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==Publicity== ==Publicity==
Endal's handler, Allen Parton,<ref name="Saved life">{{cite web |url= http://www.helium.com/tm/80573/goldwhen-endal-quiet-unassuming |title= When your pet saved your life |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= Helium.com }}</ref> is a ] of the Canine Partners <ref name="Canine Partners">{{cite web |url= http://www.caninepartners.co.uk:80/about_us/history.htm |title= History of Canine Partners |author= Canine Partners UK |format= html |work= caninepartners.co.uk }}</ref> and ] of the "Labrador Rescue South East and Central"<ref name="Patrons">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrsec.org.uk/index.htm |title= Patrons |author= Labrador Rescue South East and Central |format= html |work= lrsec.org.uk |quote= Patrons: ], Mrs. Robin Wise, Allen Parton and Endal (Dog of the Millenium), ] and Bryony Hill. }}</ref> ] He publicises the skilled training that is needed for assistance dogs by using the story of Endal as an example. Endal's handler Allen Parton, a trustee of the Canine Partners,<ref name="Saved life">{{cite web |url= http://www.helium.com/tm/80573/goldwhen-endal-quiet-unassuming |title= When your pet saved your life |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= Helium.com }}</ref><ref name="Canine Partners">{{cite web |url= http://www.caninepartners.co.uk:80/about_us/history.htm |title= History of Canine Partners |work= Canine Partners UK |format= html }}</ref> publicises the skilled training which is needed for assistance dogs by using the story of Endal as an example. Like ], ] and others,<ref name="Patrons">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrsec.org.uk/index.htm |title= Labrador Rescue South East and Central, Patrons: ''], Mrs. Robin Wise, Allen Parton and Endal, ] and Bryony Hill'' }}</ref> Allen and Endal are both ]s of the ] Labrador Rescue South East and Central.


Over one hundred eighty camera crews from several countries have interviewed Allen about Endal<ref name="Allen Parton and Endal">{{cite web |url= http://www.helium.com/user/show/21725 |title= Allen Parton and Endal |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= helium.com }}</ref>, and there have been numerous articles in the print media. They were featured in the "Endal and Dee" ] of the ] ] series ''Dogs With Jobs'' as well a book about the series.<ref name="Endal and Dee">{{cite web |url= http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200706261000.html |title= Dogs With Jobs: Endal and Dee |format= ] |work= ] |publisher= (See also ] and ] on ]) |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Dogs With Jobs Book">{{cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Jobs-Kim-Kachanoff/dp/0671047353 |title= Dogs With Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World |author= Kim Kachanoff and Merrily Weisbord |format= ] |publisher= ] Atria imprint, April 2000. ISBN 0671047353, ISBN 978-0671047351 |quote= }}</ref> A ] of a year in the life of Allen and Endal is in ].<ref name="Movie K9">{{cite web |url= http://www.k9magazinefree.com/index.shtml |title= TV crew making film of partners' year |author= ], Issue 27 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Crufts 2006 K9">{{cite web |url= http://www.k9magazinefree.com/k9_perspective/iss27p11.shtml |title= Crufts 2006 eventful for Allen and Endal |author= ], Issue 27 |quote= }}</ref> Over one hundred eighty camera crews from several countries have interviewed Allen about Endal<ref name="Allen Parton and Endal">{{cite web |url= http://www.helium.com/user/show/21725 |title= Allen Parton and Endal |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= helium.com }}</ref>, and there have been numerous articles in the print media. They were featured in the "Endal and Dee" ] of the ]'s ''Dogs With Jobs'' television series<ref name="Endal and Dee">{{cite web |url= http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200706261000.html |title= Dogs With Jobs: Endal and Dee |format= ] |work= ] (See also ] and ] on ]) |quote= }}</ref> and a book about the series.<ref name="Dogs With Jobs Book">{{cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Jobs-Kim-Kachanoff/dp/0671047353 |title= Dogs With Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World |author= Kim Kachanoff and Merrily Weisbord |format= ] |work= ] |publisher= ] Atria imprint, April 2000. ISBN 0671047353, ISBN 978-0671047351 |quote= }}</ref>


