By LISA HONEYBONE

Don’t be fooled by his innocent puppy eyes, this golden retriever has a serious job to do.

Guide dog puppy-in-training Fintan has been living with Sue Drinkwater and her daughter Sarah since April 21 when he was six weeks old.

Kristin School student Sarah volunteered to be a puppy walker for a school project. It takes about two years to fully train a guide dog including regular assessments to see how they are developing.

Sarah says she’s having a lot of fun with Fintan in their Mairangi Bay home.

Puppies-in-training need to be socialised with many people in different situations, but long-term they need to be able to ignore people and concentrate on their work.

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A Hungarian dog has been reunited with his owners after being sucked into the sky while still in his kennel during a windy storm.

Agnes Tamas, 57, said she had chained her dog Bruno – who she has since renamed Lucky – to his kennel when he was swept away by what she described as the worst storm anyone in her village of Gesztered can remember.

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LOS ANGELES — A woman and her daughter who had their Silky Terrier puppy stolen in a violent “fake car accident” robbery were reunited Tuesday with their beloved four-legged friend, according to police.

The robbery happened June 14th. That’s when two men and two women collided, allegedly on purpose, with the car driven by Sharon West.

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Credit: Roeselien Raimond

Only a cat can think he can do it..and actual do it..lolol

By: The Canadian Press

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. – Jonas the tiger is ready to greet his public.
The 150-kilogram Bengal tiger made international headlines last week, after a truck carrying him was stolen from a motel parking lot in Quebec.
The Bowmanville, Ont., zoo that owns Jonas is holding a news conference later today, announcing that the tiger is safely home.

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