Well, welcome back.
Howie Mandel here.
I'm now in my kitchen.
And I'm in my kitchen.
I'm very excited about our next guest.
I haven't been lucky.
I have a dog named Lola.
And this is a pet psychic.
And I have a problem with Lola.
Well, Lola has a problem with me.
We've tried to train her.
My wife has hired a trainer.
We hired one trainer-- and this is not a joke--
who had 10 rules in training.
He only had nine fingers.
When the person with the rules for animal training
doesn't have as many fingers as he has rules,
you've got to worry.
That did not work out.
I'm going to introduce you to my dog first.
And I'm going to show you.
This is Lola.
Lola, say hi.
[BARKING]
Whoa, sit.
[BARKING]
So that's Lola.
And let's find out what's going on inside of Lola's mind.
Ladies and gentlemen, pet psychic Laura Stinchfield.
Laura?
[APPLAUSE]
Hi, Howie.
How are you?
Hey, I'm great.
It's so wonderful to meet you.
It's great to meet you.
I can't wait to find out what Lola is thinking
and why she is so agitated at just my existence.
OK, so listen.
Listen.
I'm being serious now, OK?
So dogs have what we call calming signals.
And that's body language that animals
use to calm themselves, communicate with other animals.
And sometimes they use these body language
signals to communicate with people as well.
OK.
OK?
All right, OK.
A healthy, well-socialized dog are
going to be using these calming signals all the time.
Now, some of them are licking the mouth, like,
licking their own mouth; yawning; sitting down;
lying down-- lying down--
[BARKING]
--like she is now; blinking her eyes; looking and looking away;
turning away.
Now, do you notice?
I want you to really watch her.
Notice how sometimes she'll look away.
Lola, do--
[BARKING & SNAPPING]
Whoa!
Oh my God.
I'm sorry.
I just almost got snaped at.
I'm sweating now.
I'm sorry.
But I saw what you're saying.
That was a lot more calming than it's usually been.
OK, OK.
So one of the things I want you to do
is when you see her do, like, a licking of the mouth,
I want you to watch that because she actually did do it before.
Me licking my mouth?
You could.
So I come to the dog.
I'll go to the dog like that, right?
Well, do it like the way--
I'm coming at the dog.
Look.
OK, so maybe later, off camera, you
could do it just like very gently.
So you know how you have a really intense energy now?
And I know you're being funny.
But I'm being serious.
Me too.
So when you're with Lola, I really
want you to calm it down.
And try and be more centered and a little bit more grounded,
kind of that feeling like when you first wake up
and you're like getting ready, getting out
of bed, that kind of just really kind of chilling
it out a little bit.
OK.
Yeah good.
That's good.
All right.
That's good.
If you kind of tone it down a little bit and kind of
take the joke away, or you can joke with her, but do it more,
like, don't kind of stare at her.
Avert your eyes.
So look at her and then look away.
I mean, it's who you are.
So you can be who you are.
Just tone it down a lot.
OK.
And look at her and then look away.
OK.
Look.
I'm going to just show you.
Good.
Oh, that's good?
That's good.
That's much better.
I mean, I can't see her.
You can't see her?
Well, now I can see her
Right there?
Yeah.
OK.
So, great.
I want you to breathe.
Want me to what?
Breathe.
Breathe?
I'm breathing.
Breathe into the heart, into the heart, peacefully.
OK, so now that would have started--
if Lola was looking at you, and she's trying really hard,
that kind of fast movement and stare to her
could have set her off.
That could set her off.
Right.
Do you see how she's trying really hard by turning away?
Lola, you're being such a good girl.
I'm so proud of you, honey.
What about me?
Your daddy's trying.
I can tell he's trying.
He's going to get it.
I promise you, Lola.
He's going to get it.
So I spoke to Lola earlier.
And she really wants to be your friend.
She says sometimes you sing to her.
Is that true?
I don't know.
I will do it now.
Is that something she likes?
If you want to.
Well, I've never sang.
I don't sing.
But I will if that's what you think the issue is.
I don't think that's the issue.
Good girl, Lola.
I think the issue, it's two things.
One, your body language is too intense in her direction.
When you're joking, it's too intense in her direction.
If you slow it down and just be you and lead with your heart
and not fast moving towards her, it's going to be a lot better.
Good.
The one thing--
So I think that, I think I'm sitting.
I'm here.
And we're together.
And she's not attacking.
Howie, what I like about this is that your back is
towards her because--
Yeah, me too.
I like that.
This is all great.
It's all--
Lola, you're being such a good girl, Lola.
This is the closest I've been to her in a long time.
Thank you, Laura.
You've been great.
We'll be back with more right after this.
Good girl, Lola.
Lola, come here.
I want to sing to you.