Dogs use cash machines

Dogs are being trained to use cash machines for their disabled owners.

They insert and withdraw cards at ATMs to help owners in wheelchairs who are not able to reach.

A spokesman for charity Canine Partners, which trains the dogs, said: "They put in the card and take it out and take out the money and give it to the person in the wheelchair.

"They can't put in the Pin but a person in a wheelchair can go sideways on and do that."

Up to 30 dogs are trained each year and the charity is hoping to double that figure next year.

It takes two years to train them, in which time they also learn to load the washing and pick up items from shop shelves.

The cash machine scheme was started by chance when Gulf War veteran Allen Purton was at a cash machine with his labrador Endal.

Wheelchair-bound Mr Purton was struggling to retrieve his cash when Endal jumped up to reach for the card, money and receipt with his mouth.

Mr Parton said: "It was amazing, as he had never been taught to do this."

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I see these dogs buying heaps of sauseages

Should I ever become successful in teaching my cats to do this, they'll clean me out and head for Hawaii

Yes taking a drool covered ATM card back from my labrador has always been a dream of mine. And if my cash can smell like wet garbage too, so much the better!

My little one already knows how to ransack my purse .. she'll be rolling me one of these days ..

Thats cool that canines are being taught to better assist their disabled companions ..

I love the idea of animals helping the disabled. I think it is really cool. A dear family friend has epilepsy & he has a dog who helps warn him when a seizure is nearing. A really big help.

Still I think I'd want a background check to be sure the dog doesn't have criminal record before handing it my ATM card!

Crimes such as
biting people
weeing on the rug
chewing on your favourite shoes
grand theft auto
plagarism
knocking up the next door neighbours dog
wrecking the couch