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Show i s . - ri il ' '? sfe. . Sr jl . j r Zav5 T? Or CJiL i pA 1 i. ; Writer i . I ' o3 10 I Bob Thomas byAssociated Press i r T ' J - mission is not to persuade dogs, but to convince their HOLLYWOOD That Walkies lady was in town v owners they should buy her No Bad Dogs, The book, Woodhouse Way, Summit Books, $12.50. She has been successful with the human species, the book resting comfortably on the bestseller list. recently. ll i J ? -- t training dogs! ? it t If you own a dog, or know someone who owns a dog, you probably know who she is Barbara Woodhouse, TV show, whose BBC-PB- S the Training Dogs has con- Woodhouse Way, vinced millions of British and Americans that they can master their dogs after all. Mrs. Woodhouse was here on a national tour. Her A celebrity at 72, she seems to enjoy what she is doing. Remarkably, so does her husband, Dr. Michael Woodhouse, a retired physi- - s 4 1 cian who accompanies her travels. . I enjoy what I do, even the television talk shows, Sometimes she remarked. they try to make you look funny, and I watch out for that. Recently I was on the air with Studs Terkel in Chicago, and he tried to make me angry by saying he was on record as hating dogs. I refused to take him seriously, and by the end of the program we were on the same wave length. Thats the way it should be with those shows: were there to entertain. Thats the way it is with Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way. Suggest a show to a netg work executive and youd be stuffed in a paper shredder. Yet Mrs. Woodhouses show provides more laughs than a week of sitcoms. Not to mention intelligence. Firm but understanding with dogs, Mrs. Woodhouse is less patient with their owners, and her curt comments provide much of the amusement of the TV show. Her trilled command Walkies! has become a byword here in Britain ; she hears it from fans wherever she goes. The command means the dogs should hurry up. Daughter of an English clergyman, she developed her knack with dogs at an early age. Her mother boarded dogs, and Barbara could quiet their barking merely by talking to them in a quiet voice. She also leaamed she could control horses, cows and other animals. But not cats they become your master, not vice versa. Mrs. Woodhouse trained dogs as her three children were growing up, became more active when they left home. At one time she ran a weekend hotel for 32 dogs and their owners one man arrived with nine dogs! She has made the Guinness Book of Records for the number she has trained: Baseball 2. Runs 1. 3. r Pitcher Curve 3. Slider 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. Strikeout Pinch hitter Cleanup 10. Umpire Double play 11. Score 12. Extra innings 17,000. Among her observations: Dogs love laughter, and they can laugh themselves. I had a toy Manchester that would curl his lip at anytying funny. A Great Dane of mine would wrinkle his eyes. Dogs grow more like d their owners, not vice versa a as in the common assump- Cfi tion. Dogs watch your face to E catgh your mood. If you are sending out laughter, they A feel good. If you are unhap- A py, they sense that, too. Dogs like to do naughty things, as much as to say, Catch me if you can. They A like to see their owners 3 annoyed. Because of the TV show, S Mrs. Woodhouse cant go 8 pr anywhere in public without Vi for ask her having people advice. That doesnt bother IX her, but she admitted: V!K "Every dog owner believes his problem is unique. Actually all problems are pretty much the same. The public recognition can be helpful, as when she was SO going through passport con- n trol at London airport. The inspector said "Oh, heres the dog lady No ned to see your passport Walkies1 .Baseball developed from the English game of cricket and an Old English sport called rounders. But Abner Doubleday is credited with coining the name of the game in 1839. 1 932 Compulog 2J IS |
