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Narrator: WELCOME TO A WORLD WHERE CUDDLY KNOWS NO BOUNDS...
[ YAWNS SHRILLY ]
...A PLACE FILLED WITH NEW BEGINNINGS.
WITNESS THE MIRACLE OF CUTE.
[ GRUNTING ]
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 "AWW"-INSPIRINGLY ADORABLE.
BECAUSE THESE PUPPIES ARE JUST TOO LOVEABLE...
TOO DETERMINED...
TOO CUTE.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
IN A COUNTRY HOME NESTLED IN THE WOODS LIVES
AN ENGLISH SETTER NAMED DUCHESS
WHO'S JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO A BRAND-NEW BATCH
OF SIX PRISTINE PUPPIES --
[ GROANS ]
...FOUR BOYS AND TWO GIRLS.
[ WHIMPERS ]
Narrator: ENGLISH SETTERS WERE FIRST BRED AS HUNTING BIRD DOGS
IN THEIR HOMELAND OVER 400 YEARS AGO.
WITH A SUPERIOR SENSE OF SMELL,
THE DOGS WOULD SNIFF OUT THE BIRD
THEN FREEZE ON THE SPOT
AND POINT WITH THEIR MUZZLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PREY.
THIS IS THE "SETTING" STANCE FROM WHICH THEY GET THEIR NAME.
THESE DAYS, THE BREED COMPETES
IN SIMULATED HUNTING CONTESTS CALLED FIELD TRIALS,
AT WHICH MOM DUCHESS IS AN EXPERT.
BUT THOUGH SHE CAN TRACK DOWN A BIRD,
DUCHESS WOULD NEVER HARM ONE.
[ PIGEONS COOING ]
THIS PACIFIST IS LESS INTO BIRD HUNTING
AND MORE INTO BIRD WATCHING
UP IN HER FAMILY'S PET-PIGEON LOFT IN THE BACKYARD.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERS ]
BUT RIGHT NOW, MOM DUCHESS HAS A NEW FOCUS FOR HER ATTENTION.
[ WHIMPERING SOFTLY ]
HER SNOWY-WHITE FAMILY, WHICH WON'T STAY WHITE FOR LONG.
ONE ALREADY HAS A JET-BLACK EAR.
MEET OTHELLO.
HE'S RATHER SPECIAL,
BECAUSE MOST ENGLISH SETTER PUPPIES START
TO DEVELOP MARKINGS WHEN THEY'RE OLDER,
USUALLY AROUND 3 WEEKS.
AND OTHELLO'S NOT JUST AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH HIS COLOR.
[ GRUNTING ]
EVEN WITH EYES AND EARS STILL CLOSED,
ALREADY, HE'S USING HIS NOSE
TO NAVIGATE TO THE EDGE OF THE BLANKET...
LIKE A TRUE SCENT-TRACKING HOUND.
MOM'S PROUD OF THIS FIRST SIGN OF A FUTURE FIELD-TRIAL CHAMP.
BUT OTHELLO'S NOT THE ONLY ONE TO FORGE AHEAD TODAY.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
HIS SISTER VICTORIA IS TRAVELING EVEN FARTHER THAN HER BROTHER.
[ WHIMPERS ]
SEEMS THIS LITTLE PUP WANTS TO PROVE
HER HUNTING-DOG SPIRIT, TOO.
[ CONTINUES WHIMPERING ]
BUT SHE'S AIRLIFTED BACK TO WHERE SHE STARTED
BEFORE GETTING ANY RECOGNITION.
THANKFULLY, TO GET MOM'S ATTENTION,
THERE'S NO NEED FOR SPECIAL PERFORMANCES.
FOR NOW, ALL MOM WANTS IS
HER PUPS TO BE SAFE AND SOUND UNDER HER WATCH.
FAR AWAY, TUCKED AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAINS,
A SMALL CHIHUAHUA NAMED BETH IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON A BATCH OF SEVEN EVEN-SMALLER CHIHUAHUAS.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
WITH NEWBORNS OFTEN WEIGHING IN AT UNDER 3 OUNCES,
THIS BREED PRODUCES PARTICULARLY PETITE PUPS.
[ YAPS, WHINES ]
CHIHUAHUAS ARE THE SMALLEST BREED OF DOG IN THE WORLD,
WITH ADULTS SOMETIMES WEIGHING AS LITTLE AS 2 POUNDS.
