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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.
FROM THEIR FIRST TRIUMPHANT CALLS TO THE WILD...
[ PUPPY SQUEAKING ]
...TO THEIR ADVENTURES WITH NEW FRIENDS,
IT'S THREE UNIQUE PUPPY COMING-OF-AGE STORIES.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
AND THEY'RE AWE-INSPIRINGLY ADORABLE.
BECAUSE THESE PUPPIES ARE JUST TOO LOVEABLE...
[ PUPPY SQUEAKS ]
...TOO DETERMINED...
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
...TOO CUTE.
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THIS STORY BEGINS AT A HOUSE IN THE WOODS,
WHERE THERE LIVES A POWERFUL DOG WITH A FIGHTER'S NAME.
THE BOXER IS A TRUE ATHLETE,
FAMOUS FOR ITS HABIT OF STANDING ON ITS HIND LEGS
AND APPEARING TO THROW PUNCHES.
THE BREED IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HAVING A VERY LONG TONGUE,
WHICH LOOKS EVEN LONGER BECAUSE OF ITS SHORT SNOUT.
BOXERS ARE DESCENDED
FROM THE GERMAN MASTIFF AND THE ENGLISH BULL DOG
AND DATE BACK TO THE 19th CENTURY.
POWERFULLY BUILT AND EXPLODING WITH ENERGY,
THE BOXER REIGNS AS A TRUE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP.
THIS BOXER, JASMINE, IS AN ATHLETE WHO LOVES TO RUN.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE'S PUT HER TRAINING ASIDE
TO RAISE A SQUAD OF EIGHT FUTURE ATHLETES --
SIX BOYS AND TWO GIRLS.
[ SQUEAKING CONTINUES ]
BOXERS RANGE FROM LIGHT TAN TO MAHOGANY IN COLOR,
AND MANY HAVE A BRINDLE PATTERN THAT MAKES THEM APPEAR DARKER.
[ PUPPY SQUEAKS ]
SOME, LIKE JASMINE, HAVE WHITE MARKINGS
ON THEIR CHEST, NECK, FEET, OR FACE.
THE PUP WITH THE RACING STRIPE ON HIS FACE IS ACE.
THIS SLIPPERY SURFACE POSES AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE.
BUT FUTURE-ATHLETE ACE IS DETERMINED
TO DO A LAP OF THE TRACK.
BUT SINCE HIS EYES AREN'T OPEN,
HE'S NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THE TRACK IS.
[ ACE SQUEAKING ]
PERHAPS A FULL LAP IS A BIT AMBITIOUS.
AS EVERY ATHLETE KNOWS,
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU CAN RUN.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAK ]
WHILE ACE MASTERS HIS WALK,
HIS LITTLEST BROTHER IS WORKING ON HIS WIGGLE.
[ PUPPY SQUEAKS ]
THIS IS PEANUT, THE WEE RUNT OF THE LITTER.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
WEIGHING IN AT LESS THAN ONE POUND,
HE'S ONLY HALF THE SIZE OF HIS BIG BROTHER ACE.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKING ]
COMPARED TO PEANUT, THE SEVEN SIBLINGS ARE HEAVYWEIGHTS.
AND THEY'RE NOT EASY TO CONTEND WITH AT A CROWDED MEAL TIME.
SO MOM JASMINE GUIDES HER LITTLEST PUP BACK ON TRACK.
AND UNDERDOG PEANUT, DESPITE HIS SMALL SIZE,
OVERTURNS THE COMPETITION,
PROVING THAT SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST HEART
COMES IN A PINT-SIZED PACKAGE.
[ ROOSTER CROWS ]
ON A FARM NOT FAR AWAY
LIVES A CAIRN TERRIER NAMED MISS CINDERS.
AND SHE ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING
ALONG EVERY INCH OF HER PROPERTY.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
THE CAIRN TERRIER IS A HARDY HUNTING DOG
WITH A REPUTATION AS BEING A BIG DOG IN A SMALL DOG'S BODY.
BEST-KNOWN AS TOTO FROM "THE WIZARD OF OZ,"
THEY WERE BRED IN THE 1500s TO FLUSH RODENTS
OUT OF THE ROCK PILES, OR CAIRNS, OF SCOTLAND.
HERE ON THE FARM,
MISS CINDERS HAS A CAIRN ROCK PILE OF HER OWN...
