Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way

1980 8.0 (2 votes) 1 Seasons

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Genres

Family

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Barbara Woodhouse

Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way

Overview

Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way is a British television series presented by Barbara Woodhouse first shown by the BBC in 1980. It was taped in 10 episodes at Woodhouse's home in Hertfordshire, England. The show was also internationally syndicated. In the show she often used two commands: "walkies" and "sit"; the latter of which was parodied in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy where James Bond does a Woodhouse impersonation, puts his hand up in a command posture, repeats Woodhouse's catch-phrase to a tiger and the animal responds to it by obeying. Her ten-part series had been shown at over one hundred stations in the United States and in Britain it proved so popular it was run twice. In 1982, singer-songwriter Randy Edelman wrote a song about her and her show, "Barbara", which he released in a single 45 rpm record.

Key Crew

Producer: Peter Riding

Director: Barbara Woodhouse

Top Cast

Barbara Woodhouse

Herself

Nichola Beaumont

Dog Owner

Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

Though only a single season of 10 episodes, the popularity of Barbra Woodhouse and her method of dog training grew to the point of public demanding a second broadcast in the UK, in the early 1980s. Popularity was equally rivaled in the USA, where public broadcast and VHS alike were consumed by dog owners anxious to firmly but lovingly train their canines into order.

10 episodes