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TEACH MY PET TO DO THAT, 8PM, ITV

IT’S well known that having a pet in our lives can bring health benefits. But in return, teaching our animal friends tricks can keep them happy and healthy, exercising mind and body and creating a stronger bond between human and animal. In this delightful new eightpart series, Alexander Armstrong is at a unique pet school, nestling in the hills of Sussex, where trainers Jo-Rosie Haffenden and Nando Brown (pictured with Fizz, a Malinois) will be showing us how to teach a variety of animals some quite astonishing tricks — and it’s easier than you might expect.