[ ROOSTER CROWS ]
...THE PERFECT LOOKOUT POST TO TRACK DOWN SOME PLAYMATES.
BUT JUST THIS WEEK, MISS CINDERS WENT ON MATERNITY LEAVE
TO TEND TO MORE IMPORTANT BUSINESS...
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
...AN ADORABLE SIX-PACK OF BABY CAIRNS,
THREE GIRLS AND THREE BOYS.
[ SQUEAKS ]
[ SQUEAKING ]
THIS BRINDLE-COLORED GIRL IS SCOUT.
THOUGH SHE CAN'T SEE YET, SCOUT IS THE FIRST PUP
TO VENTURE BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF HER FUZZY BLANKET
AND PAVE THE WAY FOR FUTURE EXPEDITIONS.
[ SCOUT SQUEAKING ]
BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS BETTER THAN TO MISS LUNCH.
WHEN YOU'RE AN ACTIVE HUNTING DOG, IT'S TOUGH TO SIT STILL.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAK ]
AND MISS CINDERS GETS ITCHY PAWS TO ROAM HER HUNTING GROUNDS.
A SECOND-TIME MOM, SHE KNOWS IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A BREAK
FROM THE PUPS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
BUT WITH MOM GONE, THIS BOY FERGUS KICKS UP A FUSS.
[ FERGUS SQUEAKING ]
IT SEEMS HE HAS AN OPINION ABOUT MOM'S DEPARTURE.
AND HIS CRIES ROUSE THE GANG INTO A MINI PROTEST.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
LUCKILY, MOM SOON RETURNS AND PAYS SPECIAL ATTENTION
TO HER OUTSPOKEN LITTLE BOY FERGUS.
AND WHEN IT'S NAP TIME FOR THE PUPS,
MOM DECIDES TO GIVE IT A REST, TOO.
THOUGH, LIKE TYPICAL CAIRNS, EVEN WHILE SNOOZING,
MISS CINDERS AND HER CREW ARE STILL ON THE GO.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
NOT FAR AWAY LIVES ANOTHER NEW MOM, SHAR-PEI BABY JANE,
WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH TO A LITTER OF TRIPLETS --
TWO BOYS AND ONE GIRL.
SHAR-PEI LITTERS AVERAGE FIVE PUPS,
BUT THESE THREE ARE MAKING UP IN WRINKLES
WHAT THEY LACK IN NUMBERS.
THIS DARK, WRINKLY FELLA IS RAISIN.
[ RAISIN GRUMBLES ]
HIS BROTHER, PANCAKE...
AND SISTER, PEACHES,
SPORT THE BREED'S MORE COMMON FAWN COAT.
[ PUPPY GRUMBLES, BARKS ]
SHAR-PEI DATE ALL THE WAY BACK TO ANCIENT CHINA,
WHERE ROYALTY KEPT THEM AS GUARD DOGS.
THEIR WRINKLES PROTECT THEM FROM ATTACK,
PREVENTING OTHER DOGS FROM GETTING A FIRM GRIP.
SHAR-PEI IS CHINESE FOR "SAND SKIN,"
AND INDEED, THEIR COATS ARE ROUGH TO THE TOUCH.
THESE PUPS WILL GROW INTO THEIR FOLDS OF FUR,
AND THE FIT WILL GET MORE SNUG.
THE BREED IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR BLUE TONGUE,
WHICH TURNS DARKER AS THEY GROW OLDER.
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
THE SHAR-PEI'S TONGUE WAS THOUGHT TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS
AND MAKE THIS GUARD DOG LOOK FIERCE.
GUARDING IS IN BABY JANE'S DNA, WHETHER IT'S THE BACKYARD...
[ BABY JANE BARKS ]
...OR THE LIVELY LIVING ROOM FLOOR.
[ BABY JANE SNORTS ]
[ PUPPIES BARK ]
DARK-COATED RAISIN HAS PUSHED TO THE FRONT OF THE DINNER LINE,
AND HE'S NOT THE BEST AT MAKING ROOM FOR HIS SISTER, PEACHES.
BUT SHE'S GOT THE SMARTS TO OUTMANEUVER HER CHUNKY BROTHER.
MOM BABY JANE IS A TRUE MULTITASKER.
SHE CAN LOOK AFTER HER PUPS AND BE ON GUARD DUTY.
