Meet Bear, the GIN-FETCHING LABRADOR! This good boy brings his mum her gin whenever she says "Gin O'clock"!

The command for Bear to pick anything up is his name. He won’t normally go and collect anything until he hears that. On this occasion, though, he trotted off on ‘gin o’clock’ and grabbed me a can. It was amazing and very useful. He’s done it before with beer, cider and even bottles of wine. He’s a good lad. He works for biscuits so he’s always willing to help out. I’ve trained Bear with gun dog training methods and once I’ve shown him something - whether it be a log, his toy or even a bottle of wine - I can release him and command him to get that object.

I had a double hip replacement a couple of years ago and I had to use a grabber to pick stuff up beforehand. I couldn’t bend before the operation so I taught him to fetch his own bowl and hand it up to me so I could feed him. It was hugely helpful at the time and I’ve just continued his training. We’ve got our own log burner and he will help fetch the logs for me. He was a very naughty adolescent dog when he was younger which is why I decided to go for gundog training. It turned his attitude right around.