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Narrator: WELCOME TO A WORLD WHERE CUDDLY KNOWS NO BOUNDS,
A PLACE FILLED WITH NEW BEGINNINGS.
WITNESS THE MIRACLE OF CUTE.
[ WHIMPERS ]
FROM THEIR FIRST TRIUMPHANT CALLS TO THE WILD...
[ HOWLING ]
...TO THEIR ADVENTURES IN PLAYTIME,
IT'S THREE UNIQUE PUPPY COMING-OF-AGE STORIES.
AND THEY'RE AWE-INSPIRINGLY ADORABLE.
BECAUSE THESE PUPPIES ARE JUST TOO LOVEABLE...
TOO DETERMINED...
TOO CUTE.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
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IN A LUSH, WOODED GROVE LIES A SERENE VILLA
THAT'S MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY HOME.
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE DOG RESORT AND SPA...
A PLACE FOR CANINES TO BE CATERED TO.
OF COURSE, EVERY RESORT NEEDS A HOST OR HOSTESS.
THIS ONE HAS TEMPEST, A WHIPPET.
WITH HER SERENE AND GENTLE NATURE...
[ DOORBELL RINGS ]
...TEMPEST ALWAYS GIVES THE SPA GUESTS THE WARMEST OF WELCOMES.
[ DOORKNOB RATTLES ]
PERFECT PRACTICE FOR HER LATEST ARRIVALS TO THE RESORT --
A WHOPPING PILE OF 10 WEE WHIPPETS.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
THEY'RE A MIXTURE OF FAWN-PATCHED
AND BRINDLE-PATCHED COATS.
WITH SO MANY TO KEEP TRACK OF,
IT'S A GOOD THING TEMPEST HAS EXPERIENCE TENDING TO OTHERS.
[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]
WHIPPET-LIKE HOUNDS DATE BACK TO ROMAN TIMES.
AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES, THEIR GRACEFUL FORM
HAS ROUTINELY ATTRACTED THE EYE OF ARTISTS.
BUT IT WAS IN 17th-CENTURY ENGLAND
THAT THIS GREYHOUND MIXED WITH TERRIER BLOOD
CAME TO BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED,
WHEN IT WAS USED AS A RABBIT HUNTER.
WHIPPETS ARE THE FASTEST DOMESTIC ANIMAL OF THEIR WEIGHT,
REACHING SPEEDS OF UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
WITH A UNIQUELY ADAPTED BODY, THEIR LEGS ARE ABLE TO ALTERNATE
BETWEEN FULL EXTENSION AND BEING TUCKED UP TIGHT.
THIS IS KNOWN AS A DOUBLE-SUSPENSION GALLOP.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
AND IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE WHIPPET PUPS
IS ALREADY WORKING ON HIS GALLOP.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
THIS FAWN-PATCHED BOY IS DASH...
[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]
...WHO'S DETERMINED
TO GET HIS ROOKIE RACER LEGS TO STRETCH OUT FARTHER.
IT MIGHT NOT BE QUITE A GALLOP,
BUT FOR LEGS THAT ARE ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD,
IT'S NOT A BAD START.
MEANWHILE, THE LITTLEST BRINDLE-PATCHED GIRL...
IS STRUGGLING TO STAY ON HER FEET AT ALL.
MOUSE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW UP...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...FROM DOWN.
AND ONCE SHE'S BACK WITH THE PACK...
WHEN A CLIENT CALLS FOR HER HOSTESS MOM...
[ DOORBELL RINGS ]
...MOUSE IS TOPSY-TURVY AGAIN...
AND AGAIN.
[ DOORBELL RINGS ]
[ PUPPY SQUEALS ]
MAKE THAT ONCE MORE.
LUCKILY, LITTLE MOUSE FINALLY GETS HER BEARINGS
IN THE COZY PILE,
RIGHT WHERE MOM CAN SEE HER.
IN A TIDY HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF TOWN,
LIVES A MIXED-BREED DOG NAMED FOXY...