[ DOORBELL RINGING ]
[ BABY JANE GRUNTS ]
[ BABY JANE BARKS ]
BUT RAISIN WASN'T DONE WITH HIS DINNER
AND IS LOOKING TO HAVE A WORD WITH THE MANAGEMENT.
[ RAISIN BARKING ]
AND WHILE HIS SIBLINGS ARE TRYING TO HAVE A NAP,
THIS ROWDY PUP WON'T PIPE DOWN.
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
BUT RAISIN HASN'T FINISHED DISTURBING HIS FAMILY.
NOW THE NOISY PUP SQUEEZES HIS WAY IN
TO THE BEST BED IN THE HOUSE.
[ PUPPIES GRUMBLE ]
COMING UP, LITTLE BOXER PEANUT FINDS HIS LEGS AND HIS VOICE.
[ PEANUT YOWLS ]
Narrator: AT THE BOXER COTTAGE,
JASMINE'S THREE-WEEK-OLD PUPS ARE UP AND AT THEM,
LED BY ADVENTUROUS ACE.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
TINY RUNT PEANUT ISN'T QUITE MEASURING UP TO HIS SIBLINGS.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKING ]
AND HIS WALK IS MORE OF A SCOOT.
BUT THIS LITTLE GUY IS DETERMINED
TO KEEP UP WITH THE TEAM,
AND HE PRACTICES EVERY CHANCE HE GETS.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
AND HE LETS HIS TEAMMATES KNOW
HE MIGHT BE SMALL BUT HE CAN TALK A BIG GAME.
[ PEANUT YOWLS ]
AT THE END OF A HARD WORKOUT,
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUNG ATHLETES TO REFUEL.
AND TODAY, THEY'RE INTRODUCED
TO THEIR VERY FIRST MEAL THAT'S NOT FROM MOM.
IT'S NOT MUCH OF A CHALLENGE FOR THIS HUNGRY GROUP,
WHO DIG IN LIKE CHAMPIONS.
EXCEPT FOR TINY PEANUT,
WHO'S NOT QUITE READY TO TAKE ON SUCH A GROWN-UP MEAL.
LUCKILY, THE LITTLE RUNT HAS SOMEONE IN HIS CORNER.
WHEN YOU'RE AN UNDERDOG,
A LITTLE EXTRA HELP GOES A LONG WAY.
OVER AT THE CAIRN TERRIERS' FARM,
THE THREE-WEEK-OLD PUPS' EYES HAVE OPENED,
AND THEIR TINY LEGS ARE ON THE MOVE.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
TRUE TO HER BREED,
BRAVE BRINDLE GIRL SCOUT HAS A REAL NOSE FOR INVESTIGATION,
MUCH TO THE PRIDE OF HER HUNTING MOM, MISS CINDERS.
BRED TO TRACK DOWN CRITTERS IN THEIR HOLES,
CAIRN TERRIERS HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL,
UP TO 1,000 TIMES BETTER THAN A HUMAN'S.
BUT THIS FLEDGLING TRACKER LOSES THE SCENT TRAIL...
[ SCOUT WHINES ]
...AND GETS A LITTLE LOST.
[ SCOUT SQUEAKING ]
LUCKILY, BROTHER FERGUS HEARS HER CRY FOR HELP...
[ FERGUS GROWLS ]
...AND GIVES HER AN ENCOURAGING CALL TO STEER HER BACK HOME.
[ FERGUS GROWLING ]
[ SCOUT SQUEAKING ]
[ FERGUS GROWLS, WHINES ]
IF SCOUT CAN'T FOLLOW HER NOSE, SHE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW HER EARS.
[ FERGUS SQUEAKING ]
[ SCOUT SQUEAKING ]
LIKE A TRUE ROOKIE HUNTING DOG,
SHE'S LEARNING TO USE ALL HER SENSES.
[ SCOUT SQUEAKS ]
OVER AT THE SHAR-PEI HOUSE,
THE THREE-WEEK-OLD PUPS HAVE OPENED THEIR EYES.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
BUT WITH ALL THOSE WRINKLES,
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO USE THEM.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
SHAR-PEI HAVE LESS PERIPHERAL VISION THAN MANY OTHER BREEDS.
