Holly Willoughby has opened up about a nightmare blunder she suffered while trying to train her puppy Bailey.
The presenter, 40, welcomed the new arrival last month and even introduced her to the This Morning studio.
But having always been a cat person in the past, it's not been an easy transition for Holly to having a young golden retriever.
Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, Holly explains how family life has changed since the addition of Bailey.
She says: “She is the sweetest, sweetest thing. We’ve always been a cat family.
"They’ve [the kids] been going on and on about it. We decided this was the right time. It hasn’t been the kind of picture perfect thing I thought!"
But Holly adds: “The first day we brought her home, we were recommended to get her a crate. She was as good as gold, I came down the next morning, I walked down to this crate… before I saw her, I smelt her. She was covered in her own s***.
"She’d gone from white and perfect to stinky."
She says that she realised that they couldn't let the dog run through the house, so Holly had to pick her up in her white fluffy dressing gown.
Holly says: "[I realised] I’m going to have to pick [her] up.
"I’m covered [and was in the garden showering her down]. Husband came out covered in it from cleaning the crate. [We thought] What have we done?”
But Holly adds: “She is pretty perfect actually, apart from that first night. I think she did it on purpose. I think she’s quite a clever girl.”
It comes as Holly and Phil hosted their final This Morning show before Christmas Day today.
The presenters hosted a rare Friday show today as they took over from Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary for their final appearance on the ITV show before breaking up for Christmas.
Holly, 40, looked very festive in a high-neck crimson silk velvet minidress paired with matching scarlet lipstick.
The presenter added a bit of glitz with a pair of black heels decorated with a jewelled buckle.
Posing on Instagram, Holly shared a picture of her festive outfit as she wrote: "It’s CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAS! Final day on @thismorning until Christmas Day… open the fizz! #hwstyle dress by @masterpeace.masterpeace #12daysofsparkle."
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