WHO DOES LOOK A LOT LIKE A FOX.
MOST OF THE WORLD'S DOGS ARE MIXED BREEDS.
AND BECAUSE OF THEIR GENETIC DIVERSITY,
THEY'RE OFTEN HEALTHIER AND HAVE LONGER LIFE-SPANS
THAN PUREBRED DOGS.
FOXY IS A FOSTER DOG FROM A LOCAL SHELTER...
AND SHE WAS SPRUNG FROM THE SHELTER JUST IN TIME...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HER FOUR MINI MIXED BREEDS --
THREE GIRLS, ALL WITH COFFEE-COLORED COATS,
THE DARKEST OF WHICH IS JAVA...
AND ONE MILKY-WHITE BOY NAMED BLANCO.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
FOXY'S HERITAGE IS UNKNOWN,
BUT IT'S SAFE TO SAY HER FOUR PUPS DON'T LOOK MUCH LIKE HER.
PERHAPS THEY TAKE MORE AFTER THEIR DAD.
THE TROUBLE IS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT DAD LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, EXCEPT FOR FOXY.
SO ONLY TIME WILL TELL HOW BIG
OR HOW FURRY THESE TINY PUPS WILL BE.
FOR NOW, THOUGH,
IT LOOKS LIKE THE GIRLS ARE BLENDING NICELY TOGETHER...
WHILE BLANCO IS OUT OF THE MIX.
EVEN WHEN HE TRIES FOR A SISTER SNUGGLE,
HE DOESN'T GET THE WARMEST RECEPTION.
GUESS IT'S GIRLS ONLY IN THIS COFFEE KLATCH.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
BUT SOMETIMES BEING AN OUTSIDER HAS ITS ADVANTAGES.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
WHILE HIS SISTERS SLEEP,
BLANCO, WHOSE EYES AND EARS ARE STILL CLOSED,
SNIFFS OUT MOM...
AND SCORES SOME SPECIAL SNUGGLE TIME ALL TO HIMSELF.
NOT FAR AWAY, IN A SUNNY, FLOWER-DECKED SUBURB...
LIVES A BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER NAMED OLIVE.
SHE'S OUT HERE BECAUSE SHE NEEDS A BREAK FROM WHAT'S IN THERE.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING LOUDLY ]
SO MANY COAL-BLACK PUPS,
ONLY THEIR FABRIC COLLARS CAN TELL THEM APART.
THERE'S AVA AND ARTIE...
BILLY AND BOB...
AND THEIR NINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
FOR OLIVE, 13 ISN'T SO MUCH UNLUCKY AS EXHAUSTING.
[ OLIVE SIGHS ]
BRED IN THE SOVIET UNION IN 1950s TO BE GUARD DOGS,
THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER IS A COMBINATION OF 17 OTHER BREEDS,
INCLUDING THE GIANT SCHNAUZER, ROTTWEILER,
AND AIREDALE TERRIER.
BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS ARE WORKING DOGS,
AND MOM OLIVE IS NO EXCEPTION.
SHE'S A READING-THERAPY DOG.
OLIVE.
OLIVE.
OLIVE.
HER CALM AND PATIENT DEMEANOR
OFFERS A PEACEFUL, NONJUDGMENTAL EAR TO READERS OF ALL AGES.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
BUT "PEACEFUL" IS NOT THE WORD WHEN MOM'S OFF READING DUTY
AND ON TO LUNCH DUTY.
WITH SO MANY DINERS, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SEATS
AT THE DINNER TABLE...
AND THE UNLUCKY 13th PUP IS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
MEET FERRIS, IN THE RED COLLAR.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
THOUGH HE'S TARDY TO THE TABLE, THAT WON'T HOLD THIS PUP BACK.
FERRIS IS A FIGHTER, BECAUSE WITH 12 SIBLINGS,
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SPOT.
BUT FIRST...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
...YOU'VE GOT TO FIND IT.