[ PUPPIES BARK, WHINE ]
THE PUPS ARE EAGER TO TRY OUT THEIR NEWLY MINTED TEETH.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
AND WHILE GUARD DOG MOM DOES A SECURITY SWEEP,
BLACK PUP RAISIN DISCOVERS A GREAT NEW CHEW TOY,
HIS SISTER, PEACHES.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
THESE FOLDS ARE JUST TOO TEMPTING NOT TO BITE ON.
BUT THE ONLY GIRL SPEAKS UP
WHEN HER NAUGHTY BROTHER REALLY CROSSES THE LINE.
[ PEACHES BARKS, WHINES ]
UH-OH.
MOM HEARD THAT.
[ PUPPIES WHINING ]
AND SHE COMES TO PEACHES' RESCUE.
IT SEEMS MOM HAS A NEW WATCHDOG DUTY --
GUARDING HER PUPS FROM EACH OTHER.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
COMING UP, PEANUT TAKES A DIP.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
AND SCOUT PLAYS CHICKEN.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
Narrator: OVER AT THE BOXER HOUSE,
THE EIGHT PUPS ARE NOW SIX WEEKS OLD
AND ARE BIG ENOUGH TO GANG UP ON MOM.
[ PEANUT WHINING ]
AND AS FOR TINY RUN PEANUT, HE'S REALLY FEELING THE CRUNCH.
IT'S ABOUT TIME COACH JASMINE FOUND A BIGGER TRAINING GROUND
FOR HER GROWING PUPS.
ALL-STAR ACE, WHO'S NOW GROWN OUT OF THE STRIPE ON HIS FACE,
TACKLES THE NEW SPORTS GEAR LIKE A SEASONED PRO.
[ ACE GROWLS ]
AND HIS SPORTY SIBLINGS ALL JOIN IN THE GAMES.
BUT POOR LITTLE PEANUT IS LEFT BEHIND TO TRAIN ON HIS OWN.
[ PEANUT WHINES ]
AFTER THEIR WORKOUT ON A HOT DAY, THE PUPS NEED A COOLDOWN.
BOXERS ARE PRONE TO OVERHEATING
AND NEED TO WORK EXTRA HARD TO COOL OFF.
PEANUT IS THE LAST PUP TO GET IN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE MAY BE THE LAST TO GET OUT.
WHILE HIS TEAMMATES EASILY EVACUATE THE POOL,
IT'S A TALL ORDER FOR THESE LITTLE LEGS...
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
...LEAVING PEANUT THE ONLY PUP AT THE POOL PARTY.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
BUT JUST WHEN THIS WATERLOGGED DOG
IS READY TO THROW IN THE TOWEL, A TOWEL IS THROWN AROUND HIM.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]
OVER ON THE CAIRN TERRIERS' FARM,
THE SIX PUPS ARE FIVE WEEKS OLD AND STEADY ENOUGH ON THEIR PAWS
FOR THEIR FIRST TRIP OUTDOORS.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, THEY'RE SPORTING THEIR FIRST COLLARS --
SCOUT IN RED, HER BROTHER FERGUS IN BLACK.
THIS ISN'T ANY OLD FIELD TRIP.
TODAY, MISS CINDERS WILL START TO TEACH HER PUPS
THE FINE ART OF HUNTING.
WELL-MUSCLED AND STRONGLY BUILT,
CAIRNS WERE BRED TO BE TENACIOUS IN THE CHASE.
AND WITH THESE SPECIAL TOYS MADE TO LOOK JUST LIKE PREY,
THE PUPS GET A TASTE OF THE HUNT.
JUDGING BY THE WAG IN HER TAIL,
SCOUT GETS A KICK OUT OF THIS NEW PRIZED POSSESSION.
BUT THE TOUGH LITTLE HUNTER FACES SIBLING TAKEOVERS...
...AND THE CHALLENGES OF A ROUGH TERRAIN.
BUT SCOUT COMES OUT THE OTHER SIDE, THE TROPHY STILL IN TOW.
SHE'S EVEN SHOWING THE TERRIER HABIT OF SQUIGGING,
SHAKING HER PREY BACK AND FORTH, A BUILT-IN HUNTING INSTINCT.
MEANWHILE, BROTHER FERGUS IS DOING HIS OWN THING
AND CHASING SOME PEACE AND QUIET.