A ] of a year in the life of Allen and Endal is in ].<ref name="Movie K9">{{cite web |url= http://www.k9magazinefree.com/index.shtml |title= TV crew making film of partners' year |work= ], Issue 27 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Crufts 2006 K9">{{cite web |url= http://www.k9magazinefree.com/k9_perspective/iss27p11.shtml |title= Crufts 2006 eventful for Allen and Endal |work= ], Issue 27 |quote= }}</ref>
⚫ == Background ==
⚫ Endal is a ] yellow Labrador. As a puppy he presented with the condition ] in his front legs<ref name="Illinois Springer">{{cite web |url= http://illinoisspringerrescue2.pulse.net/SITETWO/ENDAL.html |title= Endal, December 2006 |author= Illinois Springer Spaniel Rescue |format= html |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= The trophy cabinet at their family home in ] would be the envy of most football club managers and houses an impressive list of awards including Dog of the Millennium and the PDSA’s Gold Medal for Animal Gallantry and Devotion to Duty. It is true to say that Endal, who can even count ] as one of his devotees, is probably the most decorated dog in the world. }}</ref> which made his suitability for becoming an ] uncertain. However, with a diet of cereal and raw meat, and a controlled exercise plan, Endal qualified as a fully operational assistance dog and went to work with ex-] ] Allen Parton in 1997.<ref name="Top dog">{{cite web | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/14/ndog14.xml | title= After 100 years labrador is top dog |author= Sally Pook | work= ] | date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Blystone">{{cite web |url= http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/08/10/super.dog/index.html |title= Assistance dogs are trained as partners for the disabled |author= Richard Blystone and Mallary Gelb |format= ] |work= ] |date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Travel rail">{{cite web |url= http://www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk/features/f_1106.htm |title= Travelling on the railways a 'piece of cake', say Allen and Endal |author= Disabled Persons Railcard |format= html }}</ref>


⚫ == Distinctions ==
⚫ Endal is able to respond to over one hundred instructions,<ref name="Emotion">{{cite web | url= http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/_Aboutus/Corporate+information/_CaninePartners.htm | title= Canine Partners |author= ] e-motion magazine | date= September/October 2004 |accessdate= 2007-06-20 }}</ref> including operating buttons and switches and loading and emptying a washing machine.<ref name="Blystone"/><ref name="Extracts">{{cite web |url= http://pedigreedogs.co.uk/k9bytes/endal_millennium_dog.htm |title= Endal: The Millenium Dog |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= pedigreedogs.co.uk |date= March 2001}}</ref> He is able to put a card into an ], retrieve the card when the process is complete and return the card to a wallet.<ref name="Wonderdog">{{cite web | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2459283.stm | title= Owner saved by wonder-dog |author= ] | date= ] ] |work= news.bbc.co.uk }}</ref><ref name="Technology">{{cite web | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/15/nchip115.xml | title= Labrador has got the technology licked | work= ] |author=Rosie Murray-West | date= ] ] |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Barklays">{{cite web | url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=439421&in_page_id=1770 | title= I thought this was Bark-lays bank |author= ] | date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref>
⚫ Endal has received several awards<ref name="Illinois Springer">{{cite web |url= http://illinoisspringerrescue2.pulse.net/SITETWO/ENDAL.html |title= Endal, December 2006 |work= Illinois Springer Spaniel Rescue |format= html |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= The trophy cabinet at their family home in ] would be the envy of most football club managers and houses an impressive list of awards including Dog of the Millennium and the ] for Animal Gallantry and Devotion to Duty. It is true to say that Endal, who can even count ] as one of his devotees, is probably the most decorated dog in the world. }}</ref><ref name="Blystone">{{cite web |url= http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/08/10/super.dog/index.html |title= Assistance dogs are trained as partners for the disabled |author= Richard Blystone and Mallary Gelb |format= ] |work= ] |date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref> including a ]<ref name="Blue Peter badge">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrsec.org.uk/Endal/endalhp.htm |title= A Blue Peter Badge! |work= Labrador Rescue South East and Central |format= html |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref> and a ] for gallantry and devotion to duty.<ref name="Medal">{{cite web |url= http://www.pdsa.org.uk/page308_2.html |title= Gold Medal Endal |work= People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (]) |format= html }}</ref> Endal is the first dog to have been taken aboard the ] Millenium Wheel<ref name="Blue Peter badge"/> and was voted "Dog of the Millennium" by readers of ''Dogs Today'' magazine.<ref name="Top dog">{{cite web | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/14/ndog14.xml | title= After 100 years labrador is top dog |author= Sally Pook |work= ] | date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref>


