- In the days of King Arthur, they lived in Camelot, A source who entertained the royal court with miraculous feet south, magic high.

Above the castle walls, the ancient ne meets with members of the magic round table.

Come with us now to the secret room of Merlin.

- Welcome, welcome once more to my secret room.

It's nice to see you again.

Glad you came.

We have a lot to do today, so let's make the magic sword Excalibur rise right now altogether.

And say the magic words loudly.

Here we go.

Philly, die Philly.

D magic sword.

Rise.

For me, the magic word today is a short one, isn't it?

DOGS Dogs.

There there are many things we could say about dogs, but if we're to talk about dogs would be most helpful indeed.

If we, well, if we had a dog right here in the secret room.

We don't have one, however, didn't think we had one, but I hear one oh oh oh oh oh.

Isn't he q?

Isn't he nice?

Nice.

Oh, don't bite, please.

I take it easy.

Now, take, wait a minute.

This, this isn't even a real doggy.

This, this is a doll.

Why does it make that sound?

Do you have any idea why it beg your part?

It's Betty.

Betty the bookworm.

You did it again.

You rascal.

- I couldn't resist Merle.

I just could resist.

But you're, you're always playing - Jokes on me.

- Well, just a little joke, Merle.

Just a little one.

- Alright.

Alright.

- I'm awful glad you're gonna talk about dogs today.

- You, you are.

- Yep.

I really am Merlin because they're man's best friend.

- I believe that.

- Don't get around it.

Believe they really are.

They are loving and they're warm and they're, but there's so many fun to be - With.

I know.

But there, there's so many kinds.

What?

Well, I haven't, I dunno where to start.

- Well, if you'd stop interrupting me, me, - I'm sorry.

I - Forgot.

Well, let me tell you about the different kinds.

Merlin.

- Alright.

- You know up in Alaska they have what they call Huskies.

- Huskies.

Yes.

- Yeah.

Husky Dog.

And it's a big - Dog.

Oh, watch it.

My nose, my nose.

- Well, I, I get excited.

Merlin.

- Don't get too - Excited.

Anyway, they - Pull What do Huskies do?

- Well, I'm gonna tell ya, they, they pull sleds, Merlin, about six or seven or eight of 'em.

And they, they pull all the s and snow pull six or seven - Or eight sleds?

- No, six or seven dogs.

Merlin.

- Oh, oh, I see.

- Pull the sled.

- Yes.

- And they take people here and there.

Here and there.

And then there's another kind of snow dog, well, sort of a snow dog, right in the Swiss Alps.

He's a Saint Bernard.

- Oh, they're big.

Almost as big as Jock.

- Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

Merlin.

And they do rescue work, you know, if you get lost up there and all that snow.

Yeah.

Well, man, can't find him, but, but dog has that sense of sniff smelling.

He can smell, man.

- And the St. Bernard can find him.

- Right?

Merlin.

The St. Bernard can find man, but man, can't find man.

- I see.

Is that right?

What's another kind?

- Well, another kind is for hunting.

You know all - About that.

Well, like Jock does.

- Yeah.

Like jock dogs.

And one of the most special kinds, I think is a, it's what's called a police dog, Merlin.

And they're seeing eye dogs and they help people who can't see walk across streets.

And they help in all sorts of ways.

- Oh, they lead the blind people.

- Yes.

Merlin wonder.

They really - Do that.

That's a wonderful thing.

- It is wonderful.

It's just great.

And they're, they're just a - Wonderful, but I can't talk about all those things.

We don't have enough time.

- Well, how about just, just like anything, and especially children who need lots of love and affection and attention, they also need a little bit of discipline.

- Discipline.

- How about dog training?

- Dog training.

That's a good idea.

I'll, I talk about dog training.

- Okay, Merlin.

- Thank you Betty.

- You are welcome.

Merlin.

Very - Good idea.

Do well.

Thank you.

Okay, Betty, you know, do you have a dog of your own?

You do.

Well, if you don't have one of your own, I'm sure you have friends who have a dog, and you can tell them if you don't have one of your own.

But you should train your pet, your dog when he's quite young, just several months old.

And you start, of course, by naming him, because before you give any command, you mention the dog's name.

So this is the preparatory command in our castle.

We say, first of all, the preparatory command to Sir Jacque.

We say Jock, that's the preparatory command.

And by saying his name, the dog listens.

He looks and is ready for the next command.

So the first thing we do is make him come to us.

So we say, come jock, come COME.

You can spell that, can't you?

Alright?

After the dog does come to you, then you say what?

You have any idea what you say next?

He's there.

Now he's a babe.

Then you say, sit.

SIT sit.

That's easy enough.

What do you think would be another good command?

You know this one, don't you lie down, jock lie down.

And if you want your dog to sit or lie down and stay there, you say stay.

Jock.

Stay.

STAY.

Four important commands.

But there's one other command if you want him to follow you, where you go.

You say word, heel, HEEL.

And he follows right at your heel.

That's where the word comes from.

Heel.

The dog follows your heel.

First of preparatory, command his name, jock, come sit, lie down, stay or heal.

It's too bad that we don't have a dog here to show you that.

It would be much easier if we could actually demonstrate with an animal right here in the secret room, jock is fairly well behaved.

And, and I think Jock and his, his trainer are coming in the secret room.