HE'LL LEAVE THE PIONEERING TO HIS EAGER SISTER SCOUT,
WHO IS OFF ON A NEW PURSUIT.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
[ SCOUT WHINES ]
MAYBE THIS YOUNG HUNTER SHOULD STICK TO CHASING TOYS.
OVER AT THE SHAR-PEI HOUSE,
THE FIVE-WEEK-OLD PUPS ARE GETTING BIGGER
AND NOW WEIGH IN AT 10 POUNDS EACH.
THAT INCLUDES A GOOD FEW POUNDS OF WRINKLE.
AND RAISIN LIKES THROWING HIS NEWFOUND WEIGHT AROUND,
MAINLY ONTO HIS SISTER, PEACHES.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
BUT THE ONLY GIRL USES HER BRAINS RATHER THAN BRAWN
AND ENLISTS MOM BABY JANE AS A BROTHER BARRIER.
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
IT'S TIME FOR MOM TO TAKE HER HIGH-ENERGY TRIPLETS OUTSIDE.
A GOOD GUARD DOG MUST KNOW
HOW TO SCOPE THE PERIMETER TO CHECK FOR DANGER,
AND MOM SHOWS THEM HOW IT'S DONE.
MAMA'S ONLY GIRL, PEACHES, PICKS IT UP PRETTY FAST.
AND THEN THERE'S RAISIN.
HE'S PLAYING HOOKY
AND PUTTING HIS ENERGY TO USE ON SOME NEW TOYS.
[ RAISIN GROWLS ]
PEACHES TRIES TO GET HER BROTHER TO FOCUS ON THE GUARDING LESSON,
BUT HE'D RATHER NOT.
[ RAISIN YAWNS ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
WHEN BABY JANE HEARS A NOISE OUTSIDE THE GATE,
SHE SOUNDS THE ALARM.
[ BABY JANE BARKS ]
TOP STUDENT PEACHES IS PAYING ATTENTION
AND GIVES HER WARNING A TRY.
[ PEACHES BARKS ]
HER BARK MAY NOT BE BIG ENOUGH TO SCARE ANYONE OFF,
BUT IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO IMPRESS MOM.
COMING UP, PEANUT MEETS HIS GRUFF GRANDPA.
AND FERGUS IS CAUGHT SLEEPING IN SOMEONE ELSE'S BED.
[ HORSE SNORTS ]
Narrator: IN THE BOXER HOUSE IN THE WOODS,
THE MINI ATHLETES ARE EIGHT WEEKS OLD.
WITH THEIR STURDY, MUSCULAR FRAME,
BOXERS WERE BUILT FOR ACTION.
THEY'RE LATE TO MATURE AND KEEP THE ENERGY LEVEL OF A PUPPY
UNTIL THEY'RE 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD.
AND IT'S A HIGHER ENERGY LEVEL THAN MANY OTHER BREEDS...
SO MOM JASMINE HAS HER WORK CUT OUT.
ALL-STAR ATHLETE ACE
GOES FULL-ON FOR THIS TRAINING SESSION.
BUT PINT-SIZED PEANUT JUST CAN'T KEEP UP
AND GETS DROPPED FROM THE TEAM.
WANDERING SOLO, PEANUT STUMBLES UPON ANOTHER LONER --
GRANDPA ROCKY, A 10-YEAR-OLD, RETIRED CHAMPION SHOW DOG.
WEIGHING IN AT 70 POUNDS,
OLD MAN ROCKY IS STILL A SERIOUS HEAVYWEIGHT.
AND THESE DAYS, HIS JOB IS TO GUARD HIS PART OF THE YARD...
[ GRUMBLES ]
UNINTERRUPTED.
[ GROWLS ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ GROWLS ]
BUT PEANUT IS FASCINATED WITH GRANDPA.
AT LAST, A PLAYMATE HE CAN KEEP UP WITH.
[ BARKS ]
[ GROWLS ]
AND AFTER GOING A FEW ROUNDS,
THE RUNT STARTS TO WIN THE CHAMP OVER.
[ WHINES ]
BACK AT THE CAIRNS' FARMYARD,
THE SIX-PACK OF PUPS ARE NOW SEVEN WEEKS OLD.
LIVING ON A FARM, THE PUPS CAN MAKE ALL SORTS OF NEW FRIENDS.
FERGUS STRIKES OUT ON HIS OWN TO GREET THIS NEW CREATURE.
