Dec 18, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meon Valley based hound breeding expert Carolyn explains how the bloodlines of hunting hounds are carefully managed and documented nationally across the 300+ hunts in the UK. The ancient breed of the English Foxhound is one of the healthiest in the canine world. Bred...
Nov 30, 2021 | Dogs with Jobs
Meet Debit and Dervish. These exuberant, affectionate hound puppies are five months old and live with their puppy walker, Carolyn, in an orchard in Hampshire. The pups arrived at 8 weeks old and will spend most of their first year with her, before they return to...
Oct 26, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet the talented Daisy, who works with Marcus, an autistic teenager and his family. Hear how this golden retriever has transformed the lives of her human partner and those closest to him. Daisy has worked with Marcus since he was 13. Daisy provides an invaluable...
Oct 26, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
The Hampshire based 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. Neurodiverse people vary as much as neurotypical people....
Sep 28, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
This months Dogs with Jobs takes a turn for the glamorous… Meet Alfie, the charismatic, half patched Dalmatian and hear about his busy working life as a highly sought after model and actor. Alfie as the face of pitpatlife, which keeps track of dogs’...
Sep 1, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet Drake, a talented black labrador with a kennel full of trophies. Hear him work to the whistled commands of owner, professional gun dog trainer Jason Mayhew on the Cowdray Estate. Drake was the last puppy in the litter – considered less desirable because of...
Jul 31, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
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...
Jun 29, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet Rusty, a red short-coated collie with one thing on his mind. Four year old Search & Lowland Rescue Dog Rusty has had a great year, with his first “live find” last summer. He clocked up over 40 search operations in just 12 months. (Yet another way...
May 25, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet Sprout. Barrel-chested and muscular, he looks like the canine equivalent of a beefy nightclub bouncer. One to be wary of, perhaps. Sprout has the distinctive egg shaped head and triangular eyes of the English Bull terrier Yet Sprout is a much loved visitor...
Apr 27, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Did you know that the UK dog charity, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Guide Dogs for short), is the largest dog breeding programme in the UK and trains nearly a quarter of the world’s guide dogs? Breck the Guide Dog in “working mode”, wearing his...
Apr 27, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
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...
Mar 23, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet Border Collies Max, Edie and Joe in this month’s episode of Dogs with Jobs. Together, they ensure a successful lambing operation on Rothercombe Farm. It’s the calm before the storm in Stroud, as sheep farmer Andrew Snow gears up for the busiest six...
Mar 15, 2021 | Dogs with Jobs
A bonus episode of Dogs with Jobs! Working dog expert and retired handler Jim Noble has had a long and varied career handling sporting dogs, police dogs, sniffer dogs and other specialist working dogs. P.D. Lottie with Jim Noble and canine colleague P.D. Lock in 2003...
Feb 23, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
She’s intelligent, friendly and cuts an elegant figure. She’s also considerably smaller and lighter than many of her police dog colleagues, making her all too easy to underestimate. Meet Police Dog (P.D.) Didi. A Belgian Malinois, her speed and agility...
Jan 27, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Patricia Bland, regional coordinator for the Petersfield Area for Pets as Therapy, explains the qualities she looks when assessing a dog’s suitability for therapy work. Patricia’s own flat coat retrievers , Margaux (5) and Fleurie (8) both work as PAT dogs...
Jan 27, 2021 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
School can be daunting when you’re four, especially if you struggle with reading or are a bit shy. Sometimes all you need is some encouragement from a friend, who sits with you in the school library. In the first edition of our new series, Dogs with Jobs, meet...
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Slipsliding Away
Talking Books – January 2022
PeCAN and Winton House unwanted Christmas present exchange
Fish Dish with chilli and tahini inspires from Empshott Green
Meet new local Petersfield Shine Radio volunteer, Jo
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Ice, Sun and KOT471
Nights on Broadway – the Petersfield residents coping without heating, light or power
Growing Together – January 2022
Christmas tree shredding raising funds for new plantings in Buriton
Money Moment with Martin Bamford