Barbara Woodhouse

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Barbara Woodhouse on the cover of her book No Bad Dogs The Woodhouse Way. The book title reflects her no bad dogs motto

Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse (née Blackburn, 9 May 1910 Rathfarnham, Ireland – 9 July 1988, Buckinghamshire, England),[1] was a British dog trainer, author and television personality. Her 1980 television series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way made her into a household name in the UK. Among her catch-phrases were "walkies" and "sit!", the latter parodied in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. She was also known for her "no bad dogs" philosophy.[2]

Life

Barbara Woodhouse was born 9 May 1910 in Rathfarnham, Ireland to an Anglo-Irish family and grew up in Dublin. When her schoolmaster father died in 1919, her mother moved the family to Headington in Oxford, Woodhouse attended Headington School there. She was later the only female student at the Harper Adams Agricultural College in Shropshire. After returning to Oxford to start Headington Riding school and Boarding Kennels, she spent more than three years in Argentina training horses.

In the 1930s, Woodhouse became a dog breeder and ran kennels until about 1960. She first appeared on TV as a contestant on What's My Line where the panelists failed to identify her occupation. She also appeared on CBS 60 minutes. Her 1980 BBC series made her into a television personality and she appeared regularly on British TV up until her death in 1988.

She married Dr. Michael Woodhouse in 1940 and moved to Wiltshire. They had three children, Pamela, Patrick and Judith. She died on 9 July 1988 following a stroke.

Her many books included her autobiography Talking to Animals and No Bad Dogs.

Television series

  • Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way
  • Barbara's Problem Dogs[3]

Publications

Citations and notes

  1. ↑ Barbara Woodhouse at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Crazy for CrittersIn 1996, I interviewed Brian Kilcommons, dog trainer to the stars and the American protege of the late British trainer Barbara Woodhouse, known for her "no bad dogs" philosophy and "Walkies!" rallying cry.
  3. ↑ Trove – National Library of Australia

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