bad wolf evolved into
the family dog.

Take Chip.

With his big eyes and soft features,
he clearly doesn't look threatening.

In fact, most people find him as cute and
as adorable as a toddler.

And he'll even do what he's told without
having a tantrum.

It's a dog's ability to amuse us like
this, combined with the way they look,

that brings out a desire in us to speak to
them like babies.

Come here.

Yes, clever boy.

We use a kind of universal dialect that
scientists call mother ease.

It's made up of high pitched tones,
short words and repeated phrases that dogs

can learn very quickly.

Science has revealed that dogs,
just like human babies, don't need to know

the meaning of what we say.

What matters is the way we say it,
which is why six month old Ronald the

poodle can not only understand English,
but he also knows when he's being praised

in Ghanaian Tui.

And it doesn't matter if we are female or
male.

The high pitched tones and short repeated
phrases work just as well in Spanish.

In fact, poodle Ronald would have no
trouble working out what we want him to do

in every single country in the world.

But wolf pups like these don't understand
mother ease at all.

It's an ability that only dogs have
developed after living alongside us for

thousands of years.

Dogs love being part of our family.

And the truth is they need our
companionship too.

Sometimes they'll go to extraordinary
lengths to improve that need.

Meet sheepdog Pero and his farmer owner
Alan James.

Pero much prefers his human family to the
other dogs on the farm.

Pero is a young dog.

He wasn't blending in with the other dogs.

They were fighting.

He wouldn't work with other dogs and he
wouldn't go in the land with her.

In fact, Pero preferred to hang out at the
farmhouse with Alan's wife Sian.

Alan just began to realise then that he
was happier being left behind at home.

He was more a home bird probably.

Pero still liked to work with sheep as
long as it was just him working alone and

not with the other dogs.

He would be happier going out and about
with the bike as soon as the bike would

start.

Pero was with you.

But Alan needed a dog that could fit in
with the team.

So when Alan and Sian heard of a farm 240
miles away in Cumbria that needed a single

sheepdog, they thought Pero might be
happier there.

So they sent him for a trial.

Then just two days after arriving at the
new farm, Pero surprised everyone,

especially his new owner.

When he took the bike out into the fields,
thinking, OK, let's see what you can do,

Pero decided he was going in another
direction and off he went.

Worried, the farmer rang Alan.

I told him, well, he's only hiding
somewhere.

But Pero wasn't hiding.

He ran for the miles and he kept running.

As the days went by, there was no news of
Pero until on day 14 when Alan returned

home from work.

He was sitting on the doorstep.

He was jumping up and running around and
backing and things, but he was very happy

whatever.

Coming home, he must have come over some
terrible ground.

He was limping.

He'd lost condition, but not bedraggled.

Very pleased with himself.

He's got some good satin up in his head,
I suppose.

Even if Pero had taken the most direct
route, he would have run an incredible 240

miles to get back home.

But after his story hit the headlines,
the family got letters from eyewitnesses

and they realised he'd taken a few wrong
turns.

Pero went to Cockermouth and he travelled
home, so we'll put home in.

The first letter we got was a couple from
Gressingham who farm.

He went to Knighton, but he also was seen
in Harlech.

When you see it on the map, it really
highlights the length of his journey.

He's come over a lot of hills and a lot of
roads.

This is a staggering 400-mile journey.

So how did Pero do it?

Scientists have newly discovered that dogs
may have an inbuilt homing ability and can

detect magnetic fields in the same way as
migratory birds.

Wolves are also good at navigating and
routinely roam up to 20 miles a day.

But Pero's incredible 400-mile journey
home is a record.

His internal sat nav may have helped to
guide him home, but what motivated him to

keep running was a burning desire to be
back with his pack.

Not the other dogs at the farm,
but the humans who'd become his family.

We are extremely honoured that Pero has
returned home.

He's the same Pero as it was before he
went there.

He's an independent dog.

He's very close to me and he's very close
to the daughter.

They have a partnership and I'm sure she
won't see him go anywhere again.

Pero will be very much part of the family.

So what drove Pero to go to such lengths
to return to his family?