AT LAST, FERRIS FIGHTS HIS WAY IN.
HIS LITTLE SISTER CLEO, IN THE YELLOW,
PREFERS A MORE PEACEFUL APPROACH TO HER MEAL,
AND THIS CALM LITTLE GIRL GETS WHAT SHE WANTS WITHOUT A FIGHT.
BUT FOR HER MOM OF 13, IF WHAT SHE WANTS IS A DAY OF QUIET,
SHE'S NOT LIKELY TO GET IT FOR SOME TIME.
[ SIGHS ]
COMING UP, MIXED-BREED PUP JAVA GETS STUCK IN A TIGHT SPOT...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...AND BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER FERRIS STARTS A FOOD FIGHT.
Narrator: AT THE LEAFY HAVEN OF THE DOG SPA,
HOSTESS WHIPPET TEMPEST IS SHOWING A CANINE GUEST
TO HIS GARDEN SUITE...
WHILE BACK IN THE MAIN LODGE,
THE 10 WHIPPET PUPS KNOW NOTHING OF THE LUSH GROUNDS OUTSIDE.
FOR THEM, THE LOBBY HOLDS QUITE ENOUGH ADVENTURE.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
AND WITH MORE STRETCH TO THEIR LEGS
AND MORE PEP IN THEIR STEPS
THE PUPS BEGIN TO EXPLORE.
FAWN-PATCHED DASH IS EAGER TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WHIPPET
IN MORE THAN JUST APPEARANCE.
HE'S TAKING HIS GROWING LIMBS FOR A TEST DRIVE.
THIS AMBITIOUS PUP IS GOING PLACES
AND WON'T LET ANYTHING STAND IN HIS WAY.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
ONLY THING IS, WHICH WAY HE'S GOING
ISN'T QUITE CLEAR.
BUT THEN DASH COMES ACROSS AN INVITING PASSAGEWAY.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
SO INVITING THAT THE REST OF THE CONVOY
FOLLOWS HIS HIGHWAY TO ADVENTURE...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...UNTIL IT DAWNS ON THEM, THIS IS A ROAD TO NOWHERE.
BUT THEIRS ISN'T THE ONLY ROCKY ROAD.
WITH HER WOBBLY LEGS, LITTLEST PUP MOUSE
CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE PUPPY STAMPEDE,
EVEN WHEN IT'S GOING NOWHERE.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
LUCKILY, MOM TEMPEST IS SOON BACK
FROM HER DUTIES AT THE SPA...
AND LIKE A GOOD HOSTESS,
MAKES SURE ALL HER LITTLE ONES ARE CATERED TO.
BACK AT THE TIDY HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF TOWN,
MOM FOXY'S MIXED-BREED PUPS ARE NOW FOUR WEEKS OLD.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
WITH DAD'S IDENTITY A MYSTERY,
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PUPS WILL LOOK LIKE
OR HOW BIG THEY'LL GET.
BUT THE LITTLE ONES
HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED SOME SURPRISING FEATURES...
LIKE BLANCO'S FRECKLES.
[ YAWNS ]
BUT SOME THINGS ARE STAYING THE SAME,
LIKE GIRLS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM...
BOY ON THE OTHER.
BLANCO DOES HIS BEST TO ENTERTAIN HIMSELF...
THOUGH HE'D RATHER PLAY WITH HIS SISTERS
AND TRIES TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY'VE GOT A BROTHER...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...BUT HIS PLEA IS IGNORED.
HIS SISTER JAVA IS FAR TOO BUSY HANGING OUT WITH THE GIRLS,
SO BLANCO MAKES HIS PRESENCE A LITTLE MORE OBVIOUS.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
HE STILL GETS NOWHERE.
BUT THEN, WHEN JAVA WANDERS INTO A TIGHT SPOT
WITH NO WAY OUT...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...IT'S BLANCO'S TURN TO IGNORE HER.