[ YIPS ]
[ BARKS, GROWLS ]
BUT THIS FRIENDSHIP DOESN'T QUITE TAKE OFF.
FERGUS' BOLD SISTER SCOUT
WANTS TO MAKE ACQUAINTANCES EVEN FURTHER AFIELD...
AND LEADS HER SIBLINGS INTO A VAST NEW HUNTING GROUND
THAT'S FULL OF UNFAMILIAR FACES.
[ BARKS ]
[ CAT MEOWS ]
MOM MISS CINDERS CHASES A CRITTER
SHE'S PROBABLY NOT SUPPOSED TO...
[ BARKS, GROWLS ]
BUT NO ONE'S LOOKING.
[ BARKS ]
AND TRUE TO THEIR BREED, THE PUPS HAVE THEIR NOSES
IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.
BUT FERGUS IS ON HIS OWN SCHEDULE
AND ENDS THE CHASE WITH A NAP IN A PERFECT, BARNYARD HIDEOUT.
LITTLE DOES FERGUS KNOW,
THIS BARN IS HOME TO SOME BEASTS MUCH BIGGER THAN HE IS.
[ HORSE SNORTS ]
[ HORSE NEIGHS ]
THE OTHER PUPS MAKE A HASTY RETREAT.
BUT FERGUS IS SLEEPING IN SOMEONE ELSE'S BED.
[ HORSE SNORTS ]
LUCKILY, THERE'S A HELPING STABLE HAND
TO PLUCK THE LITTLE PUP OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
OVER AT THE SHAR-PEI HOME,
THE SEVEN-WEEK-OLD TRIPLETS
ARE NOW FULLY WEANED OFF MOM'S MILK.
SO, MOM GETS MORE TIME TO BE ON WATCHDOG DUTY.
[ DOORBELL RINGS ]
[ BABY JANE BARKS ]
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
IS THE PERFECT TEST OF THE PUPS' GROWING GUARD-DOG SKILLS.
[ BARKS ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
THE GUARD DOGS' FIRST TEST ISN'T LOOKING VERY PROMISING.
[ BABY JANE BARKS ]
MAMA'S GIRL PEACHES
IS THE ONLY PUP TO LEAVE THE TABLE LONG ENOUGH
TO CHECK OUT THIS STRANGER...
WHILE RAISIN IS MUCH MORE INTO GUZZLING THAN GUARDING
AND HELPING HIMSELF TO SECONDS.
WHEN RAISIN FINALLY SHOWS UP AT THE FRONT DOOR,
IT'S A FAIL FOR THIS WAYWARD STUDENT.
GUARD DOGS ARE SUPPOSED TO SCARE STRANGERS,
NOT ENCOURAGE THEM.
COMING UP, SCOUT VENTURES INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY
AND RUNS INTO A GIANT STRANGER.
[ HORSE SNORTS ]
AND NOW, A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS HAS A COAT
THAT CAN CONTINUE TO CHANGE COLOR
THROUGHOUT THE DOG'S LIFETIME?
IS IT A CUDDLY CAIRN TERRIER, A BOUNCY BOXER,
OR AN UNUSUAL SHAR-PEI?
THE ANSWER AFTER THIS.
Narrator: WHICH OF THE THREE BREEDS
HAS A COAT THAT CAN CONTINUE TO CHANGE COLOR
THROUGHOUT THE DOG'S LIFETIME?
THE ANSWER -- THE CAIRN TERRIER.
BREEDERS CAN PREDICT A PUPPY'S ADULT COLOR
BY INSPECTING THE FUR AROUND THE EYES OR UNDER THE TAIL,
BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE THE EXACT SHADE.
AT NINE WEEKS OLD,
JASMINE'S BOXER PUPS ARE WEIGHING IN AT 12 POUNDS
AND NEED A NEW ATHLETIC CHALLENGE
TO BURN OFF THEIR ENERGY.
SO, COACH JASMINE TAKES THEM ON THEIR FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY RUN.
MOM CAN COUNT ON ACE TO HELP LEAD THE HIKING TEAM.
BUT TINY PEANUT ONCE AGAIN GETS LEFT BEHIND.
THE EIGHT-POUND RUNT SIMPLY CAN'T KEEP UP.
