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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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Sprout, the care home visitor

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2021/05/25

How did an English Bull Terrier end up as a calming presence in Petersfield's care homes? Find out in this month's Dogs with Jobs, with presenter, Kate Fairweather. Sprout is a "one off" in many ways. He survived an operation that went horribly wrong in his puppyhood and, with the help of his owner, Lizzie Strickland, he has overcome the considerable disabilities he was left with. Now he spreads joy to the elderly in the town's care homes and helps university students struggling with their mental

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The astonishing work of the UK's Guide Dogs charity

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2021/04/27

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association oversees the country's largest breeding programme and trains around a quarter of the world's guide dogs.. Over coffee with John Welsman, Kate Fairweather hears about the astonishing range of work done by the UK charity and some of its newer initiatives. John is part of the charity's Canine Affairs team, which strategises about the future of guide dog ownership and works with government and service providers on behalf of Guide Dogs. He talks about some of the

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Breck, the guide dog

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2021/04/27

Meet Breck, a talented golden retriever recently retired from an eight-year career in partnership with a highly experienced owner, whose job has entailed travelling all over the UK. Breck's steadiness and adaptability proved to be essential qualities for success in guiding at this advanced level. Breck's owner John Welsman discusses some fascinating insights into the responsibilities and challenges facing both parties to Dogs with Jobs presenter, Kate Fairweather. John charts he evolution of this

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Edie, Max and Joe, the sheep farm workers

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2021/03/29

In Dogs with Jobs this month meet Max, Edie and Joe, the close knit team who together ensure a successful lambing operation at Rothercombe Farm, Stroud. The Border Collies' obsessive herding instinct comes into its own. With over 1000 expectant ewes, the fields become an outdoor maternity unit for six hectic weeks. No surprise that things can get a little intense... Farmer Andy Snow talks to Kate Fairweather of Shine Radio about how he can recognise talent in a puppy, on the job training them and

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Throwback: Lottie the missing persons investigator

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2021/03/14

Bonus episode of Dogs with Jobs! In the course of researching this podcast, Kate Fairweather talks to a lot of people about working dogs. Here she talks to Jim Noble, who has spent a career devoted to working dogs - gun dogs, police dogs, sniffer dogs, search dogs. In the early 2000s the Hampshire Constabulary's Dog Unit (as it was then) invested in its first ever pair of bloodhounds, with a view to training them for missing persons cases, owing to their superior scent-tracking capabilities. Jim

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Didi, the police dog

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2021/02/22

A Belgian Malinois with a bright future. Police Dog (P.D.) Didi is part of the Thames Valley, Hampshire & IOW Dog Section. Smaller and lighter than many of her police colleagues, P.D. Didi combines an easygoing nature with just a touch of swagger and supreme athleticism. Her handler, P.C. Beale, talks to Kate Fairweather about her abilities, their relationship and what it takes to make it in the police dog world. Dogs with Jobs is a unique audio series from Petersfield's Shine Radio, in which

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What qualities make a good therapy dog?

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2021/01/27

Patricia Bland, Pets as Therapy regional coordinator for the Petersfield area, explains what they seek in a therapy dog. More information at petsastherpy.org Other therapy dog interviews Meet Phantom, the secondary school reading assistant at Bohunt School Meet Millie the hospital visitor at Petersfield Hospital Meet Sprout the care home visitor and university emotional support worker Do you work your dog or dogs? Get in touch with Kate at team@shineradio.uk. © & ℗ Kate Fairweather, 2022See

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Acorn, the school reading assistant

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2021/01/27

Acorn works at Petersfield Infants School as a Pets as Therapy (PAT) reading dog. Does he enjoy his job? Kate Fairweather hears about his working life from owner Judy Bridgland. More information on volunteering with your dog at petsastherapy.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dogs with Jobs - a new series from Shine Radio

Dogs with Jobs ·

2021/01/26

Meet the front line workers of the canine world in a new Shine Radio series. This is where we celebrate the key workers of the canine world, and admire the intelligence and skill of working dogs. Join Kate Fairweather to meet some of the most talented working dogs you could wish to meet: trained and ready to handle everything their jobs throw at them. What the characters we meet have in common is the focus and determination to harness their intelligence, instinct and often courage in their work. Do

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