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Dogs with Jobs

Petersfield"s Shine Radio

Celebrate the frontline workers of the canine world. Kate Fairweather comes face to face with a diverse cast of working dogs, perfectly equipped with the instincts, intelligence and training to handle everything their jobs throw at them. Humans and dogs have worked together for centuries - and still do today in our communities. Some work with handlers, drawing on their natural hunting, herding, or guarding instincts, or an exceptional sense of smell. Others perform caring roles, providing

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25:05

Meet Cashel, autism assistance dog

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2023/01/01

Meet Cashel, an autism assistance dog who joined his owner Leo Long during the pandemic, when he was a 17 year old sixth form student. Three years on, cavapoo Cashel's working life looks very different. Lockdown is mercifully a distant memory, and Leo's acting career has taken off. Leo has recently starred as a gifted young autistic drummer in the feelgood Netflix hit, "I used to be Famous", performed Shakespeare on the London stage and taken a role in an ITV4 series. Dogs with Jobs presenter

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Meet Millie, the hospital visitor

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2022/11/30

Accompany Millie the golden labrador on her hospital rounds, as she spreads joy and warmth to staff and patients alike at Petersfield Hospital on this month's episode of Dogs with Jobs. It's a deceptively simple episode - the gentle sound of a dog padding around the hospital on an ordinary Thursday morning. Yet there's a magic here when the dog loving patients encounter Millie, and talk about how much they look forward to getting back home to their own much loved canine companions. Former rescue

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Shine Radio programme Dogs with Jobs wins Gold

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2022/11/20

The Shine Radio programme celebrates the frontline workers of the canine world, and was named best podcast in the 2022 Community Radio Awards. Hear the announcement and presenter Kate Fairweather's acceptance speech at the awards ceremony held on Saturday night. The prize was one of three collected by Shine Radio volunteers. The Shine Radio recipe won bronze for best podcast and the station as whole was named the best digital community radio station in the UK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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36:20

Meet the South Downs Bloodhounds

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2022/11/01

You rarely hear about bloodhound packs, because they are entirely uncontroversial. It's also a relatively new sport - there are barely a dozen packs in the UK. So this is something of a scoop! Every Sunday, volunteer "quarries" pull on their trainers and run around 5km or so, following a route that has been pre-agreed with the landowners. Their mission is to outrun and outwit the bloodhounds, zig-zagging across the Hampshire countryside in order to throw them off the scent. It's rare that that they

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29:53

Meet the beagles!

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2022/10/01

This episode of Dogs with Jobs features a working pack of beagles. Kennel huntsman Danny Allen describes the breeding, management and daily working lives of these characterful hounds to presenter Kate Fairweather. Danny has worked with the Palmer Marlborough Clinkard Meon Valley Beagles for eight years, and combines insight into breeding, hunting and working of beagles with an obvious affection for his canine charges. Find more dogs with interesting jobs. Do you work your dog or dogs? Please get in

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21:20

Clover, the accidental gun dog

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2022/09/05

This month’s guest is Clover, a liver and white springer spaniel. The interview was recorded at the South Downs Show in August, where Clover was demonstrating her talents as part of the Hamble and Hound Gun dog club. Presenter Kate Fairweather chats to Jo Bennett about Clover, the first springer spaniel she ever owned. Clover’s need to work soon became apparent, and Jo started gun dog training as a way of keeping her stimulated and happy. It wasn’t long before Clover’s natural talent showed itself,

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22:12

Meet the Little Nippers, country show arena performers

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2022/08/21

Meet Little Nippers, a performing troupe of terriers and lurchers, who work the country shows all over the UK. Their entertaining performance at country shows educates the public and demonstrates the lost sport of coursing, using an electric lure. Coursing is the hunting of game such as hares with greyhounds, which use sight rather than scent, and has been banned in the UK since 2004. Phil Gibbons talks about life on the road with his 10 dogs to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather. Nothing is

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30:59

Louis, the Fire Investigator

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2022/06/29

Meet Louis, a talented springer spaniel, who works for the Hampshire Fire Service. Louis is a Fire Investigation & Search Dog and is trained to sniff out the presence of flammable materials efficiently and with outstanding accuracy in minutes, where humans might take days to cover the same area. There are just 17 working fire dogs in the whole of the UK, making Louis a rarity and something of a scoop for Dogs with Jobs. Louis' career success is heartwarming, since he was made homeless at less

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17:04

Hounds for Heroes: training assistance dogs to...

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2022/06/06

Tucked away in a converted barn in the tiny South Downs village of Ramsdean, Hounds for Heroes is a charity, which trains and provides assistance dogs for disabled veterans from the military and emergency services. Founder Allen Parton talks to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather about how the dogs are trained, and explains the story behind the dogs' names. He also explains what they look for in "puppy parents", the other vital component in raising a well balanced assistance dog. This is a

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25:25

E.T., the military assistance dog with big paw prints...