THEY'RE ALSO THE OLDEST BREED IN THE AMERICAS,
BELIEVED TO HAVE EVOLVED
FROM A WILD DOG CALLED THE TECHICHI
THAT WAS DOMESTICATED BY THE TOLTECS
IN 9th-CENTURY MEXICO.
CHIHUAHUAS COME IN TWO VARIETIES --
SHORT-COATED AND LONG-HAIRED, LIKE THIS TINY TRIBE.
OUT OF THE BRINDLE, CHOCOLATE, AND SABLE SIBLINGS,
THERE'S ONLY ONE BLACK-AND-WHITE PUP --
LITTLE TRIXIE.
AND SHE'S ALREADY PROVING HER INDIVIDUALITY.
WHILE IT'S ALL A BIT CROWDED IN THE COMMUNAL CRIB,
TRIXIE SETS OFF FOR A MORE SPACIOUS SIESTA SPOT...
[ WHIMPERING SOFTLY ]
...WHERE THE FIRE GIVES ALL THE WARMTH SHE NEEDS,
WITH A LITTLE MORE ELBOW ROOM.
INDEPENDENT TRIXIE COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT
THAN HER BROWN SISTER BELINDA, WHO'S NEVER HAPPIER
THAN WHEN SHE'S RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THE FAMILY.
AND THE FAMILY DOESN'T STOP WITH THESE SEVEN PUPS.
MOM BETH LIVES HERE WITH HER BROTHER COCO PUFF.
UPSTAIRS IS GRANDPA NED AND GRANDMA MONTANA.
AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER HANNAH LIVES NEXT DOOR.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
AND THIS VERY BIG FAMILY CAN'T WAIT TO VISIT
THE TINY, NEW ADDITIONS.
BUT FOR THIS MINIATURE CLAN, THERE'S A BIT MORE GROWING TO DO
BEFORE THEY'RE READY TO MEET THEIR EAGER FAMILY
AND THE BIG, WIDE WORLD.
FROM MINIATURE TO MAMMOTH.
IN THIS GRAND HOME LIVES AN EVEN GRANDER DOG.
MAMMA MIA IS A NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF...
AND A NEW MOM TO FOUR OVERSIZED PUPPIES...
[ WHIMPERS ]
...ALREADY WEIGHING IN AT OVER A POUND EACH.
[ GROANS ]
WITH THE ADULTS REACHING UP TO 200 POUNDS
AND THE WORD "MASTIFF" COMING
FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR "MASSIVE,"
NEOS ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST DOG BREEDS IN THE WORLD.
DESCENDED FROM THE FORMIDABLE ROMAN MOLOSSUS WARRIOR DOG,
NEOS HAVE AN ANCIENT HISTORY OF PROTECTING AND DEFENDING,
WHICH IS PUT TO GOOD USE IN MODERN TIMES,
AS NEOS ARE OFTEN USED AS SKILLED GUARD DOGS.
MAMMA MIA TAKES HER WORK VERY SERIOUSLY.
[ GROWLS ]
[ BARKS ]
AND NOW SHE'S GUARDING DOUBLE DUTY,
BECAUSE INSIDE,
SHE'S GOT FOUR LITTLE BOYS TO KEEP AN EYE ON, TOO.
[ WHIMPERING ]
THREE ARE BLACK,
AND ONE IS BLUE.
THREE OF THE PUPS, LED BY RING LEADER ROCCO,
DIVE INTO DINNER.
BUT BLUE SLEEPS THROUGH THE LUNCH CALL.
AND WHEN HE WAKES UP RARING TO GO...
...HE HAS A HARD TIME FINDING HIS WAY TO THE REST OF THE CREW.
[ WHINING ]
LUCKILY, MOM'S A GUARD DOG THROUGH AND THROUGH,
AND SHE KNOWS WHO NEEDS LOOKING OUT FOR.
NEOS, BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTRA-DROOPY JOWLS,
ARE EXTRA DROOLY, TOO.
SOGGY KISSES ARE PART OF THIS GENTLE GIANT'S CHARM.
BUT RIGHT NOW,
MAMMA MIA IS JUST SHOWERING LITTLE BLUE WITH LOVE.
COMING UP, OTHELLO'S NOSE LEADS HIM INTO A FIX.
[ HOWLING ]
AND BELINDA THE CHIHUAHUA REALLY GETS INTO DINNER.
