The Super Dog

As dog owners know, you are lucky if your pooch can be persuaded to collect your slippers without chewing them to pieces.
But golden labrador Byron performs dozens of such tasks faultlessly for his owner every day. He helps 'best friend' Kate Cross peg out her washing, make her bed, go shopping and even take money out of the cash machine.

The trained hound is a life-line for Kate, who suffers from Ehlers Danlos syndrome. The rare condition means the retired teacher's joints are so weak that she can dislocate her shoulder from just opening a door.

But Byron is never far from her side - and has learned to do all the things Kate struggles to.
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