HENRY’S LIVING THE HIGH LIFE!
This paragliding pooch is up for a bravery award for fearlessly taking to the skies with his owners
Courageous cockapoo Henry loves getting strapped into the paragliding harness to go soaring into the air, far, far above less courageous canines on the ground.
Owner Amy Jones, 38, her partner Joe Mccarthy, 39, and her dad Rob, 67, take the do-or-die dog strapped to their laps as they leap from mountain ledges and soar hundreds of feet above the ground in Wales.
Henry’s fearless flying has earned him a nomination for Britain’s bravest pet. He’s competing for the title with three other finalists at the Amplifon Awards for Brave Britons, which celebrates the “achievements of exceptional people and animals from all walks of life”.
Joe, of Tywyn, west Wales, says daring Henry is unflappable as he takes to the skies.
“Henry is always so calm when he flies,” he says. “Cockapoos are really lovely natured, gentle and caring dogs.
He doesn’t shed so is a brilliant house dog, but loves to go out. When I’m working he will nap, then he eats and is ready to go out again.”
Amy, who runs a roofing company with her dad, reckons Henry is hilarious.
“His expressions are very funny because he is always so happy. We go over to the Alps every year in a VW campervan and Henry comes with us and flies. As soon as he gets his harness on to paraglide you can tell he wants to go – as soon as it is on he’s ready.
“Joe and I are very active and he does everything with us. We take him to Lake Annecy where he flies, swims and cycles in the trailer – it’s great. Passers-by expect it to be a kid in the back. but then they see his little head.
“People think we are bonkers but it’s so funny.”