Narrator: ON A CHILLY WINTER'S DAY AT THE ENGLISH SETTER HOME,
IT'S WARM INSIDE,
AS MOM DUCHESS WATCHES HER OFFSPRING EMERGE
FROM THEIR SLUMBERING.
AT THREE WEEKS OLD,
WITH THEIR EYES AND EARS NOW OPEN,
THERE'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD TO EXPLORE.
[ WHIMPERS ]
BUT OTHELLO, WITH HIS TRADEMARK BLACK EAR,
IS STILL USING HIS NOSE TO INVESTIGATE...
...LIKE A TRUE TRACKING DOG.
[ WHINES ]
ENGLISH SETTERS ARE ALSO BRED TO ALERT THEIR MASTERS
WHEN THEY FIND PREY.
[ PUPPIES WHINING ]
AND EVEN THOUGH OTHELLO SEEMS TO HAVE SNIFFED HIMSELF DOWN
A DEAD END...
[ HOWLING ]
...AT LEAST HE'S LEARNING HOW TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
[ GRUNTING ]
WHEN HER BROTHER IS OFF ON A TRACKING ADVENTURE,
VICTORIA WANTS TO BE ON ONE, TOO.
[ SNEEZES ]
[ WHIMPERS ]
BUT THIS TERRAIN IS TRICKY TO NAVIGATE...
[ WHIMPERING ]
...AND HAS NARROW STRAITS TO STEER THROUGH.
[ GRUNTING ]
BUT AT LEAST TWO OF DUCHESS' LITTER ARE SHOWING
SOME SIGNS OF FIELD-TRACKING AMBITION...
...WHICH CAN'T EXACTLY BE SAID
FOR THE REST OF THE SETTER SIBLINGS.
BACK AT THE CHIHUAHUA HACIENDA,
IN TWO WEEKS, THE PUPS HAVE DOUBLED IN SIZE.
BUT AT ONLY 8 OUNCES EACH,
THEY'RE STILL THE LITTLEST TOTS ON THE BLOCK.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
AND THOUGH THEY'VE STARTED TO WALK SHORT DISTANCES...
...IT'S TIRING WORK
WHEN YOUR LEGS ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES LONG.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
BUT ONCE THE SEVEN PACK HAS QUIT THEIR AFTERNOON ACTIVITY...
...INDEPENDENT TRIXIE TAKES ADVANTAGE
OF THE EMPTY FLOOR FOR SOME SOLO TRAINING.
AND WHEN HER MORE SOCIABLE SISTER BELINDA
TRIES TO JOIN IN...
[ SNEEZES ]
...TRIXIE ISN'T VERY WELCOMING.
[ WHIMPERING SOFTLY ]
TURNS OUT THIS FEISTY PUP HAS A MOTIVATION
BEHIND HER SOLO MISSION --
[ HOWLING ]
...A RUMBLING BELLY.
MOM'S OUT FOR A WALK, SO GREAT-GRANDMA HANNAH IS
ON HAND AND ALL DRESSED UP FOR THE PUPS' FIRST SOLID MEAL.
BUT THOUGH THESE DINERS MIGHT BE DINKY,
THEIR APPETITES SEEM TO BE ANYTHING BUT.
BELINDA'S IN THE THICK OF THE FAMILY FEAST
BUT MIGHT NEED REMINDING TO COME UP FOR AIR...
...WHILE TRIXIE SEEMS TO BE PUSHING FOR A TABLE FOR ONE.
THE FIRST BIG MEAL IS
DELICIOUS AND EXHAUSTING FOR THE 8-OUNCE PUPS.
NO REASON NOT TO CURL UP RIGHT HERE.
OVER AT THE NEO MASTIFF MANSION,
AT THREE WEEKS OLD,
THE PUPS HAVE BEEN PACKING ON THE POUNDS
AND ARE ALREADY 12 POUNDS EACH,
THE WEIGHT OF SIX FULLY GROWN CHIHUAHUAS.
AND TODAY, THE NEO PUPS WILL GET A GLIMPSE
OF JUST HOW MUCH BIGGER THEY'RE GOING TO GET
WHEN THEY MEET DAD BARNI FOR THE FIRST TIME...
...ALL 180 POUNDS OF HIM.
THIS AFTERNOON,
GUARD DOG VETERAN BARNI'S ON PUP-SITTING DUTY.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING ]
WHEN DAD'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION,
RING LEADER ROCCO LEADS HIS GANG ON A COVERT MISSION --
A GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK.
