Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary introduce another new member to the This … trends now
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary introduce another new member to the This … trends now
This Morning’s Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary have introduced another new member to the show’s family after Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard were revealed as new hosts last week.
During Friday’s show the pair introduced a new four-legged member to the team as they cooed over their sweet new puppy.
Dermot told viewers: ‘Time to introduce you to a cute new member of our This Morning family…’ as Alison added, ‘It’s an adorable, eight week old puppy and here he comes!’
As the adorable pooch joined the duo on the sofa, Dermot explained: ‘This is a very important dog – he is an Autism Assistance dog.’
Called Buddy, the puppy is a yellow labrador who will be trained up to help both adults and children with autism.
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary introduced another new member to the This Morning family on Friday after unveiling Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard as new hosts last week
Eight-week old yellow labrador Buddy joined the duo on the show, as the hosts revealed he will be trained as an Autism Assistance Dog
Explaining more, Jan Kiley, COO for Dogs for Autism charity, said, ‘He was eight weeks old yesterday and today is his first official day as a trainee assistance dog. He’s a yellow labrador. We train them for children and adults with autism.
‘Training is all about manners and teaching them about what is acceptable and what isn’t, but also giving them lots of interaction with lots of different people and going to different places, but being very careful not to push them too far.
‘Then in the future, around 12-18 months, during the training he will learn to do things specifically for autistic people.’
Viewers were then given the chance to name the dog as they sent in their suggestions to producers throughout the show.
Towards the end of the show, Alison announced: ‘Thank you everyone who got in touch with us, we’ve had so many suggestions, thank you so much.
‘But we can now reveal the official name of our new puppy is… Buddy! So many of you suggested Buddy and that’s what we’re going to call him.’
This Morning will keep up with Buddy’s progress