Science has discovered that just like
children, dogs need security.

And the security they get from being part
of our family gives them confidence to

explore the world around them with all its
surprises.

We can see this by replicating a classic
experiment to demonstrate confidence and

with the help of a four-legged robotic
dog.

It barks and wags its tail, but no dog is
going to be fooled.

For them, this is something completely new
and strange.

Without his owner present, Donut keeps his
distance and is not confident to introduce

himself.

Ruby and Millie are transfixed,
but also stay well away.

And Bentley, the French bulldog's
approach, is to completely ignore it.

But as soon as their owners are in the
room, the dogs immediately gain

confidence.

Bentley is more interested in making
friends.

Ruby and Millie are much happier to get
closer.

And Donut picks up the courage to go in
for a full-blown tail sniff.

Researchers also found that with owners
present, the dog's heart rates are lower

because they feel safer.

And by contrast, when dogs are introduced
to our robot dog for the first time with

their owner by their side, like Zeus the
Alsatian pup, they are brimming with

confidence from the off.

This proves that dogs get more out of
being in our family than we'd perhaps

realized.

They actually need us.

Dogs have come a long way, but it turns
out it's their primal instincts that

actually make them the perfect family
member in the first place.

Dogs can be perfect family companions,
so how have they managed to fit in with us

so well?

Surprisingly, research is suggesting that
it's down to their primal instincts,

the wolf-like characteristics that are
still lurking inside your dog.

Dogs, like wolves, are pack animals.

It's just that dogs have swapped the wolf
pack for the human family.

And when you live in a pack, it pays to
understand the hierarchy.

In fact, Chip, like all dogs, has a
remarkable ability to work out who's the

top dog and who's really in charge.

It's an instinct that helps create order
in a wild pack, especially around food.

Which is why, even though there is a
strict rule about not feeding Chip at

dinner, Chip has worked out who is the
weakest link.

Dogs' ability to understand family
dynamics is what helps them get along with

us.

These family instincts can be seen not
only in the wolf, but in an even more

distant relative, the African wild dog.

These are the ultimate pack predators,
and that's because of their ability to

work as a team.

African wild dogs are so successful at
hunting that they can kill nearly eight

times out of every ten hunts, over twice
as successful as the lion, the so-called

king of the jungle.

But just like our dogs at home,
they too have a softer side.

Wild dogs are totally misunderstood.

Because they're so successful,
we expect these gruesome, dangerous

animals, but they're actually very sweet.

Marlies Van Vuren rescued this pack when
they were orphaned pups here in Namibia.

They were two or three days old when I got
them in, and from day one, as tiny little

ones, their eyes were still closed,
you could see that there's a relationship,

a bond between these puppies, and they
will die for one another.

Not only do they protect each other,
but they seem to have a caring side as

well.

There's a connection that they have with
their family members.

They're gentle and they're soft with one
another, and that's the softer side of

them that most people don't see.

Wild dogs are the most sociable members of
the dog family tree, living in packs of up

to 30, and because they have an ability to
empathise and care for each other,

they're a force to be reckoned with.

Because the more cooperative they are,
the stronger the team.

They have to team up.

The more they are, the more success they
have, and the bigger prey they can pull

down.

They need their pack to survive,
and they know it.

For any team to be successful,
it has to have a leader.

So how did these orphaned pups,
who'd never been in a pack before,

know their places in the group?

To form a social structure in there and
have that linear hierarchy downwards is

instinct.

It's born in them and in their genetics,
and it's amazing to see animals that's

never been with them, mum, that has that.

It's in this same way that your dog
naturally found his own place in your

family.

And just like your dog, they love to play
with sticks.

But for the African wild dog, sticks are a
team game.

When one of the pack is trying to get a
stick from Marlis, the entire team rush to

give back up.

When Marlis lets go, game over,
and all is quiet.

Scientists have discovered that this
instinctive teamwork can still be found in

your dog too, especially when they're
presented with a problem they need to

solve.

Meet Rob the magician.

He can make tasty nibbles disappear in
front of your very eyes.

This is confusing for anyone, let alone
dogs.

Their first reaction is to look for the
treat.