TAKING COVER FROM DAD,
WHO'S TRAINED IN THE ART OF DETECTING,
ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY.
ROCCO IS DOING WELL.
BUT ODD-MAN-OUT BLUE IS STRUGGLING TO FIND A HIDEOUT.
SO WHEN HE SPOTS ROCCO'S HIDING PLACE,
HE TRIES TO JOIN HIM.
[ WHIMPERING ]
LOOKS LIKE THIS PUP NEEDS
TO WORK ON HIS CAMOUFLAGE SKILLS.
AND WHEN THE GANG REALLY BLOWS ITS COVER...
BLUE, WORN OUT FROM ALL THAT HIDING,
DOESN'T EVEN NOTICE
THAT DAD'S SPOTTED THEIR SAFE HOUSE.
COMING UP, THE CHIHUAHUA PUPS FIND A "SOLE" [soul] MATE.
Narrator: THE CHIHUAHUA PUPS ARE NOW 5 WEEKS OLD,
AND THEIR FOLDED EARS ARE STARTING TO PRICK UP.
[ PUPPY BARKING ]
AND AT A POCKET-SIZED 12 OUNCES,
THE PUPS ARE STARTING TO FIND TINY ADVENTURES
IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACES.
[ PUPPIES WHIMPERING ]
INDEPENDENT TRIXIE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A CHANCE
TO DITCH THE CROWD AND FIND HER OWN FUN.
[ PUPPY WHIMPERING, SNIFFING ]
AND SHE TAKES A SHINE TO THIS HIDEY-HOLE.
AFTER ALL, IT'S BLACK AND WHITE --
A PERFECT MATCH.
[ WHIMPERS, YAPS ]
BUT HER SOCIABLE SISTER BELINDA, WHO LOVES A GOOD GATHERING,
CRASHES THE PARTY.
[ WHIMPERING ]
AND THE SOLO ADVENTURE BECOMES A COMMUNAL BOOT CAMP...
[ PUPPIES GRUNTING ]
...MUCH TO TRIXIE'S DISMAY.
MAYBE A TRIP OUTSIDE WILL GIVE TRIXIE MORE SPACE TO HERSELF.
BUT THE PUPS HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE.
AND WITH LEGS JUST 2 1/2 INCHES LONG,
GETTING THERE IS NO SMALL LEAP OF FAITH.
WHEN ONLY TRIXIE AND HER SISTER BRAVE THE DESCENT,
THE REST ARE GIVEN A V.I.P. RIDE.
OUT HERE, IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR,
AND THE GRANDMAS AND UNCLE SHOW THE PUPS
HOW MUCH FUN THE GREAT OUTDOORS CAN BE.
[ DOG YAPPING ]
BUT WHEN LEGS ARE AS LONG AS BLADES OF GRASS,
FOR THESE LITTLE ONES, IT'S MORE WADING
AND WOBBLING THAN WALKING.
TRIXIE SETS OFF SOLO TO FIND A PATCH OF HER OWN...
...AND FINDS A PLACE WHERE A PURSE PUP IS RIGHT AT HOME.
IN A FARMHOUSE FAR AWAY,
THE BIG, WIDE WORLD IS CALLING THE ENGLISH SETTER PUPS, TOO.
MOM DUCHESS IS THRILLED TO BE TAKING
HER FOUR BOYS AND TWO GIRLS OUTSIDE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
AND AFTER A HESITANT START...
[ GROWLS ]
...THESE NATURAL-BORN FIELD DOGS ARE READY
TO TAKE IN ALL THE SIGHTS...
SMELLS...
AND TASTES OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
MOST SETTERS ARE BORN WITH AN INSTINCT TO HUNT.
BUT EACH PUP DISPLAYS THAT DRIVE TO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE.
ONE TEST OF PREY INTEREST AND ALERTNESS IS
A SIMULATED BIRD MADE OF PHEASANT FEATHERS.
TODAY, IT'S TIME FOR THE PUPS' FIRST TRIAL
OF THESE HUNTING-DOG SKILLS.
BLACK-EARED OTHELLO ISN'T SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF IT
BUT IS IMMEDIATELY MESMERIZED.
BUT JUST AS QUICKLY,
HE LOSES INTEREST IN FAVOR OF ROUGHHOUSING.
[ GROWLING ]
SO VICTORIA, WHO'S NOW DEVELOPED ONE SIGNATURE BROWN EAR,
TAKES HER CHANCE TO OUTSHINE HER BROTHER.
