Nov 30, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Yellow labrador Millie is one of two Pets as Therapy (PAT) dogs that visit Petersfield Hospital. This month on Dogs with Jobs, we accompany Millie on her hospital rounds, during which she spreads joy among patients, staff and visitors alike. In fact it took us 15...
Nov 2, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Tucked away in Privett, just outside Petersfield, lives a pack of bloodhounds, whose astonishing talents are put to the test every week hunting “the clean boot”. Bloodhound packs receive little publicity, because they are entirely uncontroversial, and...
Oct 1, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
This month in Dogs with Jobs we meet a modern beagle pack. Presenter Kate Fairweather caught up with the beagles at the Alresford Show. Her interviewee Danny Allen has worked as kennel huntsman with the Palmer Marlborough Clinkard Meon Valley Beagles for eight years....
Sep 5, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Many retrievers, spaniels and other traditional breeds trained in gun dog work don’t get anywhere near an actual shoot. Rather, it’s a satisfying hobby that keeps a working breed happy and stimulated, and intensifies the bond between a dog and its handler....
Aug 21, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
This month, Dogs with Jobs comes to you from the South Downs Show at Queen Elizabeth Country Park. Presenter Kate Fairweather meets Kim, the Jack Russell, who starred in Saturday’s show, and Buttons, who stepped in as understudy following Kim’s unexpected...
Jun 29, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Meet Louis, a talented springer spaniel, who works for the Hampshire Fire service. There are just 17 working “fire dogs” in the whole of the UK , which makes this a rather special interview. At four, Louis is in his prime as a Fire...
Jun 6, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Tucked away in a converted barn in Ramsdean, Hounds for Heroes is a charity, which trains and provides assistance dogs for disabled veterans from the UK’s military and emergency services. Founder Allen Parton talks to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather...
May 31, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
This month, Kate Fairweather stays very local, visiting Ramsdean to meet E.T. (short for Endal III), a talented young labrador retriever. E.T. in his Hounds for Heroes harness. Young E.T. has big paw prints to fill. He’s the third in a line of exceptional...
Mar 1, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs
Simone Brainch from the UK charity Medical Detection Dogs explains to Dogs with Jobs presenter Kate Fairweather how the charity has developed since 2008 and introduces its highly developed work with Medical Alert Assistance Dogs. Simone Brainch runs the Medical Alert...
Jan 31, 2022 | Audio stories, Dogs with Jobs, Features
Phantom is a retired racing greyhound, who first showed his therapeutic chops at the Greyhound Rescue Centre in Liss with his calming influence on other greyhounds. After four years as a family pet, he found a second career, volunteering as a PAT “Read to”...
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...
Drinking with Phill and Mags – December
