Royal visit: Canine Partners dogs demonstrate what they can do at Heyshott
Among the proud advanced trainers putting the dogs through their paces was Jodie Parish with 17 month old Labrador cross Golden Retriever Hettie.
“When she first saw the dogs she commented on how well behaved they were being,” she said.
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Hide AdHettie then demonstrated how dogs learn to unload washing machines for their partners.
“The Queen asked if they could also load them up which they can,” said Jodie.
Hettie showed the Queen how she could take Jodie’s jacket off for her, first tugging the zip down and then pulling down the sleeves for her.
“The Queen commented on how good Hettie was at tugging the sleeves down,” said Jodie.
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Hide AdAlso showing what she could do was Labrador Mary with her advanced trainer Clare Cannon, Sara Trott with Layla who demonstrated retrieving dropped items and picking up the telephone and Ellie Chadwick with Nico who showed the Queen how he could open doors for his partner.
Dog welfare officers Jenny Sandle with Carrie, Callie Lowe and Natasha Stead with Leia explained how the health of the dogs and their grooming is cared for.
In a separate room the youngest recruits aged up to 14 weeks showed off their new skills to their royal visitor including retrieving items, settling down and checking objects to become familiar with them.
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