SHE SHOWS DEFINITE PREY INTEREST...
AND ALERTNESS.
AND AS MOM WATCHES ON, SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAPPENS.
VICTORIA, WITH NO PRIOR TRAINING,
INSTINCTIVELY DOES HER FIRST POINT AND SET.
IT SEEMS THIS PUP HAS BEEN GIFTED
WITH NATURAL FIELD-TRIAL SKILLS.
MOM DUCHESS COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD.
OTHELLO HAS SOME CATCHING UP TO DO,
BUT HE'LL GET HIS CHANCE SOON ENOUGH.
ON A WINDSWEPT DAY AT THE MASTIFF MANSION,
THERE'S TURBULENCE INSIDE, TOO,
AS THE EVER-GROWING NEO PUPS ROUGH AND TUMBLE.
[ PUPPIES GRUNTING ]
AT 5 WEEKS OLD AND CLOSE TO 20 POUNDS,
THE PUPS ARE NOW BIG ENOUGH
TO HAVE THEIR FIRST TUTORIAL IN GUARD-DOG SCOUTING.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
MAMMA MIA SHOWS HER PUPS THE WAYS OF THE GUARDING WORLD
BY LEADING A PATROL PARADE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
AND RINGLEADER ROCCO,
WITH HIS GANG OF WANNABE PATROL PUPS,
QUICKLY GETS THE HANG OF IT.
BUT ODD-MAN-OUT BLUE DECIDES
TO GO ON HIS OWN RECONNAISSANCE MISSION.
AND WHILE MOM SCOUTS FOR INTRUDERS BY LAND...
...BLUE CHECKS FOR INVADERS BY SEA.
THESE ODD, LITTLE PETS IN THEIR GREEN-SAND POOL ARE
A MIGHTY STRANGE SIGHT.
BLUE'S NEVER SEEN A HERMIT CRAB BEFORE.
BUT BLUE SOON CONCLUDES
THE TINY CRITTERS WON'T HURT ANYONE.
IN FACT, THEY MIGHT NEED SOME PROTECTION
FROM HIS GANG OF ROWDY BROTHERS.
SO THIS LITTLE PUP STANDS GUARD
OVER HIS NEW CRUSTACEAN COMPANIONS.
COMING UP, THE CHIHUAHUAS BOOT UP
AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
[ DOG YAPPING ]
AND ROCCO'S GUARD-DOG TRAINING HITS A WALL.
Narrator: AT THE ENGLISH SETTER HOME,
THIS IS THE DAY THAT MOM DUCHESS HAS BEEN LONGING FOR.
TODAY IS HER FIRST FIELD-TRIAL PRACTICE
SINCE GOING ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
AND IT'S ALL THE MORE SPECIAL
NOW THAT THE PUPS ARE 8 WEEKS OLD.
THEY CAN COME ALONG TO SPECTATE.
AT THE FIELD, THE KIDS TAKE THEIR SEATS IN THE STANDS.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
FOR TODAY'S PRACTICE,
DUCHESS IS JOINED BY FELLOW FIELD-TRIAL EXPERT SKIPPER,
WHO'S A VIZSLA, A HUNGARIAN POINTER BREED.
AREAS OF THE FIELD HAVE BEEN LAID WITH A BIRD SCENT,
WHICH THE DOGS TRACK DOWN OVER A LONG RANGE
AND THEN POINT TOWARD IT.
AND TOGETHER, THESE TWO TRACKING CHAMPS
SHOW THE PUPS HOW IT'S DONE.
SOON, THE PUPS GET THEIR OWN CHANCE
TO HIT THE GRASS RUNNING.
THOUGH THEIR NOSES STILL NEED TO DEVELOP
BEFORE THEY CAN TRACK SCENT OVER SUCH LONG DISTANCE,
WHAT THE PUPS CAN DO IS LEARN TO RUN ACROSS ROUGH TERRAIN.
OTHELLO TAKES THE LEAD AND, EVEN WITH SHORT LEGS,
NAVIGATES THE UNDERGROWTH LIKE A PRO.
OF COURSE, SIBLING RIVAL VICTORIA
MISTAKES THE RUN FOR A RACE AND TRIES TO GET AHEAD.
BUT WHEN THE PAIR OF MINI HUNTERS CATCHES UP
WITH MOM, THE CONTEST CAN END.
IN MOM'S EYES, ALL HER PUPS ARE WINNERS.