But when it seems to have disappeared,
they turn to their owner to help,

the top dog.

It's as if they're saying, what shall we
do about it?

How are we going to fix this?

And if, like Ruby, all else fails and even
your pack member can't help,

why not roll over for a tummy rub?

So it's a dog's ancient pack instincts and
an ability to empathize with their pack

members that makes them great team
players.

And after thousands of years by our sides,
they've learnt to read our emotions

brilliantly.

It's something researchers have been able
to study by observing how dogs respond to

our feelings.

So when Borditeria Mr. Williams sits down
for a tear-jerking matinee with Sandra,

he responds to her crying by resting his
head on her lap.

He even offers a helpful lick to wipe away
her tears.

Scientists had always suspected that dogs
could empathize with us, but it's only

recently that they've been able to prove
it.

Using MRI scanners, researchers have
isolated the area of a dog's brain that

responds when they hear another dog
whimper, bark or growl.

Astonishingly, it's the same area of their
brain that activates when they hear humans

cry or laugh, proving that dogs do know
when we are happy or sad.

They can also smell the stress hormone,
cortisol, that we produce when we're

stressed or scared.

Which is why when it's a horror movie,
Mr. Williams senses that Sandra is

frightened and hides his head.

When the film has a happy ending,
he relaxes too.

Dogs have evolved to understand our
feelings.

It's why they fit into our families so
well, and it explains their ability to

empathize with other dogs too.

Our next story is a powerful example of
this.

Jack is a Brittany Spaniel.

His life got off to a rocky start on the
streets of Spain, when he found himself

homeless and unwanted.

Then one day, Joe and Rich Warburton were
searching for a rescue dog online and

spotted Jack in his Spanish rescue centre.

It was love at first sight, and so they
adopted him and brought him a thousand

miles to the UK to start a new life.

The first time we met Jack, he really did
take to us straight away, and the girls,

he was very gentle with them.

For the Warburton's, Jack was the perfect
family dog.

He quickly settled in with his new family,
but unbeknown to them, something was

missing from his new life.

And that something was still in Spain.

It wasn't until Jack had been living with
the Warburton's for 15 months that Joe

made a shocking discovery online.

I saw this urgent appeal showing a video
of this dog who was shutting down.

Every day he was getting worse and worse,
and he just wasn't interested in food.

They couldn't get him to walk,
he just was kind of hiding in this

concrete little shed.

They didn't think he was going to survive.

He was said to be pining to death over a
buddy that he'd made who'd left the pound

about a year or so earlier.

And then they showed a photo of these two
best buddies, and it was Jack and Alonso

clinging together on the concrete in the
pound, and we realised that it was

obviously Jack that Alonso was pining for.

So we think that Jack and Alonso had
actually been sort of picked up off the

streets within a day or two of one
another, and it seems that kind of in the

adversity they'd kind of clung to one
another, and this bond just seemed to

have, you know, been struck up between
them, and when we adopted Jack,

in actual fact we were actually kind of
separating them.

I think we both knew when we looked at
each other that we were going to end up

with him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Four weeks later, Alonso made the journey
from Spain and arrived at the Warburton's,

but after being separated for a year and a
half, would these former best buddies

remember each other?

It wasn't guaranteed that they were going
to suddenly click again, you know.

For all we knew, Jack was going to feel
really, you know, territorial or really

protective of this wonderful new lifestyle
he had.

They had nothing to worry about.

Literally the first afternoon it was just
incredible.

We knew, didn't we, straight away that
instantly they had recognised each other

from 15 months ago.

It was just amazing.

I mean, I'm getting goosebumps now because
it was just, to see them playing was just,

it was just incredible.

They were so excited, so excited.

It was just such joy, wasn't it?

Yeah, it couldn't have been any better.

It was brilliant, brilliant.

After 15 months apart, Jack and Alonso
picked up from where they left off in the

shelter in Spain as best mates,
rekindling the love they once shared.

Jack is a happier dog now that Alonso's
here.

I see them as brothers, really.

They just love being together.

They just love being close to each other.

So they may not necessarily always be
touching one another, but they just like

to be on the same rug, on the same sofa,
on their beds together.