Now, I'm, I'm gonna whisper what I'll say to Jock, maybe he'll come over in a bath.

His command, should we try?

I, I'll try.

The first command is what?

First his name.

I'll say Jock.

Then I'll say, come.

I don't wanna say too loud or he'll hear me here.

Here he comes.

Now Jock come.

Good boy.

Sit.

That's very good Jock.

This is his collar right here.

This is a choker collar sit.

Now, those are two commands we already did.

Come and sit.

Now he's watching my finger because he goes by the way my finger moves whether I'm gonna give a command or not.

Now what's the third command?

You're ready to watch, aren't you Jock?

I'm gonna have him lie down.

Jock lie down.

He knows, he lays against my foot here because he likes the feel of my body against him.

That's contact, personal contact.

See his big head.

These dogs are used for hunting.

And the, the English mastiff, this is a thoroughbred English mastiff.

They grow very large.

And this particular one weighs 210 pounds.

Does Sir Jock 210 pounds?

So when he does lie down on your foot, you can really feel it right.

Jock?

He loves it by the fireplace, where it's nice and warm.

Oh my.

Now we have one other command.

See if he can do it first.

The preparatory command.

Jock, come sit, stay now.

I'm gonna make him stay in one spot.

Stay, come lie down.

He wants to play and I really don't want to play with him.

I, I'd like to show you just how tall he is.

So when I have him come over to me again, I'm gonna have him try.

I'm gonna try to make him stand his full, his full length.

He's making himself right at home in the secret room, isn't he?

Stay jock.

Stay.

See how alert he is.

Jock, come shake hands.

Good boy.

Now I'd say heal.

I'd say heal.

But this 20th century mic cord gets in the way.

So he can't follow on my left side.

He can't heal.

Jock, you've been a very good boy.

We love you very much and we hope you'll come back again and see us in the Secret Room.

Would you do that?

Would you do that?

Jock, his trainer is out there, and I think he's getting ready to go back to the kennel.

So I'll say to Jock, I'll say goodbye and we'll see you later.

Goodbye Jock.

When Jock was a very, very small puppy dog, like most dogs he enjoyed, he enjoyed bones.

And I could always find one or two bones around the castle yard right next to his doghouse.

This is his doghouse right here.

And I'll put it right over the bone.

And this is the cupboard right here in which Queen Guinevere used to keep his bones right in this cupboard.

This is the doghouse and this is the bone.

Now, even though, remember now, jock is a magic dog.

Even though she would put the bone right in the cupboard, you know what Jock could do?

Well, I'll show you what he could do.

I just put the bone there, but watch, it's not there.

Shall we check on the other side, on the right side of the cupboard or your left?

It's not there either.

Not on the right side.

Not on the left side.

That proves that he's a magic dog.

Oh, guess his magic didn't work too well.

Now it's gone.

Beg your pardon?

You wanna see the other door too?

All right.

It's not there.

Oh, you wanna see the other side very well.

It's not, oh, you wanna see both doors at the same side?

Same time.

Alright, I'll open both doors and look.

And it's not in the right one.

Not in the left one.

Nope, it's not.

Oh, you wanna look in both doors?

Alright.

There is my left hand door and there is my right hand door.

It's not in either door right now.

It's flying around the room invisibly.

And I think it's going here.

It comes there right into the dog house, jock and his magic bones.

Speaking of bones, I think he behaved so well that he should get a bone of his very own only.

Not a little one because he's a big dog now.

But this great big bone.

I think I'll just, just throw it to him.

Shall I?

Ready?

Jock?

That was a heavier bone than I thought, but, but Jock caught it.

All right.

Pretty good.

We'll go by our commands very quickly.

First you say your dog's name Jock.

That's a preparatory command.

If you want him to come to you, you say, jock come.

If you want him to sit down, you say, jock, sit.

If you want Jock to lie down or your dog, you say, jock, lie down, jock stay.

And he'll stay lying down.

Or he'll stay in the sitting position.

And if you want him to follow you away, you say heel and he'll follow at your heel.

I'm gonna heal my invisible dog right over here to Betty and see if she remembered what I told her.

Hi - Betty Heel.

- No, don't.

I'm not a dog.

I'm not a dog at all.

- Oh, I wanted to try the commands on you.

Merlin.

I guess it doesn't work.

- Did you like Jack?

- Oh, I love him.

He's a beautiful dog.

Merlin.

He's just so big.

- He weighs 210 pounds.

- Well, that's even more than you Merlin - Now.

Just a minute.

I don't waste so very much.

- Well that's that's an awful lot more than you.

And it's an awful lot more than our little friend right here.

And me too.

Oh, he's nice.

- How do you remember the commands?

Preparatory command.

Jock - Merlin.

- Okay, let's hear it.

- Mer Merlin come.

- Okay, come - Sit.

- Sit.

- Lie down.

- Lie down.

- Stay.

- Stay.

And - Heal.

- And, and heal.

Very good.

I think we'll go over the commands and with our little friend here.

And meanwhile, I think perhaps it's time to say, say goodbye to our many friends.

Would you help me say goodbye today?

- Okay, Merlin.

- Okay.

Bye.

We'll see you soon.

Bye now.

Bye-Bye bye.

- Betty.

The bookworm was be portrayed by Helen Siglin was produced in the studios of Ohio University Television, Athens, Ohio.