ON A RAINY DAY AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAINS,
AT 7 WEEKS OLD,
THE CHIHUAHUA PUPS HAVE REACHED THE ONE-POUND MARK.
[ PUPPY GRUNTING ]
AND WITH THEIR ADDED STATURE,
THEY'RE READY TO HAVE ANOTHER GO AT TACKLING THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
[ DOG BARKS ]
ONCE MOM BETH AND GRANDPA NED HAVE CHECKED
THAT IT'S STOPPED RAINING,
IT'S TIME FOR THE PUPS TO BOOT UP
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
[ PUPPY WHINING ]
OWING TO THEIR DELICATE PHYSIQUE,
CHIHUAHUAS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ELEMENTS
AND PRONE TO GETTING COLD IN WET WEATHER.
SO FOR PROTECTION,
CHIHUAHUAS OFTEN WEAR BOOTIES OUTSIDE.
GRANDPA NED GETS HIS GEAR ON, TOO,
AND SHOWS OFF HIS FANCY FOOTWORK.
WITH LONGER LEGS, TAKING ON THE BACK STEP IS A BREEZE.
BUT TRIXIE HANGS BACK.
SEEMS SHE'S NOT A FAN OF THIS FOOTWEAR.
AND AS THIS INDEPENDENT MISS TAKES A RUNNING START,
SHE GIVES ONE OF HER BOOTIES THE SLIP.
[ DOG YAPPING ]
WHILE TRIXIE HEADS OFF ON A SOLO STROLL,
BELINDA HEADS UP THE FAMILY BACKYARD EXPLORATIONS.
[ PUPPY GROWLING ]
THESE GIANT BOOTIES HAVE A RATHER INVITING INTERIOR --
THE PERFECT DEN FOR A WEE PUP.
SO WHEN BELINDA FINDS HER BROTHER ALREADY SETTLED IN,
THIS SOCIABLE PUP FIGURES THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR TWO,
EVEN IF HER BROTHER DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
[ PUPPY YAPS ]
AS USUAL, TRIXIE HAS BEEN DOING HER OWN THING
AND OPTED OUT NOT ONLY OF THE FAMILY FUN
BUT ALSO THE FAMILY FOOTWEAR.
MOM BETH, HER BOOTIES STILL INTACT,
PREFERS TRIXIE DIDN'T SET SUCH A REBELLIOUS EXAMPLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RUBS OFF ON THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
AT THE NEO MASTIFF RESIDENCE,
THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL VISITORS --
SEASONED GUARD DOGS MARCELLO AND FABIOLA,
WHO TOGETHER PROVIDE 360 POUNDS OF PEACE OF MIND.
TODAY, NOW THE PUPS ARE TWO WEEKS OLDER,
BIGGER, AND STRONGER.
THEY'LL BE PUT THROUGH THEIR GUARD-DOG PACES
BY THIS TITANIC TWOSOME...
...WHO'LL BE WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES.
FIRST TEST -- PATROLLING.
AND RING-LEADER ROCCO AND HIS GANG GET OFF
TO A STRONG START,
EVEN SHOWING THIS FLUFFY INTRUDER WHO'S BOSS.
NOW IT'S ODD-MAN-OUT BLUE'S TURN.
AND UNDER THE TRAINERS' WATCHFUL SCRUTINY,
THIS UNDERDOG SHOWS SOME GUARD-DOG PROMISE
AS HE CHECKS OUT EVERY CORNER OF HIS TERRITORY.
THE NEXT TASK IS TO SCALE A WALL.
AGILITY IS VITAL.
THAT'S NOT GREAT NEWS FOR ROCCO.
BUT WHEN IT'S BLUE'S TURN,
HE ACES IT.
[ PANTING ]
MARCELLO AND FABIOLA ARE IMPRESSED.
BUT BLUE'S SUCCESS DOESN'T SEEM TO GET NOTICED
BY ROCCO AND THE GANG.
BLUE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY
TO BE PART OF THEIR GUARD-DOG SQUAD.
COMING UP, IT'S A SETTER STANDOFF
FOR OTHELLO AND VICTORIA.
AND NOW FOR A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS PRODUCED A WONDER DOG
WHO PICKED THE WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW?
WAS IT THE CLEVER CHIHUAHUA,
THE INTUITIVE ENGLISH SETTER,
OR THE BIG-BRAINED NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF?
THE ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Narrator: WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS PRODUCED A WONDER DOG
WHO PICKED THE WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW?
