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Dogs with Jobs

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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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28:27

Injured police dog forges award-winning new career

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2025/11/01

Meet Baloo, a charismatic Belgian Malinois whose promising police career was cut short when she was hit by a suspect's car, leaving her for dead at a crime scene in 2018. Baloo came out of emergency surgery full of metal bolts and without her front right leg. As an amputee, she was forced into medical retirement. Baloo was adopted by retired police dog handler, Mandy Chapman, who sensed the potential for a new career direction: trauma support. It's been a hugely successful partnership, culminating

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Duke, the PTSD service dog

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2025/09/01

Duke is a working cocker spaniel. A rescue dog, who has, thanks to the training expertise of Service Dogs UK, forged a surprise career as a fully trained PTSD service dog with British army veteran, Pete. Spending Saturday at a busy country show in itself demonstrates the impact Duke has had on the life of his owner and handler. Before his partnership with Duke, Pete couldn't go into a shop.He explains how Duke helps him when he’s at risk of an PTSD episode and the practical and emotional

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46:30

The UK's National Police Dog Trials 2025

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2025/05/31

Hear the UK's top police dogs demonstrate the skills and qualities needed to operate at the very highest level. Courage, physical strength and agility, tracking ability, steadiness, precision and responsiveness are all tested during the UK trials. For the handlers, too, the pressure is on: competing against the best, being watched and judged by their peers. Join Kate Fairweather at the National Police Dog Trials 2025, which took place in May at the Tally Ho training grounds, outside Birmingham

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34:59

The transformation of Tay: from lockdown puppy to...

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2025/05/01

When the time came to step up, much loved pet collie Tay abandoned the sofa for the sheep farm, where his herding talent has made him indispensable to lambing season on the farm. Owner and professional trainer Martina Miradoli tried Tay on various sports, including agility, scent detection (he was good at this) and introduced him to sheep. Despite her efforts to stimulate him, his drive remained low. Then, Martina and her partner had the chance to take on the tenancy of a busy farm which meant that

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20:45

Update: Reid the biosecurity dog in the Scottish...

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2024/11/22

We first heard about the work of Reid the biosecurity dog five months back. Conservationist and handler Rachel Cripps talks to presenter Kate Fairweather about Reid's work, visiting Scotland's islands during the course of the year, in all weathers, searching for evidence of rat incursions. Rachel explains the plans for winter, when weather stops all island visits, and how she keeps Reid ticking over and his skills developing. What is biosecurity? Biosecurity is the practice of protecting places

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35:44

Ralph, the owner trained, multi-tasking assistance dog

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2024/11/01

With long waiting lists for autism assistance dogs and medical alert dogs, and little prospect of getting one, teenager Ella Walker decided to train her own. Meet Ralph, a multi-tasking medical alert and assistance dog, who’s just perfect for Ella. They've been together since golden retriever Ralph was less than a year old. Since then, Ella has focused on training him for a range of specialist tasks and functions, with the help and support form her family and others. Ella explains why she always has

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46:08

Darcey, the Canine Partner support dog

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2024/09/01

Darcey, the golden Labrador retriever has been partnered with illustrator and teaching assistant, Wren Rawlings for over six years. Wren explains to presenter Kate Fairweather what Darcey does for him and how the partnership has seen him through a roller coaster seven years. Having had pretty normal health through his childhood and teenage years, Wren was struck with life-altering illness when he was a university student, which left him disabled. The partnership is one of Canine Partners' many

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20:38

Rambo, the forensic police dog

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2024/07/20

A window into the world of forensic police dogs within the Metropolitan Police, the UK's largest urban police force. Police Constable Clyde Charlesworth has worked forensic dogs for over 15 years, having worked on many significant UK disasters, such as the collapse of Grenfell tower in London, the Croydon tram crash, searches for missing persons Sarah Everard, April Jones, Alice Gross. Clyde talks to Dogs with Jobs presenter, Kate Fairweather in between displays in the arena at Goodwoof 2024, and

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36:16

Skye, the stoat detection dog working on the Orkney...

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2024/07/01

Meet Skye, an English springer spaniel who is one of a ten strong stoat detection dog team working on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project. That may sound like a lot of dogs, but since 2010, when the first stoat was spotted on Orkney, this INCREDIBLY successful predator has bred in its thousands, posing a huge problem to the island’s wildlife: Its super high metabolism means it eats 25% of its own body weight every day; It’s not fussy - eggs, chicks, voles, mice, rabbits, hedgehogs, fish, insects

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10:05

Marble and the Odyssey Flyball Club team perform at...

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2024/06/18

The display from the Odyssey Flyball Club proved one of the delights of the Goodwoof arena at the Goodwood Estate in Sussex a few weeks back. Flyballer handler Hilary Larkham explains to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather what flyball is all about, how it came to the UK, and why precision timing is just as important as speed in this high octane, four dog relay race. Although you can see flyball at Crufts every year, this emerging, wildly exciting relay race over obstacles is not as well known

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10:57

Police Dog Meika, who searches for London criminals'...