Jack and Alonso's bond may have been down
to the difficult times they shared.

Scientists know that strong bonds like
this are formed by the so-called love

hormone oxytocin.

It's what we all experience when we fall
in love.

We get a rush of oxytocin when we stroke
our pets, too.

But recently, scientists have discovered
that dogs also experience a rush of

oxytocin when we stroke them and when our
eyes meet.

This explains why dogs like to please us
and follow our commands.

It's because it makes them feel good.

It may explain why dogs are easy to train.

Why Merlin is happy to jump and play dead
for Kelly.

Why Tati will sit still and lie down for
Vicky.

And how Andrea manages to get the rather
vocal Arthur to calm down and not shout,

but whisper.

So there you have it.

They seem to love us as much as we love
them.

This is a long way from what would happen
if you ever tried to stroke a wild wolf.

They certainly wouldn't hold your gaze or
experience an oxytocin release.

It shows how much dogs have adapted from
the wolf.

Now, dogs love being part of their new
pack, our families.

But don't be fooled, because behind your
dog's big eyes and cute appearance,

there's an inner wolf waiting to be called
on as protector of your home and family.

We've seen how dogs have adapted some of
their wolf-like instincts to fit into our

world.

Over thousands of years, they have learnt
to understand our emotions and to work

with us as a team.

But there's one important instinct that
has largely remained unchanged.

Their primal desire to protect their pack
at all costs.

And sometimes it can be very handy to have
a dog that's in tune with his inner wolf.

Meet Seiko, an eight-year-old king
shepherd.

He lives in the mountains of British
Columbia with his owner, Joe Phillips

Garcia.

They love being out in the wilderness.

And this part of Canada is as wild as it
gets.

A year ago, Seiko revealed his instinct to
protect when they were both in a terrible

accident.

Their car left the road, leaving Joe badly
injured, 300 feet down a ravine and out of

sight.

Both had been thrown from the car.

Although Seiko was OK, Joe had broken his
leg and collarbone and was unable to move.

They were completely stranded,
30 miles from the nearest help.

Aware that Joe was in trouble,
Seiko stepped in to become his protector.

I felt so happy that I wasn't going to be
alone.

As the sun began to set and temperatures
fell, Joe realised he needed to build a

fire.

And for that, he needed wood.

I kept him growing small, little,
tiny twigs like this.

And I'd throw it over to the pile and he'd
come back of a good size like that.

Isn't that right, boy?

Seiko sensed this wasn't their normal game
of fetch.

Working as a team, he carried on bringing
wood until they had enough to see them

through the night.

Because of the pain, Joe slipped in and
out of consciousness.

Even with the fire, his injured legs were
cold.

Seiko's ability to care for a family
member kicked in and he carefully lay over

Joe to keep him warm.

Right over my legs, part that wasn't
really covered.

It was like a big fur blanket.

But keeping Joe warm wasn't Seiko's
greatest challenge.

The forests of British Columbia are
dangerous places full of bears,

wolves and even mountain lions.

Seiko knew it and stood guard.

Seiko was able to hear a lot of things out
there.

He looked towards the sound and he studied
on it for a good two minutes.

But it was coyotes that became the most
serious threat.

A pack was closing in on them.

And Seiko knew what needed to be done.

He started barking off really loud warning
barks.

When the coyotes ignored the warning,
Seiko's instincts took over and he went on

the attack.

He just bolted right in there.

It was pretty intense to hear,
just the clashing between the dogs.

Deadly dog fighting, something you'd
picture in a horror movie.

Must have been eight minutes he came back
and he only had a cut right behind his

ear.

Seiko had survived with only a minor
injury.

He'd drawn on his wolf instincts to
protect his human pack member.

Seiko spent two days fighting off other
predators and protecting Joe until they

were found and rescued.

Seiko's a hero.

Seiko saved my son.

Seiko and Joe have a bond that is going to
be inseparable for life.

They survived.

There's no doubt that Seiko is a very
special hero dog.

All dogs like to guard their human family.

Chip here is constantly alert to potential
threats.

He thinks the postman is trying to invade
the house at the same time every day.