SO, PEANUT SEEKS OUT, AGAIN,
THE COMPANY OF HIS GRANDPA ROCKY,
WHO GIVES HIM A PEP TALK.
OUR YOUNG PUP SHOULD KNOW THAT EVEN THE BIGGEST HERO
CAN HAVE THE SMALLEST BEGINNING.
AND PEANUT GETS UP THE COURAGE
TO JOIN THE EXPEDITION IN THE WOODS.
WHAT PEANUT LACKS IN SIZE, HE MAKES UP FOR IN HEART,
PROVING THAT TRUE CHAMPIONS AREN'T BORN, THEY'RE MADE.
AND SOON, THE LITTLE RUNT IS RUNNING WITH THE BIG BOYS.
OVER AT THE CAIRNS' FARM, THE PUPS ARE NINE WEEKS OLD
AND DETERMINED TO PROVE THEIR TERRIER TENACITY.
FERGUS IS EXERTING HIS RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP.
[ PUPPIES GROWL ]
AND FEARLESS ADVENTURER SCOUT
IS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW HUNTING GROUNDS
BEYOND THE BACKYARD.
BUT THESE BIG BEASTS ARE BLOCKING HER WAY,
AND SCOUT CAN'T TELL WHETHER THEY'RE FRIEND OR FOE.
BUT SHE CHANCES IT...
[ SNORTS ]
AND MAKES A BIG NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
WITH NEW CONFIDENCE,
SCOUT TRAVELS FURTHER AND FURTHER AFIELD.
BACK AT THE OTHER END OF THE YARD,
MISS CINDERS IS KEEPING EVERYONE ON SCHEDULE.
ALL HER PUPS OUGHT TO BE HEADED FOR DINNER.
BUT SCOUT IS MISSING.
[ BARKS ]
MISS CINDERS HURRIES TO PICK UP THE TRAIL.
[ WHINES ]
SCOUT IS OFF IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
BUT LIKE ALL GOOD TRACKING DOGS, MISS CINDERS SNIFFS HER OUT...
AND BRINGS HER HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER --
WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.
[ WHINES ]
AT EIGHT WEEKS OLD,
THE SHAR-PEI PUPS ARE BEGINNING TO ACT LIKE
THE GUARD DOGS THEY WERE BRED TO BE.
[ BARKS ]
BUT RAISIN WOULD STILL PREFER TO GUARD HIS TOYS.
AND THIS PUP COUNTS ALL THE TOYS AS HIS,
NO MATTER WHO HAD THEM FIRST.
[ WHINES ]
[ BOTH GROWL ]
[ TOY SQUEAKS ]
HIS SISTER PEACHES KNOWS SHE CAN'T OVERPOWER HIM,
SO SHE GOES FOR BACKUP FROM HER OTHER BROTHER.
PEACHES KNOWS THAT TWO AGAINST ONE IS AN ADVANTAGE.
[ PUPPIES GROWLING ]
[ TOY SQUEAKS ]
AND SUDDENLY, RAISIN ISN'T SUCH A TOUGH GUY ANYMORE.
[ RAISIN WHINES ]
COMING UP, SCOUT ATTEMPTS TO CONQUER THE ROCKY CAIRN.
AND WILL PEANUT FIND A NEW HOME?
Narrator: AT THE BOXER HOUSE, JASMINE'S 10-WEEK-OLD PUPS
ARE GRADUATING FROM PUPPY TRAINING.
TODAY IS A BIG DAY.
THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THEIR NEW HOMES.
ALL-STAR ACE IS SHOWING OFF HIS "A" GAME.
PEANUT'S A FEW PACES BEHIND, BUT HE GIVES IT HIS BEST SHOT.
[ PUPPY SQUEAKS ]
IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR THE BOXER PUPS.
FROM THE START, LITTLE BLACK ACE
WAS JASMINE'S NATURAL-BORN ATHLETE.
BUT NOT EVERY PUP IS BORN A WINNER.
[ PEANUT SQUEAKING ]
[ YOWLS ]
LITTLE RUNT PEANUT WAS AN UNDERDOG FROM THE START,
BUT ALONG THE WAY, HE FOUND A ROLE MODEL
AND THE COURAGE TO OVERCOME.
ACE IS FIRST OFF THE MARK AS HE GOES TO HIS NEW HOME...
HEY.
...FOLLOWED CLOSE BEHIND BY HIS OTHER SIBLINGS.