[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]
NOT THAT JAVA WAITS LONG
BEFORE HER GIRL GANG COMES TO THE RESCUE...
LEAVING BLANCO OUT OF THE MIX ONCE AGAIN.
BACK IN THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS' SUNNY SUBURB,
MOM OLIVE IS ENJOYING SOME DOWNTIME
DURING A READING-THERAPY SESSION.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING LOUDLY ]
BUT IT'S TOUGH TO GET MUCH READING DONE
WITH ALL THIS RACKET.
OLIVE'S 13 3-WEEK-OLD PUPS ARE NOW UP ON THEIR FEET
AND ALL OVER THE PLACE...
[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]
...AND IT'S WEARING MOM OUT
JUST WATCHING ALL THEIR HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.
BUT AT LEAST LITTLE CLEO'S MAKING IT EASIER FOR MOM,
AS SHE PEACEFULLY CURLS UP WITH A GOOD BOOK.
[ PUPPY SIGHS ]
AS MOM GATHERS HER TERRIER TROOP FOR LUNCH...
FERRIS IS ONCE AGAIN THE UNLUCKY 13th PUP,
MISSING A SPOT AT THE TABLE.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
BUT TODAY HIS LUCK TURNS
WHEN MOM GETS SOME HELP WITH DINNER DUTY.
[ PUPPY SNIFFING ]
SNIFFING OUT THE SWEET SMELL OF SNACK TIME...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...FERRIS WON'T LET ANYONE BLOCK HIS PATH
TOWARD THE SCENT OF SOMETHING GOOD...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...AND THIS LITTLE FIGHTER SOON BATTLES HIS WAY TO THE BANQUET.
OF COURSE, MEALTIME CAN GET MESSY...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...WHICH MAKES BATH TIME FOR A BAKER'S DOZEN A WHOLE LOT BUSIER
FOR THIS HARDWORKING MOM.
COMING UP, THE WHIPPETS MEET WATER,
AND IT'S HIDE-AND-SEEK TIME
FOR ONLY-BOY BLANCO AND THE GIRL GANG.
Narrator: BACK AT THE DOG RESORT,
IT'S TIME FOR WHIPPET HOSTESS TEMPEST
TO LET HER ENERGETIC PUPS CUT LOOSE ON THE SPA GROUNDS.
MOM WANTS TO TAKE HER PACK
TO HER FAVORITE PART OF THIS GIANT PLAYGROUND...
THE POOL.
BUT THEY BARELY SET OUT WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER A SETBACK.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
LITTLEST PUP MOUSE TRIES TO GET A LEG UP,
BUT SHE'S JUST TOO SMALL TO SUCCEED.
AND AMBITIOUS DASH AND THE GANG
AREN'T EXACTLY ACING THE ASCENT EITHER...
UNTIL THEY'RE GIVEN AN AIRLIFT.
NOW NOTHING LIES BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR WATER WONDERLAND.
[ NEEDLE SCRATCHES RECORD ]
NOTHING, THAT IS, EXCEPT ANOTHER SET OF STAIRS.
THIS TIME, THE PUPS HAVE JUST GIVEN UP.
MOM DOES HER BEST TO ENCOURAGE.
SO FAWN-PATCHED PUP WENDY STRETCHES HER WHIPPET LIMBS...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...AND THE CLIMB IS CONQUERED,
WITH THE OASIS FINALLY IN SIGHT...
WHERE MOM AT LAST GETS A COOL DIP...
AND THE CHANCE TO SHOW OFF SOME OF HER WINNING STROKES,
WHICH, OF COURSE, MAKES AMBITIOUS DASH
EAGER TO TRY SOME STROKES OF HIS OWN.
DASH TRIES HIS BEST, BUT THIS MINI WHIPPET
HASN'T QUITE EARNED HIS WATER WINGS JUST YET.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
BACK AT THE MIXED BREEDS' NEAT, WHITE HOUSE,
AT 6 WEEKS OLD, ONLY-BOY BLANCO
IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF BIG-DOG DRIVE IN HIS DNA...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT COMES FROM DAINTY MOM FOXY.
