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
Meet Phantom. This retired racing greyhound 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...
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...
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, 2022
Petersfield Community Fair – budding news and weather presenters
Money Moment with Martin Bamford
P pod personalities show – 4 July 2022
For The Love of Lavender
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Raine, Hollyhocks and Wimbledon
Drinking with Phill and Mags – July
Growing Together – July 2022
Generation Green – Cotton Candy Plants & Liss Junior School
Taking a tour of an Arundel restaurant kitchen garden