Using his wolf-like super senses,
Chip can hear when the postman is

approaching, long before anyone else.

Just as a wolf would alert the rest of his
pack when they are under threat,

Chip barks a warning.

Until the postman leaves.

And because he then retreats, having
delivered his letters, Chip thinks he's

scared him away.

And so the daily cycle continues.

If you want your dog to stop barking at
the postman, the best thing to do is to

become friends with him.

Making him an honorary member of your
pack.

All dogs have found a role for themselves
as our family guardians.

But just how did they swap their
four-legged pack for our two-legged one

and start sharing our homes in the first
place?

The dog family today is the most
astonishing array of colours, shapes and

sizes.

So it's extraordinary that they all come
from the grey wolf.

The biggest and most dangerous member of
the canine family.

From first bonding with us over 10,000
years ago, the wolf's ancestors began to

evolve into this mixed bunch.

The most diverse species on earth.

How things have changed.

But the wolf ancestor can still be seen in
this mini-Australian shepherd.

But perhaps not, when we look at the short
brown hair of a Wieschler or the black and

white spotted coat of the Dalmatian.

A wolf may be similar in size to the
Newfoundland or the Great Dane,

but that is where the similarity ends.

And then there's the French Bulldog and
the Jack Russell.

How could this majestic creature end up
eight times smaller and just one-tenth of

its weight like this Shih Tzu?

Well, that's all down to us.

Because historically, when early
hunter-gatherers started to feel

comfortable around habituated scavenging
wolves, they couldn't resist taming the

friendliest pups.

And with each generation, those friendly
wolves got tamer.

They evolved into dogs, and then we began
to selectively breed the characteristics

that appealed to us.

So what did these first dogs look like?

Meet the Africanus.

The African village dog.

They still live alongside the San people
of Namibia, and give us a window into how

those early dogs might have teamed up with
humans.

Just as your dog knows it's time for a
walk when you grab the lead, these guys

know it's time for theirs when they see
the San prepare their arrows.

And just like your dog, they can't resist
bolting ahead.

These canines also like to lead the way on
a hunt.

They perform a vital function.

Their wolf-like super-senses can detect
danger long before the San.

Those satellite dish ears are three times
more sensitive than ours.

So just as your dog can hear the bin men
approaching long before you, they can pick

up the sound of animals in the bush miles
away.

They are our eyes and ears, so they can
warn us of elephants that could be in the

area.

Their sense of smell could be up to a
million times better than ours.

And just as your dog likes nothing more
than a good sniff, the San quite literally

follow their dog's noses.

They are the ones that can pick up the
footprints and smell if the track is old

or new.

So when the dogs find a fresh track,
the San know that food is not far away.

The San and the dogs rely on each other
for survival.

Together, they are an unstoppable team.

If we don't catch anything, we will both
be hungry.

And as those early dogs became more
comfortable around us humans, they began

to learn how to communicate with us.

So in the same way that your dog gives you
the eyes when he wants a treat,

these dogs would have learned how to beg
for their supper.

And once they got their feet under our
tables, they never left.

They evolved to fit into our human pack.

And of course they act as brilliant
lookouts, always alert to threats.

They look after us at night in case an
intruder comes into the area.

We love our dogs.

In this way, they are crucial members of
the village.

When the early hunter-gatherers realized
that living with dogs was a winning

partnership, dog and humankind never
looked back.

Wherever humans settled on the planet,
dogs worked alongside us, fulfilling many

roles.

And in this way, dogs developed over time,
acquiring different characteristics,

ideal for different jobs.

Two thousand years ago, the Chinese bred a
dog to resemble the fierceness of a lion,

but that was small enough to hide in the
sleeve of emperors.

The result?

The Pekingese, a fluffy companion and a
concealed weapon in one.

In Hungary, hundreds of years ago,
shepherds bred the Commodore.

Its dreadlocks protected them from
marauding bears who ended up with

mouthfuls of hair, not flesh, when they
attacked.

In the 17th century, the mountain-dwelling
Swiss needed a working dog that could help

in alpine rescues.

