- It's our Underdog
And if you're not from down South,
it might be one of the most unique dogs you've ever seen,
Team Macie.
MEGAN DEVOE: I'm Megan DeVoe.
And I'm from Ocala, Florida.
I'm a professional dog trainer.
This is Macie.
She is four years old, and she's a Catahoula Leopard dog.
Here.
Macie has competed in different sports.
Her favorite is definitely dock diving.
Macie has trained in agility, obedience,
tracking, protection work.
When you see this little 42-pound dog,
you don't expect what comes out of her.
Uh, Macie.
Macie is friendly.
A lot of people don't approach her,
though, because she kind of has an RBF, her resting bitch face.
I think Macie and I have a good shot at winning tonight
because we've been a team since she was a puppy.
Team Macie is ready to dive into the Winners Circle.
CURT MENEFEE: They are ready to take on the K9 Combine.
[laughs]
[beeping]
[buzzer]
CURT MENEFEE: To guarantee a spot in round two,
they need to beat Bane's time of 2 minutes, 20 seconds.
But they're kind of taking the old Catahoula stroll here.
NICK WHITE: Megan could be worried about Macie
getting too excited too soon.
CURT MENEFEE: Slow exit from the first car.
They've got to make up some time.
Go this way. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
CURT MENEFEE: Slow again.
But cute. Come on.
NICK WHITE: Aw.
CURT MENEFEE: Aw.
Come on. Yes.
Good girl.
CURT MENEFEE: Right into the minivan and quick on the way
out.
So Sticks, I think she's learning.
STICKS: Quickly.
No problems coming through these last couple of cars.
Come on, out.
Let's go.
CURT MENEFEE: 45 seconds to Fire Escape.
Can they make up some time here? - Go.
Get it. Good job.
NICK WHITE: Whoa.
Fast on the first ball.
Great work from an underdog that wasn't bred
to instinctively grab balls.
CURT MENEFEE: Can they keep up the pace on level 2?
Yes.
Amazing work from a dog I've never heard of.
Can you get a Catahoula outside the state of Louisiana?
NICK WHITE: Yeah, you certainly can.
And Canada has actually started to use them
as well for their sled dogs.
CURT MENEFEE: They do well in the cold, eh?
Great job so far to Megan and Macie.
CURT MENEFEE: And back down to ground level
in 1 minute, 35 seconds.
It's about 30 seconds behind Team
Bane, headed into High Jump.
NICK WHITE: I know these dogs can jump really high.
Super athletic.
CURT MENEFEE: Easily over the three footer.
Up.
Up. Come on.
Great job.
Yes.
CURT MENEFEE: Megan chooses to use the plank
on the five foot wall.
NICK WHITE: She's a prolific jumper and leaper.
So I'm surprised she needs the assist.
CURT MENEFEE: Macie said, plank you very much.
On the Rope Bridge.
NICK WHITE: Macie just keeps going.
Wow.
CURT MENEFEE: We know that she has dock diving experience.
NICK WHITE: Exactly.
CURT MENEFEE: How far will she go here?
NICK WHITE: Beautiful jump!
CURT MENEFEE: Now just the swim to the finish.
Quicker than Bane up the ramp.
But not quick enough for first place.
2 minutes, 39.16 seconds puts them in second place.
Team Macie now guaranteed a spot in round two, the Boneyard.
OK, so automatically advanced.
Team Macie needs to find all five items
in less than four minutes.
[beeping]
[buzzer]
NICK WHITE: Macie trains with human scent.
So that's what we're using on the five items for her run.
CURT MENEFEE: First up is the luggage room, where the scent
is in the black duffel bag.
NICK WHITE: Megan told me Macie's alert is that she will
go to the item, and she will sit or she will kind of freeze,
lock up, look back at Megan.
So that's kind of what I'm looking for right here.
Find it.
NICK WHITE: And she needs to act fast
here because the competition is stiff tonight.
It looks like she showed a little bit of interest
right there.
Beautiful read by Megan.
CURT MENEFEE: And she's got one in less than a minute.
But she's got to pick up the pace
to try to stay competitive.
Into the bathroom, where the scent is in the lotion
dispenser on the small table.
I would pay $100 to watch Sticks.
Sit, sit.
STICKS: Aw.
CURT MENEFEE: Whatever it takes.
Dig into that pocketbook.
[laughter]
NICK WHITE: You know, Megan's doing
a lot of the right things.
She's doing the detailed search.
She's staying calm.
They're having a hard time.
But I haven't seen Macie throw any real change of behavior.
CURT MENEFEE: OK, so Megan pulled an item out.
And you start to get the feeling that she's
thinking about the clock.
STICKS: You know, time is becoming an issue now.
CURT MENEFEE: Yeah, they've been in this room for three minutes.
Would you definitely change rooms now?
NICK WHITE: I'd have done it already.
And that's exactly what she's doing.
CURT MENEFEE: Into the living room with over 30 items.
And the scent is on the headphone case.
The clock is a major factor.
They're down to less than 40 seconds.
Look, it'll be almost impossible to find all five
items to avoid elimination.
But they're not giving up.
NICK WHITE: She's starting with an exterior search.
Agree with that.
Then I'd start going into more of a detailed search.
Let's see if they have any better luck here.
CURT MENEFEE: 10 seconds left.
Macie's on top of it but walks by.
The final five seconds tick away.
They're running out of time with only one item detected.
That means Team Kobe will move on.
And unfortunately, our underdog team, Macie, is eliminated.
You got your first item right off the bat.
What was that experience like?
I know this detection stuff is new for you.
I mean, this whole experience has been great.
Got to do so many things that we've never done before.
And we were so thankful to have been chosen to come
out here and be a part of this.
Well, thank you for sharing what you guys can do together.
Thank you.