THE ANSWER --
THE ENGLISH SETTER.
IN THE 1930s, JIM THE WONDER DOG WAS A FAMED CANINE ORACLE.
ON BEING SHOWN A LIST OF ENTRIES TO THE DERBY,
JIM WOULD PLACE A PAW ON THE WINNER'S NAME.
ON A STEAMING-HOT DAY IN THE DESERT,
THE FOUR NEO PUPS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP COOL.
AT 9 WEEKS OLD,
THE PUPS NOW HAVE EXPANDED JOWLS AND LOOSER SKIN.
SOON, AT AROUND 3 MONTHS OLD, THEY WILL START TO DROOL.
NEAPOLITAN MASTIFFS ARE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST DROOLERS IN THE DOG WORLD.
THEY SLOBBER MOST AFTER EATING OR DRINKING,
WHEN SALIVA PRODUCTION IS AT ITS PEAK.
ON THIS HOT DAY, WHAT THE PUPS WANT RIGHT NOW
IS A COOL DRINK OF WATER.
BUT THE SPRING HAS RUN DRY.
LUCKILY, ODD-MAN-OUT BLUE STEPS UP BY RAISING THE ALARM.
[ WHINING ]
[ PUPPIES WHINING ]
AND WITH ALL THE WHINING,
THE WATERING HOLE GETS REPLENISHED.
BUT SOMETIMES, A HOT PUP NEEDS
MORE THAN JUST A COLD DRINK TO COOL DOWN.
SO THE CREW IS GIVEN A REFRESHING DIP
IN THEIR VERY OWN BABY POOL.
BUT EVEN BIG DOGS CAN BE SCARED OF THE LITTLEST THINGS.
AT LEAST IN THEIR EVACUATION,
THE PUPS ARE COOLED OFF AND RUNNING TOGETHER
WITH BLUE AT THE HEART OF THIS BIG-DOG SQUAD.
TODAY IS THE CHIHUAHUA PUPS' 10th-WEEK BIRTHDAY.
[ PUPPY YAPS, GROWLS ]
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN A FAMILY FIESTA?
THE STAR ATTRACTION IS A DOG-TREAT-FILLED PIÑATA.
[ DOG BARKS ]
AND GRANDPA NED AND THE REST OF THE CHIHUAHUA FAMILY
JOIN THE PUPS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE WINDFALL.
AS USUAL, INDEPENDENT TRIXIE IS DOING HER OWN THING
AND HAS BRANCHED OUT FROM THE PARTY
ON A PLAYDATE FOR ONE.
[ WHINING ]
HER SOCIABLE SISTER BELINDA,
WHO LIKES THE FAMILY ALL TOGETHER,
TRIES TO TRACK HER DOWN...
[ WHINING ]
...BUT TO NO AVAIL.
BUT WHEN THE BIG MOMENT HAPPENS...
...THOSE TREATS TEMPT TRIXIE TO MAKE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE.
AND AT LONG LAST,
THIS INDEPENDENT LITTLE MISS IS AT THE HEART OF THE ACTION,
FINDING OUT THAT THE REAL FUN IS WHERE THE FAMILY IS.
AT THE ENGLISH SETTER FARMHOUSE,
THE SIX PUPS ARE BREAKING OUT INTO THEIR BACKYARD.
THEIR DISTINCTIVE SETTER SPOTS ARE ALSO STARTING TO BREAK OUT
AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
TODAY, THESE NATURAL-BORN TRACKERS ARE
HAVING A MINI FIELD TRIAL OF THEIR OWN IN THE BACKYARD.
MOM DUCHESS TAKES HER BOX SEAT UP IN THE PIGEON LOFT.
[ PIGEONS COOING ]
AND HER FRIENDS THE HOMING PIGEONS ARE
ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE.
THE TRIAL BEGINS WITH THE FEATHERY FRIEND
WHO THEY'VE MET ONCE BEFORE.
BUT NOW THAT THE PUPS ARE OLDER,
WHO WILL SHOW OFF THE BEST TRACKING TRICKS?
AS THE RIVAL SIBLINGS CLOSE IN ON THE PREY...
IT'S A SETTER STANDOFF.
UNTIL...
...OTHELLO GETS DISTRACTED AND RUNS OFF,
LEAVING VICTORIA THE LAST DOG STANDING.
MOM DUCHESS IS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER GO-GETTER SETTER...