JAVA AND THE GIRLS DON'T WANT TO BE THE TARGET
OF ALL THAT ROWDINESS
AND PROMPTLY MAKE THEMSELVES SCARCE.
BLANCO REALIZES THERE'S NO ONE AROUND TO WRESTLE.
[ BLANCO WHIMPERING ]
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THE BOISTEROUS BOY DOES WHAT HE DOES BEST...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...ENTERTAIN HIMSELF.
WITH BLANCO OCCUPIED,
THE SISTERS ARE LULLED INTO A SENSE OF CALM
AND THINK IT'S SAFE TO COME OUT OF HIDING.
BUT BLANCO PROVES THAT WITH A ROWDY BROTHER AROUND,
NO SISTER IS EVER SAFE.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
BACK IN THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS' SUBURB,
THE 13 PUPPIES ARE NOW 5 WEEKS OLD
AND, IT SEEMS, 5 TIMES MORE RAMBUNCTIOUS.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
MOM OLIVE IS POOPED.
IT'S TIME TO TRY AND LEAD THIS ROWDY CREW
TO THE BACK DOGGY DOOR AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS BEYOND.
LITTLE CLEO MAKES IT EASY FOR MOM
BY FOLLOWING DUTIFULLY BEHIND...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...UNTIL SHE AND HER SIBLINGS
REACH THE GATEWAY TO THE BIG, WIDE WORLD OUTSIDE.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
[ PANTING ]
TURNS OUT, NEGOTIATING A SWINGING DOGGY DOOR
IS A LOT TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS.
[ PANTING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]
BUT EVENTUALLY, ONE BY ONE,
THE PUPS PLUCK UP THE PEP THAT THEY NEED
AND FALL INTO STEP WITH THE FIELD TRIP.
ALL BUT UNLUCKY 13th PUP FERRIS...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
...WHO'S LATE FOR THE OUTING,
BUT FERRIS IS A FIGHTER.
THOUGH BELATED, HE WON'T BE BEATEN.
AND ONCE HE'S JOINED THE OTHERS IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS...
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
...THERE'S NO STOPPING FERRIS' FIGHTING SPIRIT.
BUT ALL THIS ENERGY EXPENDED IS JUST FINE WITH MOM OLIVE,
WHO GETS A BREAK, FOR ONCE...
UNTIL SHE REALIZES,
SOMEHOW, SHE'S GOT TO GET THIS CROWDED CREW OF PUPS
BACK INSIDE.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
COMING UP, MIXED-BREED BLANCO FINDS A FUNHOUSE...
AND WHIPPET PUP DASH GETS INTO PLACES HE SHOULDN'T.
Narrator: BACK AT THE LUSH GROUNDS OF THE DOG RESORT...
WHIPPET TEMPEST CATERS TO HER GUESTS
WHO ARE LOUNGING BY THE POOL...
[ PUPPY SNORES ]
...WHILE INSIDE,
HER 10-PACK OF PUPS ARE DOING THEIR OWN LOUNGING.
[ PUPPY SNORES ]
WELL, MAKE THAT NINE PUPS.
FOR DASH, THIS BED IS RATHER CROWDED,
SO THE AMBITIOUS PUP GOES ON A HUNT
FOR HIS OWN COZY LOUNGE SPOT.
THIS NOOK HAS SOME BRIGHT, INVITING COLORS...
BUT DOESN'T FEEL THE COZIEST.
THIS SECRET HIDEOUT LOOKS A BIT MORE LIKE IT
UNTIL THE HIDEOUT BECOMES A LITTLE LESS SECRET.
AND THEN DASH STUMBLES UPON A MORE PROMISING NOOK.
THIS SOFT AND DOWNY DEN LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT BED.
