Try watching to the end azz I agree the treatment of dogs was harsh and the 2 kids who went were complete prats but the guy did actually teach them something and it results in a better life for 2 dogs in our country then it can't be all bad

I couldn't help liking Henry (maybe it was his coat-Jamie has a similar one ) as I do think that he really cared for his dogs and he was also quite caring to the 2 numpty owners although he didn't take any attitude from them.

I do hope my licence fee is not being spent on these nuggets being sent overseas though?

Sadly I often see people with Staffies off-lead near main roads-I nearly hit one coming home from work on Tuesday. There were a group of young males with it and one of them just shoved it with his foot back on to the pavement when he saw it had gone into the road

K, will do later on tonight

I didn't see it..part of me wanted to, but part of me didn't and the second part won

I might watch it if it is on iplayer though, as i can FF through any jerking of dogs and thus keep my adrenalin levels reasonably calm and my blood pressure down

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I didn't have a problem with them showing the use of check chains etc, as that is how this guy trains his dogs - and it wouldn't do the programme justice to hide such things.

Just because we don't always agree with things, doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye to them or pretend they don't happen?

Yup I cringed when he did that yank

I think perhaps this programme would have been more interesting (to dog people anyway!) as simply a programme about different working dogs around the world - but then, I guess, it wouldn't make as good "general" viewing iyswim.

Here's the link to iplayer folks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode..._South_Africa/


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Something I meant to comment on when watching the programme was they said that a Mali can track faster than a bloodhound? Is that right? If so, I am impressed!

I found the insight into the boy with the Staffie's life quite interesting - and it did answer a few questions I had about why certain factions buy staffies as status symbols, and why they aren't trained or kept on leads. Really strange logic they have - but I found it interesting all the same.

Look forward to next week's show.

And the two total idiot owners taking part


The boy was acting out because he wasn't confident inside. And it looked as if the girl had been brought up to believe she had to rely on others. She won me over when she said about her large bouncy Malinois 'I don't want to shout at him because he's so lovely'

Just got to the bit where Holly is ok about not giving one of her dogs food or water

It's better than I thought though, so far....

Loving the Malis