Dogs with Jobs Christmas special marks four years of the show
In this Christmas AND 4th birthday show, creators Kate Fairweather and John Welsman discuss how Dogs with Jobs has evolved and play snippets from some of their favourite episodes. They celebrate four years of fun making working dog podcasts together and discovering more jobs being done by dogs than…
The Hampshire Gundog Show: an overview of working breeds
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 vari…
Update: Reid the biosecurity dog in the Scottish islands, six months on
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. Rach…
Ralph, the owner trained, multi-tasking assistance dog
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 Ral…
Gun dogs galore at Hampshire Countryside Sports Day
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…
Echo, Delta and Polar the gun dog trio
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 Houn…
Daisie, ambassador and demo dog for Canine Partners, the assistance dog charity
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 volunt…
Darcey, the Canine Partner support dog
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 nor…
Mika the wellbeing and trauma support dog, who works within London's Metropolitan Police
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 specificall…
Rambo, the forensic police dog
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, t…