Dogs with Jobs

Dec 03 2024 72 ep. 25 mins 1

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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 companionship and support to humans.

Podcast of the Year at the Community Radio Awards 2022.

Produced by volunteers at Petersfield's Shine Radio. Contact Kate at [email protected] or call 01730 555 500.

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The Hampshire Gundog Show: an overview of working breeds

Dec 03 2024 13 mins

A throwback to summer... this episode of Dogs with Jobs was recorded at the Hampshire Gun Dog Show in August, which featured around 30 gun dog breeds, from golden retrievers and springer spaniels to rare European gun dog breeds. Joy Venturi Rose of the Hampshire Gun Dog Society describes the various events put on by the society, which include open shows, working tests, field trial

Update: Reid the biosecurity dog in the Scottish islands, six months on

Nov 22 2024 20 mins

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 kee

Ralph, the owner trained, multi-tasking assistance dog

Nov 01 2024 35 mins

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

Gun dogs galore at Hampshire Countryside Sports Day

Oct 18 2024 16 mins

Dogs pretty much outnumbered people at the Country Sports Day at Bereleigh, East Meon, both inside and outside the arena. A particular delight was the arena demonstration from seasoned gun dog trainer, Graham Watkins, whose five spaniels, including a talented two year old and a 12 year grande dame, showed the range of jobs these dogs do on shoots during the season. Dogs with Jobs p

Echo, Delta and Polar the gun dog trio

Oct 01 2024 16 mins

Black Labrador, Echo and her daughters, Delta and Polar pick up on shoots in the shooting season, and excel at scurries, trials and other activities during the summer. The trio are much loved pets, but their owner, Kevin Warburton, is also a seasoned gun dog handler and part of the Hamble and Hound Gun dog Club. The club puts on scurries at the South Downs Show, which takes place j

Daisie, ambassador and demo dog for Canine Partners, the assistance dog charity

Sep 15 2024 16 mins

Daisie is a black Labrador retriever, who works as an "ambassadog" for the assistance dog charity, Canine Partners. Daisie and her handler, Ellie Chadwick, demonstrate to the general public the various tasks that an assistance may do to support its disabled human handler. They do this on a voluntary basis at weekends at country shows and other events all over the country, as part

Darcey, the Canine Partner support dog

Sep 01 2024 46 mins

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

Mika the wellbeing and trauma support dog, who works within London's Metropolitan Police

Aug 06 2024 15 mins

Mika is one of two wellbeing and trauma support dogs working in London's Metropolitan Police supporting officers' wellbeing, often in the face of trauma and emotionally challenging work. As a working chocolate Labrador, she's a distinctive presence and something of a one off, recruited specifically for healing work. One reason that Mika and her canine colleague, Dexter and their h

Rambo, the forensic police dog

Jul 20 2024 20 mins

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 G

Skye, the stoat detection dog working on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project

Jun 30 2024 36 mins

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 e