It had to have a phenomenal sense of smell
and be capable of digging out avalanche

victims.

And so, the St. Bernard, famous for that
perfect medicine, Brandy, with a dash of

slobber.

But how did these dogs make the leap from
workers to becoming pampered pets in our

homes?

The evolution from wolf to dog has taken
around 10,000 years.

But remarkably, in Britain, it's only in
the last 200 that they made that final

leap from a working dog to being an adored
pet at the centre of our family.

This happened by chance in 1815,
when a Scottish hunting dog called the

Dandy Dinmont was featured in a
best-selling novel, and people went mad

for them.

They became Britain's first real pet dog.

Today, at this country estate in the
Scottish Borders, is the annual gathering

of the clan Dandy.

For owners and dogs, it's the event of the
year, and it's important to look your

best.

Especially when visiting the celebrated
birthplace of the breed.

The book that launched the Dandy was the
Harry Potter novel of its day,

called Guy Manoring.

It sold out in 24 hours.

Almost overnight, these terriers went from
the field to the fireplace, becoming the

first celebrity canines.

They even managed to worm their way into
Queen Victoria's home.

A favourite pet of her grandson,
Prince Wilhelm.

As the Dandies arrive, it's not the house
that they've come to see, but the kennels

at the rear.

Because this pilgrimage is to pay their
respects to the father of the breed.

His name was Old Ginger.

All Dandy Dinmonts alive today can trace
their ancestry to this single dog.

This gathering offers Dandies the chance
to meet up with relatives.

Across there is her mother, and her
grandmother, and her great-grandfather,

so we know that.

So it's lovely, it's nice to see people,
nice to catch up with their relatives.

Every one of the 60 owners here knows why
the Dandy Dinmont entered our homes and

never left.

Willow, she's a little comedian.

Loves playing, very kind, very curious.

And when she looks at you, you can't
resist her.

Those big eyes.

This is Colonel, Colonel Mustard.

He's very outgoing.

Everyone knows who he is, where I live.

He is part of the family.

I just love him.

He's my little mate.

If it's a rainy day, don't ask them to get
out of their beds.

They will stay in their beds, which is
quite, quite helpful.

Quite helpful.

First time I saw one, I had this immediate
connection.

And everybody who has one, it changes
their lives.

The Dandies get to walk in the footsteps
of their forefather.

But the highlight of the day is the Dandy
Dinmont Derby.

A head-to-head sprint along a specially
constructed 25-metre track.

Dandy Dinmont Derby Take your marks,
get set, go!

The race lasts a mere four seconds.

With their short, powerful bodies,
Dandy Dinmonts are capable of impressive

turns of speed.

Which is perhaps not surprising,
given that these terriers once chased

otters for a living.

Now they're racing towards their besotted
owners.

Who can blame the Georgians and Victorians
for inviting this working terrier to share

their homes as Britain's first pet dog
breed?

It seems that companionship and love was
the driving factor.

In the 200 years since the Dandy Dinmont
entered the family home, we've bred dogs

more for their companionship than their
work ethic.

We now have more than 400 pure breeds,
as well as thousands of cross-breeds.

And breeding dogs is relatively easy.

Take a Rottweiler.

With careful breeding you can end up with
this diminutive Dachshund.

Remarkably, there is only one gene in the
difference between being high and mighty,

or low and stubby.

In fact, all the differences you can see
here are down to just a handful of genes.

There's the long-legged ones, the hairy
ones, or the special ones.

A plethora of dogs, one to suit everyone.

And we're still breeding new dogs today.

We've solved the problem of the molting
cocker spaniel by mixing it with the

non-shedding toy poodle to give us the
cockapoo, with hair that stays firmly on

the dog and not on your furniture.

And then there's Charlie.

He's a blend of a dog known for its
companionship, the pug, and the energetic

beagle.

Charlie is a puggle.

These so-called designer dogs,
like the cockapoo and the puggle,

are becoming the most popular dogs in
Britain.

And the most diverse animal family on the
planet just keeps getting bigger.

Astonishing when you think that they all
came from the wolf.

They've not only conquered our hearts and
our homes, but at this rate, they'll take

over the planet.

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