⚫ == Background ==
⚫ When Allen Parton was knocked out of his wheelchair by a passing car in 2001, Endal pulled the unconscious Parton into the ], covered him with a blanket, fetched his ] and then went to a nearby hotel to attract attention to the situation.<ref name="Petersfield">{{cite web | url= http://www.petersfield-herald-today.co.uk/today/options/news/newsdetail.cfm?id=27389&hididarch=archive | title= Hero dog to the rescue |author= ] |date= ] ] }}</ref>
Endal is a ] yellow ]. As a puppy he presented with the condition ] in his front legs<ref name="Illinois Springer"/> which made his suitability for becoming an ] uncertain. However, with a diet of cereal and raw meat, and a controlled exercise plan, Endal qualified as a fully operational assistance dog and went to work with ex-] ] Allen Parton in 1997.<ref name="Blystone"/><ref name="Top dog"/><ref name="Travel rail">{{cite web |url= http://www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk/features/f_1106.htm |title= Travelling on the railways a 'piece of cake', say Allen and Endal |work= Disabled Persons Railcard |format= html }}</ref>


⚫ Endal is able to respond to over one hundred instructions,<ref name="Emotion">{{cite web | url= http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/_Aboutus/Corporate+information/_CaninePartners.htm | title= Canine Partners |work= ] e-motion magazine | date= Sept/Oct 2004 |accessdate= 2007-06-20 }}</ref> including operating buttons and switches and loading and emptying a washing machine.<ref name="Blystone"/><ref name="Extracts">{{cite web |url= http://pedigreedogs.co.uk/k9bytes/endal_millennium_dog.htm |title= Endal: The Millenium Dog |author= Allen Parton |format= html |work= pedigreedogs.co.uk |date= March 2001}}</ref> He is able to put a card into an ], retrieve the card when the process is complete and return the card to a wallet.<ref name="Wonderdog">{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2459283.stm |title= Owner saved by wonder-dog |work= ] | date= ] ] }}</ref><ref name="Technology">{{cite web | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/15/nchip115.xml | title= Labrador has got the technology licked |author=Rosie Murray-West |work= ] | date= ] ] |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Barklays">{{cite web | url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=439421&in_page_id=1770 | title= I thought this was Bark-lays bank |work= ] | date= ] ] |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref>
⚫ == Distinctions ==

Endal has received several awards<ref name="Illinois Springer"/><ref name="Blystone"/> including a ]<ref name="Blue Peter badge">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrsec.org.uk/Endal/endalhp.htm |title= A Blue Peter Badge! |author= Labrador Rescue South East and Central |format= html |work= lrsec.org.uk |accessdate= 2007-06-20 |quote= }}</ref> and a ] for gallantry and devotion to duty.<ref name="Medal">{{cite web |url= http://www.pdsa.org.uk/page308_2.html |title= Gold Medal Endal |author= People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (]) |format= html |work= pdsa.org.uk }}</ref> Endal is the first dog to have been taken aboard the ] Millenium Wheel<ref name="Blue Peter badge"/> and was voted "Dog of the Millennium" by readers of ''Dogs Today'' magazine.<ref name="Top dog"/>
⚫ When Allen Parton was knocked out of his wheelchair by a passing car in 2001, Endal pulled the unconscious Parton into the ], covered him with a blanket, fetched his ] and then went to a nearby hotel to attract attention to the situation.<ref name="Petersfield">{{cite web | url= http://www.petersfield-herald-today.co.uk/today/options/news/newsdetail.cfm?id=27389&hididarch=archive | title= Hero dog to the rescue |work= ] |date= ] ] }}</ref>


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==External links== ==External links==
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Endal, wearing his
PDSA Gold Medal.

