Columbo (TV Series)

How to Dial a Murder (1978)

Tricia O'Neil: Miss Cochran - the dog trainer

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• Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : If you wanna protect your wife, Lieutenant, why don't you just teach her karate? Good-bye.

• Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : It's all right, Lieutenant. You can pet him.

  Lt. Columbo : Why should I?

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : To show him that you're friendly.

  Lt. Columbo : Why doesn't he show me first?

• Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : When a dog goes killer wild, we call it, uh, reverting. It's reversion back to the wolf. We don't talk about it a whole lot, but it happens.

  Lt. Columbo : Well, that would explain it, ma'am.

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Except that you told me you played with the dogs AFTER they went savage. Now, I've never heard of a reverting dog that didn't stay that way.

  Lt. Columbo : Well, thank you very much, ma'am. We didn't clear much up but it sort of highlights the problem.

• Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Baruk, kiss!

  [training dog attacks padded man] 

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Baruk, out! Come! Baruk, come!

  Lt. Columbo : Miss Cochran! Ma'am!

  [runs up to her] 

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : [to Baruk]  Good boy. Good boy.

  Lt. Columbo : What did you just do?

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Just an attack command.

  Lt. Columbo : But you said...

  Lt. Columbo : [eyes the dog warily]  ... K-I-S-S, ma'am.

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Well, that's Baruk's attack word. A dog can respond to any command as long as he's trained to understand it. Here, I'll show you. Baruk. Watch him. Watch him. Kill!

  [Baruk jumps up on Lt. Columbo and licks his face] 

  Lt. Columbo : [relieved]  Oh, ho, yes! Yes, you're a good doggie. Yes. All right. All right, that's enough.

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Baruk, down.

  Lt. Columbo : That's enough.

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : Down.

  Lt. Columbo : All right. Whew. You mean that a trainer can control a dog with any word? Any word at all?

  Miss Cochran - the dog trainer : A sign, or a sound, a word - ANY word, in any language.