BUT EVEN NAP SPOTS HAVE THEIR HAZARDS.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
FINALLY, DASH GETS THE LUXURY LOUNGER HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
BUT THAT'S WHEN THE REST OF THE 10-PACK WAKES UP.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
GUESS DASH WILL HAVE TO LOUNGE HIS DAY AWAY ANOTHER DAY.
BACK AT THE MIXED-BREED HOUSE,
JAVA AND HER GIRL GANG ARE STAKING CLAIM
TO THE BACKYARD AND EVERYTHING THEY FIND IN IT.
BUT EACH TIME ONLY-BOY BLANCO TRIES TO JOIN IN THE FUN...
THE GIRLS TAKE THE FUN ELSEWHERE...
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
...UNTIL BLANCO SPOTS HIS OWN FUN.
A CLUBHOUSE ALL TO HIMSELF.
BUT HE DOESN'T GET IT TO HIMSELF FOR LONG.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
[ PUPPY GROWLS ]
AND NOW THAT THE SISTERS ARE A LITTLE OLDER AND BOLDER...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...THEY GIVE THEIR BROTHER A TASTE OF THEIR RAMBUNCTIOUSNESS.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING PLAYFULLY ]
AND BLANCO IS SOON TURNED OUT OF HIS NEWFOUND SPOT...
...BUT BLANCO DOESN'T LET IT BOTHER HIM.
THIS ONLY BOY JUST DOES WHAT HE'S GOTTEN RATHER GOOD AT...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...ENTERTAINING HIMSELF.
AS FOR THE COMMANDEERED CLUBHOUSE...
JAVA AND HER SISTERS SOON BRING THE WHOLE HOUSE DOWN.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
OUT IN SUNNY SUBURBIA WITH THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS,
MOM OLIVE IS ENJOYING SOME PEACE AND QUIET
AND A GOOD BOOK INDOORS...
WHILE OUTDOORS, THE 13-PACK OF PUPS ARE ENJOYING THEIR BOOKS.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
ALL EXCEPT GOOD LITTLE CLEO,
WHO CONSUMES HER KNOWLEDGE AT A GENTLER PACE.
BUT 13th-PUP FERRIS IS TARDY TO THE READING PARTY.
AND WHEN HE ARRIVES, ALL THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT.
OF COURSE, LITTLE FIGHTER FERRIS
TRIES TO EVEN OUT THE PRINT DISTRIBUTION.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING PLAYFULLY ]
BUT WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK...
FERRIS IS FORCED
TO WRITE HIS OWN PLUCKY, LITTLE TALE OF ADVENTURE.
PUPPY STORY TIME LEADS EASILY TO SLEEPY TIME.
AND WHEN MOM'S SESSION IS OVER, SHE'S RATHER RELIEVED
TO FIND ALL 13 TERRIER TOTS TUCKERED OUT.
AND NOW A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS PRODUCED A WORLD RECORD-HOLDER
FOR THE FARTHEST WATER DIVE BY A DOG?
IS IT THE WELL-BUILT BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER...
THE WIRY WHIPPET...
OR THE VERSATILE MIXED BREED?
THE ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Narrator: WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS
PRODUCED A WORLD RECORD-HOLDER
FOR THE FARTHEST WATER DIVE BY A DOG?
THE ANSWER...
THE WHIPPET.
AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR IN 2012,
WHIPPET COCHITI DOVE 32 FEET OUT
INTO A 19,000-GALLON POOL OF WATER.
BACK AT THE DOG RESORT AND SPA,
IT'S COCKTAIL HOUR OUT BY THE POOL.
WHIPPET HOSTESS TEMPEST LOOKS ON
WHILE THE DOG GUESTS SIP ON THEIR HEALTHY YOGURT SHAKES...
AND ALL IS PEACEFUL BY THE POOL.
THAT IS...
[ NEEDLES SCRATCHES RECORD ]
...UNTIL 10 WHIPPET PUPS,
NOW 9 WEEKS OLD AND NOT SHORT OF ENERGY,
CRASH THE POOL PARTY...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...MUCH TO THE SPA GUESTS' DISMAY.