Endal (born 13 December, 1996) is a male Labrador retriever in England whose abilities as a service dog have had considerable news media coverage.

Publicity

Endal's handler Allen Parton, a trustee of the Canine Partners, publicises the skilled training which is needed for assistance dogs by using the story of Endal as an example. Like Baron Swinfen, Jimmy Hill and others, Allen and Endal are both patrons of the registered charity Labrador Rescue South East and Central.

Over one hundred eighty camera crews from several countries have interviewed Allen about Endal, and there have been numerous articles in the print media. They were featured in the "Endal and Dee" episode of the National Geographic Society's Dogs With Jobs television series and a book about the series.

A film of a year in the life of Allen and Endal is in production.

Distinctions

Endal has received several awards including a Blue Peter Badge and a PDSA Gold Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty. Endal is the first dog to have been taken aboard the London Eye Millenium Wheel and was voted "Dog of the Millennium" by readers of Dogs Today magazine.

Background

Endal is a pedigreed yellow Labrador retriever. As a puppy he presented with the condition osteochondrosis in his front legs which made his suitability for becoming an assistance dog uncertain. However, with a diet of cereal and raw meat, and a controlled exercise plan, Endal qualified as a fully operational assistance dog and went to work with ex-Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Allen Parton in 1997.

Endal is able to respond to over one hundred instructions, including operating buttons and switches and loading and emptying a washing machine. He is able to put a card into an automated teller machine, retrieve the card when the process is complete and return the card to a wallet.

When Allen Parton was knocked out of his wheelchair by a passing car in 2001, Endal pulled the unconscious Parton into the recovery position, covered him with a blanket, fetched his mobile phone and then went to a nearby hotel to attract attention to the situation.

References

  1. Allen Parton. "When your pet saved your life" (html). Helium.com.
  2. "History of Canine Partners" (html). Canine Partners UK.
  3. "Labrador Rescue South East and Central, Patrons: [[Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen|The Lord Swinfen]], Mrs. Robin Wise, Allen Parton and Endal, [[Jimmy Hill]] and Bryony Hill". {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  4. Allen Parton. "Allen Parton and Endal" (html). helium.com.
  5. "Dogs With Jobs: Endal and Dee" (html). National Geographic Society (See also Merrily Weisbord filmography and Dogs With Jobs episodes on IMDB). {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. Kim Kachanoff and Merrily Weisbord. "Dogs With Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World" (html). Amazon.com. Simon & Schuster Atria imprint, April 2000. ISBN 0671047353, ISBN 978-0671047351.
  7. "TV crew making film of partners' year". K9 Perspective Magazine, Issue 27.
  8. "Crufts 2006 eventful for Allen and Endal". K9 Perspective Magazine, Issue 27.
  9. ^ "Endal, December 2006" (html). Illinois Springer Spaniel Rescue. Retrieved 2007-06-20. The trophy cabinet at their family home in Hampshire would be the envy of most football club managers and houses an impressive list of awards including Dog of the Millennium and the PDSA's Gold Medal for Animal Gallantry and Devotion to Duty. It is true to say that Endal, who can even count the Queen as one of his devotees, is probably the most decorated dog in the world.
  10. ^ Richard Blystone and Mallary Gelb (10 August 2000). "Assistance dogs are trained as partners for the disabled" (html). CNN. Retrieved 2007-06-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "A Blue Peter Badge!" (html). Labrador Rescue South East and Central. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  12. "Gold Medal Endal" (html). People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA).
  13. ^ Sally Pook (14 August 2003). "After 100 years labrador is top dog". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. "Travelling on the railways a 'piece of cake', say Allen and Endal" (html). Disabled Persons Railcard.
  15. "Canine Partners". South West Trains e-motion magazine. Sept/Oct 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. Allen Parton (March 2001). "Endal: The Millenium Dog" (html). pedigreedogs.co.uk.
  17. "Owner saved by wonder-dog". BBC News. 13 November 2002. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. Rosie Murray-West (15 February 2006). "Labrador has got the technology licked". The Daily Telegraph. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. "I thought this was Bark-lays bank". Daily Mail. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. "Hero dog to the rescue". Petersfield Herald. 4 June 2001. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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