BYE-BYE.
BUT WILL SOMEONE WANT TO ADOPT TINY PEANUT?
RUNTS SOMETIMES HAVE A TOUGHER TIME FINDING HOMES.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE PEANUT HAS WHOLE TEAM OF NEW ADMIRERS.
THIS LITTLE GUY MIGHT BE EXTRA SMALL,
BUT HE'S ALSO EXTRA CUTE.
[ SMOOCHES ]
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALREADY EXTRA LOVED.
THANK YOU.
BYE-BYE. YOU'RE WELCOME.
OVER AT THE CAIRNS' FARM,
MISS CINDERS' SIX RAMBUNCTIOUS PUPS
ARE NOW 10 WEEKS OLD.
AND EVERYTHING THEY SEE MOM DO, THEY WANT TO DO, TOO.
MISS CINDERS MAKES JUMPING UP ONTO HER ROCK CAIRN
LOOK SO EASY.
BUT FOR SCOUT'S MINI TERRIER LEGS,
THIS CAIRN IS MORE LIKE A TOWERING CLIFF.
[ SCOUT BARKS ]
BUT AT LAST, SHE CONQUERS THE CLIMB.
FERGUS ISN'T ONE TO BLINDLY FOLLOW HIS SISTER,
AND HE FINDS HIS OWN ROUTE TO THE TOP.
AND THE PUPS GET THEIR FIRST VIEW
FROM THE HUNTING LOOKOUT POST.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
BUT WHAT GOES UP A CAIRN MUST COME DOWN.
[ MISS CINDERS BARKS ]
[ PUPPY BARKS ]
IN THE 10 WEEKS SINCE THEIR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS,
MISS CINDERS' PUPS HAVE COME A LONG WAY.
FROM THE BEGINNING, SCOUT WAS A FEARLESS ADVENTURER.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
BUT HER HUNGER FOR THE CHASE ALMOST LED HER TOO FAR ASTRAY.
[ FERGUS GROWLS ]
FERGUS WAS BORN WITH A MIND OF HIS OWN,
WHICH SOMETIMES LED HIM INTO TROUBLE.
[ HORSE SNORTS ]
TODAY, A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS.
ONE OF MISS CINDERS' PEPPY, LITTLE PUPS
IS GOING TO A NEW HOME.
YOU'RE SO CUTE!
WITH THIS FAMILY, SCOUT WILL NEVER HAVE TO CHASE AFFECTION.
SHE'LL GET IT HAND-DELIVERED.
Woman: BYE.
AND FERGUS WILL STAY RIGHT HERE ON THE FARM
DOING HIS OWN THING...
WITH MOM JUST AROUND THE CAIRN.
OVER AT THE SHAR-PEI HOUSE,
BABY JANE'S TRIPLETS HAVE FINALLY ALL LEARNED
HOW TO PLAY NICELY.
AND THEY'VE ALL FOLLOWED IN MOM'S PAW STEPS
TO BECOME STRONG, YOUNG GUARD DOGS...
EVEN RAISIN,
WHO NOW KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON EVERYTHING IN HIS YARD.
10 WEEKS AGO, BABY JANE'S PUPPIES CAME INTO THE WORLD
THREE TINY, WRINKLY NEWBORNS.
FROM THE START, CHUNKY RAISIN THREW HIS WEIGHT AROUND.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
AND HE WASN'T EXACTLY THE PROTECTIVE BROTHER
TO MAMA'S GIRL PEACHES.
BUT WHEN IT WAS TWO AGAINST ONE,
THIS TOUGH GUY LEARNED HIS LESSON.
COME ON IN. HERE'S THE LITTLE GUY.
TODAY, RAISIN IS MEETING HIS NEW FAMILY.
THIS IS RAISIN.
WHO'S THAT?
IS THAT YOUR NEW FAMILY?
WITH THEM, HE GETS A WHOLE FAMILY ALL TO HIMSELF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
BROTHER PANCAKE ALSO HEADS OFF TO A NEW HOME.
SAY, "BYE," PANCAKE.
"BYE."
Narrator: AS FOR PEACHES,
SHE'LL BE GROWING UP RIGHT HERE WITH MOM.
THE GIRLS GET TO GUARD THEIR HOME TOGETHER.
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[ PEANUT SQUEAKS ]