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2024/05/21

Meet talented youngster, Police Dog Meika, of the London Metropolitan Police's Dog Section. A week shy of her second birthday, Springer spaniel Meika is already trained in detection work across several disciplines, including drugs, firearms and cash detection. Police Constable Emma Robling explains some of the training and demands on Meika, as well as what a working day looks like. She also gives some context - the Met has its own breeding scheme and lays claim to the UK's biggest urban police dog

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23:12

Reid, the biosecurity detection dog, who patrols the...

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2024/05/01

Hear about the vital contribution to seabird conservation made by Reid, an English springer spaniel who works as a rodent detection dog in the Scottish islands.Conservationist and handler Rachel Cripps talks to presenter Kate Fairweather about Reid's work, visiting Scotland's islands during the course of the year, in all weathers, searching for evidence of rat incursions. Biosecurity is the practice of protecting places from the threats to wildlife posed by the introduction of new diseases or

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34:37

Police Dog Ted, the explosives detection dog

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2024/04/01

Explosives detection work is a highly specialised discipline within the police, and the stakes are high.On this episode of Dogs with Jobs, we meet Police Dog Ted, one of 17 explosive detection dogs working within the West Midlands Police Service, one of the largest urban police forces in the UK, which even has its own breeding scheme. Ted's handler, Police Constable Damo Smart, has over 21 years' experience as a police dog handler and instructor. Damo was part of the West Midlands Police display

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24:33

Bakersfield and Strike perform heelwork to music at ...

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2024/03/19

Meet Bakersfield and Strike, as they relax in the dressing room, during a break between performances. These two collies are competing at the highest level in the Heelwork to Music competition at Crufts, the world's biggest dog show. It's a glamorous business, yet the atmosphere in the dressing room is cosy and good natured. Both handlers are veterans of the heelwork to music competition, with many appearances at Cruft behind them. Bakersfield's handler, Lucy Creek, explains what the sport entails

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Police Dog Jax, the victim recovery dog

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2024/03/03

A fascinating and rare glimpse into the world of fox red Labrador Jax, a police victim recovery dog.There are fewer than 40 dogs working in this highly specialised field within the police in the UK. Victim recovery dogs - also known as cadaver dogs or human remains dogs - search for human remains, blood or tissue as well as shallow graves or blood spattered evidence such as clothing or weapons. The stakes are high. On the one hand, the work of Jax and dogs like him is key to identifying forensic

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12:38

Bonnie the bedbug detection dog

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2024/02/18

This month's episode is a short but interesting one.Presenter Kate Fairweather introduces springer spaniel Bonnie, who works as a bedbug inspector checking hotels - including some household name, super smart hotels - for bedbugs. Many of the best hotels consider it best practice, to have regular sweeps for bedbugs. Sometimes a hotel has had a past problem, had it treated, and wants to check that these unwelcome little visitors have not returned. Other clients are highly sensitive and don’t

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27:18

Five detection dogs survey the Isle of May - a...

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2024/02/01

The first seabird conservation project to use detection dogs in the UK. A team of five detection dogs are deployed to an island off the east coast of Scotland, UK. "Sprocker" spaniels Molly and Nelson, Storm the Belgian Shepherd and Piper the Springer spaniel are experienced detection dogs, but this was their very first conservation project. With a short time window in which to work on the project, a pet dog, Esme, a Belgian Malinois, was been trained as a backup. It was a first for NatureScot,

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41:10

Nica, Nettle and Phoenix, the Japanese Knotweed...

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2024/01/15

Meet a talented trio of highly specialised detection dogs, who focus on UK’s most invasive plant, the notoriously tough Japanese knotweed. Nica the springer spaniel, Nettle the working cocker spaniel and Phoenix the Dutch shepherd devote their entire working lives and considerable skill on finding Japanese Knotweed. Together with their talented handler, Kat Janczur of Canine Detection Solutions, they work with knotweed eradication companies, landowners and developers to survey construction sites,

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43:04

Barley the conservation detection dog and his work...

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2024/01/01

Barley is a hugely talented 10 year old Border Collie, who works as a conservation detection dog on projects in the U.S. and Latin America. Barley has travelled all over national parks in the United States as well as Guatemala in the course of a varied and glittering career to date. He has trained and worked on 16 separate plant and animal scents, from zebra mussels to ocelots and other wildcats. And there's more on the horizon for Barley, who will be adventuring in 2024 with his owner and

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19:16

Buddy dogs, guide dogs, ambassadogs and more at the...

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2023/12/22

Presenter Kate Fairweather and co-producer John Welsman and his guide dog Benjy are delighted to be recording from the UK-based charity, Guide Dogs charity’s Christmas Brunch. Over 50 dogs in a lovely restaurant in the heart of the City of London - what a delight. What an amazing atmosphere and absolutely no barking or dodgy behaviour, because they’re all beautifully trained. They’re not all guide dogs: Kate meets Zack the buddy dog, who provides companionship to an entire family but mainly

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