Taming those naughty doggies! (Dog Borstal)

Member Name: shadsybear

Product:	Dog Borstal
Date:	21/10/08 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: Helps people to train their dogs and gives you tips at the same time. Entertaining.

Disadvantages: None.

This programme is on BBC3 and is great if you have a naughty dog or just love dogs! It is 1 hour long.

Each week 3 dogs and their owners go to "dog borstal" for various naughty behaviour such as excessive barking, aggression and just general doggy naughtiness! The dogs stay in the kennels and the owners have to live in a tent for the week.

The programme starts with us getting to see the dogs at home going about their daily business so that we can see what their behaviour is like.

We then go to "dog borstal" with the dogs and owners where they spend a week being trained by one of the specialist trainers. I am not sure of all their names, there is a woman, a nice bloke and then Mick. Mick is the one no-one notes as he is very tough on the owners more than the dogs, I think he used to be in the Army and treats the dog owners like they are too. During the week the dogs and owners have to do various exercises to try and improve their behaviour.

In the next part of the show we get to see the dogs undergo their end of week tasks. These can include having to socialise with other dogs or go for a walk in a busy town. They then get awarded a ribbon for passing or passing with a distinction. The trainers usually do a good job on the dogs and I don't think I have seen one fail yet!

We then get to see the dogs at home a few weeks later and their owners tell us how much there dogs have improved.

This programme is great for dog owners as you can pick up a few tips. It is also good for dog lovers just as entertainment.

Dog Borstal has often had me in tears as some of the owners are at the end of their tether and if it wasn't for Dog Borstal they would have had to get rid of their dogs.

It really is a great show!

Summary: A great show for dog owners and dog lovers alike.