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East Hampshire canine charity, Hounds for Heroes, held an information event for supporters last week with a demonstration by Lexi and Tilly being a highlight. The charity provides assistance dogs to disabled members of the HM Forces and Emergency Services.
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00:00Pick up the stick, bring it here, give it, yes, good girl.
00:06So things like to round this to make sure that the dogs walk nice and safely,
00:10they can swap from the left side to the right side.
00:13If a partner's going through a doorway that's narrow or into an elevator,
00:18the dogs can tuck in behind the chair so that they're not getting in the way of the doors.
00:24Good girl.
00:25And we teach all of these as well, just to make sure that the dogs are safe
00:33so the next thing is, so we start off with Tilly doing her tug-tug with the bedclothes being removed
00:43and then actually helping Lexi or the partner get out of bed.
00:48We have a couple of partners who, this is a massive part of their day really,
00:52where they need assistance getting up and out of bed, getting up and out of chairs and things like that.
00:57So we use the dogs' momentum to help them gain some momentum to get them out of bed,
01:02get them out of chairs and things like that.
01:05So Lexi's now in her chair and she's going to get a Tilly dress for the day.
01:11So putting the jacket on is a big part of it.
01:14The jacket is the key that the dog's going to work for the day.
01:18It's exactly the same as any of us putting on our uniform to go to work and be working in
01:22that sort of environment.
01:31This is actually, it seems like an easy task.
01:33It's one of the hardest ones, constantly being repeated throughout the day.
01:39It's important that the dogs understand when they're at work and when they're not.
01:42So we're going to do one of the hardest ones.ık
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