WHILE BLACK-EARED OTHELLO WILL
TAKE PLAYTIME OVER PRIZE-WINNING ANY DAY.
COMING UP, THE TINY CHIHUAHUAS GET
A MONSTER RIDE TO THEIR NEW HOME.
AND BLUE MAKES A BRAND-NEW BUDDY.
[ LAUGHING ]
Narrator: AT THE CHIHUAHUA HACIENDA,
IT'S A DAY OF BIG-SCALE EXCITEMENT
FOR THESE SMALL-SCALE PUPS.
[ PUPPY YAPPING ]
BELINDA AND HER SISTER ARE ABOUT TO SET OFF
TO BE CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN TO THEIR NEW HOME.
BUT FIRST, THEY NEED TO GET INTO THEIR OVERSIZED RIDE.
MOM BETH SHOWS THEM HOW IT'S DONE.
[ WHIMPERS ]
BUT WHEN THE PUPS AREN'T QUICK TO FOLLOW...
...A MORE FAMILIAR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS ARRANGED.
IN JUST 10 WEEKS, THESE PUPS HAVE GONE
FROM MINIATURE NEWBORNS
TO SLIGHTLY LESS MINIATURE LITTLE NIPPERS.
FROM THE START, TRIXIE WAS THE INDEPENDENT ONE
WHO PREFERRED TO DO HER OWN THING...
[ PUPPY YAPS ]
...WHILE SOCIABLE BELINDA WAS
ALWAYS IN THE THICK OF THE FAMILY ACTION.
TODAY, BELINDA AND HER SISTER ARE BEING HAND-DELIVERED
TO THEIR BRAND-NEW FAMILY,
WHERE BOTH CAN BE SURE
THEY'LL ALWAYS BE THE VERY CENTER OF ATTENTION.
BACK WITH THE REST OF THE PUPS AND MOM BETH,
TRIXIE IS NO LONGER LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
SO IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT SHE STAYS RIGHT HERE
WITH ALL THE FUN THAT COMES WITH A FAMILY.
[ PUPPIES YAPPING ]
OVER AT THE NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF HOME,
THERE'S EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR.
THE PUPS ARE WELCOMING A LITTLE VISITOR
TO THEIR BACKYARD.
AND ROCCO AND THE GANG SHOW THEIR NEW FRIEND
THAT EVEN BIG GUARD DOGS HAVE A SOFT SIDE
WHILE BLUE IS NOW IN THE THICK OF THE ACTION.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.
IN THE BEGINNING,
WHEN THESE PUPS WERE JUST WRINKLY NEWBORNS,
ODD-MAN-OUT BLUE KEPT GETTING LEFT OUT ON A LIMB.
BUT HE SOON PROVED HIMSELF A RISING GUARD-DOG STAR...
[ DOG BARKS ]
...AND EVENTUALLY JOINED HIS BROTHER'S GANG.
TODAY, A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS.
WHILE ROCCO AND THE GANG STAY RIGHT HERE
TO WATCH OVER THEIR HOME TURF...
[ LAUGHING ]
...BLUE GETS A NEW FAMILY,
WHERE HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A BEST, LITTLE BUDDY
TO GUARD AND PROTECT.
OVER AT THE ENGLISH SETTERS' COUNTRY HOUSE,
OTHELLO AND HIS SISTER VICTORIA ARE HAVING A ROMP IN THE YARD
BEFORE THEY HEAD OFF TO THEIR NEW HOMES.
JUST 10 WEEKS AGO,
THE SETTER PUPS CAME INTO THE WORLD
A BAND OF SNOWY-WHITE INFANTS.
[ GROANS ]
WITH MOM'S CAREFUL GUIDANCE
AND A LITTLE HEALTHY SIBLING COMPETITION,
THEY GREW INTO PROMISING, YOUNG HUNTERS.
BUT THEIR JOURNEY HAS REALLY ONLY JUST BEGUN.
TODAY, OTHELLO WILL GO TO HIS NEW HOME.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY PUP IS
ALREADY VERY RELAXED WITH HIS LOVING, NEW FAMILY,
WHILE VICTORIA HAS SHOWN SUCH PROMISE
WITH HER HUNTING SKILLS,
SHE'S STAYING RIGHT HERE AT HOME,
WHERE MOM CAN HELP WITH HER LITTLE ONE'S TRAINING.
THERE'S NO BETTER SETTER
TO GUIDE VICTORIA ON THE BRIGHT ROAD AHEAD.
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