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2022/05/30

Meet E.T., (short for Endal III), a talented young labrador retriever and third in a line of exceptional assistance dogs. Handler and owner Allen Parton is a disabled ex-Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer, who founded the military assistance dog charity, Hounds for Heroes, in 2010. Allen returned from the Gulf War in 1991 with a serious head injury to spend five years in hospital, following which he needed specialist day care. He tells Kate Fairweather about how Endal became his first, “accidental”

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43:05

How Medical Alert Assistance Dogs support their...

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2022/03/01

This month, we meet Simone Brainch from the UK charity Medical Detection Dogs. Simone explains how the charity has developed since 2014, including its network of Medical Alert Assistance Dogs. The charity's specially trained assistance dogs alert their owners to impending medical emergencies, such as hypo-glycemic episodes or even allergic reactions. These dogs work incredibly closely with their human partners to warn them of an impending health episode, giving them the time to make themselves

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17:21

Phantom, the secondary school reading assistant

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2022/01/31

Meet Phantom. This retired racing greyhound first showed his therapeutic chops at the Greyhound Rescue Centre in Rake, with his calming influence on other greyhounds. After four years as a family pet, he has embarked on a second career, volunteering as a PAT "Read to" dog in the Solaris Nurture Unit at Bohunt School in Liphook. Presenter Kate Fairweather meets Phantom and his owner, Erika Harris, for a Sunday morning coffee at Petersfield Heath's cafe, the Plump Duck. More info on how to volunteer

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A rare insight into the breeding of hunting hounds

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2021/12/18

This is a companion to November 2021 episode, which featured hunting hound pups, Debit and Dervish. The modern English Foxhound is one of the healthiest in the canine world. Bred for function rather than form, these supremely athletic hounds cover 15-20 miles of country in a working day. Depending on their hunting country, they might need strong back legs for hill work, overall muscular strength to navigate heavy plough, or speed for the hilly grassland of the South Downs. Hound breeding expert

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37:02

Debit and Dervish, the hunting hounds

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2021/11/30

Meet Debit and Dervish. These affectionate, exuberant hound puppies live with their puppy walker Carolyn in an orchard in Hampshire. They arrived at 8 weeks old and will spend most of their first year here, before they return to a local trail hunting pack, which, which numbers some 38 couple (76) drag hunting hounds. Their puppy walker will ensure that they encounter a wide variety of people, children, horses and farm animals as well as cars, tractors. Although their destiny is pack life, hunting

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27:53

The assistance dog charity that transforms the lives...

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2021/10/26

The charity Dogs for Autism was founded by a dog trainer, pet behaviourist and special needs schoolteacher, to focus on training, placing and supporting assistance dogs for autistic people, including children. Neurodiverse people vary as much as neurotypical people. However, they tend to share certain characteristics, such as extreme sensitivity to particular noises or other stimuli, which make navigating public space and everyday life a challenge. Hilary Armour, CEO and founder of Dogs for Autism,

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Daisy, the autism assistance dog

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2021/10/26

Meet the talented Daisy, who works with a non-verbal autistic teenager and his family. Hear how golden retriever Daisy has transformed the lives of her human partner, Marcus, and those closest to him. Daisy provides an invaluable early warning of an impending meltdown with 100% accuracy - which has opened up public places and travel to the whole family. When Marcus does become emotionally disregulated, her training in deep pressure work means that she helps him to calm down. Presenter Kate

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Alfie, the model and actor Dalmatian

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2021/09/28

Meet Alfie, a handsome, half 'patched' dalmatian in this month's Dogs with Jobs and hear about his busy working life as a model and actor. Blessed with a muscular physique and rakish looks, thanks to his unique face patch markings, Alfie has starred in rap videos, TV programmes and is much sought after as a model by household names such as Boden and furniture manufacturer, made.com. When you look this good, does anything else matter? Well, yes! Alfie’s work requires a performance ethic with

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35:38

Drake, the gun dog champion

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2021/09/01

Kate Fairweather introduces Drake, a talented black labrador retriever, who was England’s top scoring gun dog two years in a row at the “Gun dog Olympics” - a.k.a. the Anglesey International. Hear Drake hunting for a dummy bird on the Cowdray Estate in West Sussex, helped by whistle commands from his owner, Jason Mayhew. Gundog trainer Jason tells the story behind Drake’s competition success in field trials - which simulate the conditions of a large scale pheasant

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Benji, the trainee guide dog and his first five weeks...

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2021/07/31

This month, Dogs with Jobs follows young guide dog Benji over five weeks as he starts “on the job” training with owner John Welsman. From their first encounter in June, through two weeks of residential training at a Southampton hotel, instructor-supported training around their home town Petersfield and navigating their way to London via public transport. After an intense five weeks, Benjy and John are ready to strike out on their own. Kate Fairweather hears about the highs and lows on this month’s

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28:44

Rusty the search and rescue specialist

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2021/06/29

Meet Rusty, a red, short coat collie with just one thing on his mind. He works with his handler, Kev Saunders MBE as part of the Hampshire Search & Rescue (HSAR) team, which supports the police on large scale searches for missing persons. He talks toDogs with Jobspresenter Kate Fairweather about how things have gone in the pandemic, with a shift away from finding elderly confused people towards a younger demographic of vulnerable missing persons. Kev explains their role as a vital and valued

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