DASH, OF COURSE, IS HEADING UP THE MISCHIEF...
AND IS THE FIRST TO FIND SOME FOOD AND DRINK
THAT WASN'T INTENDED FOR HIS CONSUMPTION.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
AND SOON ALL THE PUPS ARE JOINING IN THE DISRUPTION...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...AND UPSETTING THE SERENE ATMOSPHERE.
EVEN LITTLE MOUSE GETS IN ON THE RAID,
CLAIMING A COZY SUN LOUNGER...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...WHICH REMINDS DASH THAT AFTER ALL THAT ENERGY SPENT,
HE COULD DO WITH SOME R&R, TOO.
BACK AT THE MIXED-BREED HOUSE,
ONLY-BOY BLANCO HAS SPOTTED SOMETHING RATHER INTERESTING...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
...AND THE AQUATIC PLAYTHING
ALSO CATCHES THE ATTENTION OF JAVA AND HER SISTERS.
IT LOOKS SO ENTICING...
THAT THE SISTERS DECIDE TO JOIN THEIR LONE BROTHER,
RATHER THAN EXCLUDE HIM...
AND BLANCO GLADLY SHOWS THE GIRLS HOW TO ROMP IN THE RAIN.
AND FINALLY, ALL THE PUPS ARE PLAYING TOGETHER.
BACK AT THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIERS',
THERE'S A READING-THERAPY TRAINING SESSION
IN STORE FOR THE PUPS
WITH STAND-IN CLIENTS TO HELP THE PUPS LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE.
MOM OLIVE SETS THE TONE WITH HER CALM AND RESTFUL DEMEANOR.
"FATHERS TURNING THEIR BACKS TO THE ICY WIND."
GOOD LITTLE GIRL CLEO IS FIRST TO GIVE IT A GO...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...AND IT SEEMS THIS CALM, LITTLE CUDDLER
IS A NATURAL READING COMPANION, MUCH TO MOM'S PRIDE.
[ PANTING ]
BUT THEN THE REST OF THE ROWDY PUPS ARRIVE...
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
...WITH UNLUCKY 13th PUP FERRIS AT THE REAR.
[ PUPPY BARKING ]
AND THIS TROOP OF TRAINEES
DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE GRASPED THE BASICS OF READING...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...LIKE THAT PEACE AND QUIET
IS USUALLY REQUIRED...
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
...AND THAT BOOKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TREATED
WITH A LITTLE RESPECT.
[ PUPPY GROWLS ]
[ PUPPY YAWNS ]
IT SEEMS FERRIS' FIGHTING SPIRIT
ISN'T SO SUITED TO THE READING ROOM...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
...UNLESS IT BRINGS FORTH A LITTLE DRAMA OF HIS OWN MAKING.
LOOKS LIKE THESE WORKING DOGS
MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE TRAINING
BEFORE THEY'RE READY FOR THE WORKING WORLD.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
[ PUPPY BARKING ]
COMING UP, LITTLE MOUSE MAKES A NEW FRIEND,
AND THE MIXED-BREED PUPS HEAD TO A SPECIAL EVENT.
Narrator: OUT IN THE PEACEFUL GROVES OF THE DOG SPA...
THE 10-PACK OF WHIPPET PUPS ARE USING THEIR LIVE-IN RETREAT
LESS FOR RELAXING THAN LIVELIER PURSUITS.
DASH, OF COURSE, HEADS UP THE ROWDY GAMES...
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
...WHILE LITTLEST PUP MOUSE
SETTLES MORE INTO THE PEACEFUL RESORT RHYTHMS.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
9 WEEKS AGO, MOM TEMPEST'S HOSTESS JOB
GOT A WHOLE LOT BUSIER
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF 10 NEW, LITTLE GUESTS TO CATER TO.
FROM THE FIRST MOMENT, DASH STRETCHED OUT HIS RACING LEGS.
