00:00Charlie Hoskin has had a tough start to life, but Yip Yip, the Kelpie from Calabaran, is
00:10here to help her. At two years old, Charlie was diagnosed with a brain tumour. She's been
00:17battling it for the last eight years.
00:20And then along with her brain tumour, she has a lot of hormonal and metabolic conditions
00:25that come with it. So she spends a lot of time in hospital because of those conditions
00:30as well.
00:31Veteran working dog trainer Gordon Curtis has donated Yip Yip to Kelpies for Kids to
00:37raise money for Telethon. He'll teach the pup how to work sheep until he's ready to
00:42be auctioned at the Perth Royal Show. Over the next nine months, Charlie will visit them
00:47at the farm watching him learn to be a working dog.
00:51Gordon and Yip Yip are part of a group of nine dog trainers who've donated nine puppies,
00:58meeting for the first time nine sick children, most of them country kids, being treated in
01:04Perth Children's Hospital.
01:06We kind of hope with Kelpies for Kids that we can raise the awareness of the extra issues
01:10that they don't get to go home in between treatment because there's not the medical
01:14support services if needed.
01:17Nate Fearnall has spent months in hospital and was a little Telethon star last year.
01:23We see her doing some yard work, see her doing some paddock work. When she's a little bit
01:27older though, at the moment she's just still developing a little bit isn't she?
01:33My family live in Narrogin with my sister and brother-in-law have got quite a large
01:37farm there so Nate and all the kids absolutely love dogs and he's very excited to have a
01:43working dog that he could name.
01:46It's magical to watch the joy that comes from both parties involved, the dog and the
01:53child. It's a bond that is just magical.
01:58The Kelpies for Kids auction will take place again at this year's Perth Royal Show.
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