Britain's Got Talent's Jules O'Dwyer is surprised at the backlash she has received since admitting she had another dog on hand to help out winner Matisse.
In last night's final, the dog trainer used her other canine Chase for a nail-biting part of their routine which included the dog walking on a tightrope.
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O'Dwyer told Digital Spy and others: "Chase does the trick very, very well, Matisse prefers it lower – he does it well but he's never been up at that height.
"Now I have a choice – I have a dog that can do it at that height, and I have a dog that I would have to push in three days to go from this to this.
"Why put the pressure on my dog when I've got a dog that can perform it?"
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O'Dwyer added that she wasn't trying to trick audiences and was just creating a story.
"It's like a magician – I'm making an act, I'm making television, it's entertainment. I wasn't hiding anything," she said.
"I thought nothing of the duo working together to make me that story. Those were my tools, I used my tools to do the job, that's all."
Watch Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse's winning performance below:
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