THIS AMBITIOUS PUP WAS GOING PLACES,
AND HE TOOK THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD
IN HIS LONG-LEGGED STRIDE,
WHILE LITTLE MOUSE HAD A SMALLER STRIDE,
WHICH SUITED HER JUST FINE.
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
TODAY A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS,
AS MOUSE SETS OFF TO A NEW HOME WITH A NEW FRIEND,
WHO LOOKS LIKE HE'LL BE A GENTLE COMPANION
FOR THIS GENTLE PUP.
AND AS FOR DASH, WHERE'S HE OFF TO?
TO JOIN MOM, WHO'S GROOMING HER AMBITIOUS PUP
AS A TRAINEE DOG-RESORT HOST.
AS THIS PEPPY, LITTLE PUP HAS PROVEN,
HE'S GOT THE SPARK TO GO PLACES IN THIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
BACK AT THE MIXED-BREED HOUSE, FOXY AND HER FOUR-PACK OF PUPS
ARE HEADING OFF ON AN EXCITING ADVENTURE
TO BRIGHT, NEW FUTURES.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT RECENT RESCUE FOXY
WAS GIVEN A WARM AND COZY FOSTER HOME
FOR HER COFFEE-COLORED CREW OF GIRLS...
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
...PLUS MILKY-WHITE BOY BLANCO.
ALTHOUGH JAVA AND THE GIRLS WERE ALWAYS IN A GAGGLE,
ONLY-BOY BLANCO DIDN'T MIND.
HE GOT TO BE AN EXPERT AT ENTERTAINING HIMSELF.
BUT EVENTUALLY, THE GIRL GANG REALIZED
THAT HAVING A BROTHER WASN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL ADOPTION EVENT,
THE BROOD OF RESCUE PUPS WILL MEET THEIR NEW FAMILIES.
Woman: HI!
WHO'S THIS?
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
HI.
JAVA AND THE GIRLS
EACH GET THEIR VERY OWN BRAND-NEW SISTER
TO GIRLY UP WITH.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
MWAH!
AND AS FOR ONLY-BOY BLANCO...
HE GETS CLAIMED BY A LITTLE GIRL
WHO LOOKS LIKE SHE'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PUP OUT OF THE MIX.
IN THE BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER SUBURB, AT 10 WEEKS OLD,
GOOD LITTLE CLEO IS FOLLOWING IN HER MOM'S FOOTSTEPS
AS THE PERFECT, LITTLE READING-THERAPY PUP.
AND MOM OLIVE GETS TO ENJOY A PEACEFUL MOMENT
WITH HER MILD-MANNERED GIRL.
[ PUPPY YAWNS ]
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
THOUGH PEACEFUL WASN'T HOW THIS ROWDY BAKER'S DOZEN
CAME INTO THE WORLD...
AND WITH A LITTER SO LARGE,
FROM THE START, THERE WAS ALWAYS AN UNLUCKY 13th PUP...
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
...TARDY TO THE PARTY.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
BUT FERRIS PROVED HIMSELF A LITTLE FIGHTER
AND ALWAYS CAUGHT UP WITH THE FUN IN THE END.
LITTLE SISTER CLEO WAS BORN TO BE A PEACEFUL PUP,
MUCH TO HER CALM AND PATIENT MOM'S RELIEF.
AND CLEO'S BEEN SUCH A HIT WITH HER LITTLE CLIENTS
THAT THEY WANT THE SWEET PUP
AS A MEMBER OF THEIR PERMANENT FAMILY...
[ GIGGLES ]
...WHERE SHE'LL ALWAYS BE GLAD
TO JOIN IN WITH THEIR BEDTIME STORIES.
AND AS FOR UNLUCKY 13th PUP FERRIS?
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, HIS LUCK HAS TURNED.
WITH HIS NEW FRIEND,
HE WON'T NEED TO FIGHT FOR ANY ATTENTION EVER AGAIN.
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