{"id":3436,"date":"2016-02-16T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2016-02-16T21:32:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:32:33","slug":"rescue-dogs-trained-how-to-fly-a-plane-for-new-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/archives\/3436","title":{"rendered":"Rescue dogs trained how to fly a plane for new TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F3436\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"3436\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F3436&text=Rescue+dogs+trained+how+to+fly+a+plane+for+new+TV+show\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"3436\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>Rescue dogs trained how to fly a plane for new TV show.As part of a new TV show to find the world\u2019s first canine &#8216;pilot&#8217; twelve rescue dogs will be given the chance to reach for the sky .<\/p>\n<div class=\"secondPar\">\n<p>They were whisked away to a Sussex mansion for ten weeks of training and problem-solving tests ahead of the flying challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thirdPar\">\n<p>The dozen dogs taking part in Sky 1\u2019s Dogs Might Fly were chosen from the 100,000-plus stray dogs picked up by UK councils in 2014-15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fourthPar\">\n<p>\u201cPeople give up on them too easily and this series will show us why we shouldn\u2019t,\u201d explained presenter Jamie Theakston.They are just as deserving and just as intelligent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fifthPar\">\n<p>He added: \u201cEven if a dog has been deprived of human contact or has been badly treated, it is just as able and motivated to initiate a new relationship with a human very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Scientists looked at their memory, reasoning, communication and empathy during the training period, with the most intelligent dogs being sent to flight school to train in a single-engine aircraft. One will eventually be chosen for the plane flying challenge.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ssImg left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/03471\/Dog_DUI__3471049b.jpg\" alt=\"Dog DUI \" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" \/><span class=\"artImageExtras\"><span class=\"ingCaptionCredit\"><span class=\"caption\">Dogs have previously been taught how to drive a car <\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a0 Photo: YouTube<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A clinical animal behaviourist and a police dog trainer helped prepare the dogs for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Coren, professor of canine psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver believes it is unlikely a dog would be able to fly a plane<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that we would not expect a human three-year-old to be able to fly a plane, I would not expect that a dog could do so either,\u201d he told The Independent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"tweetframe\" src=\"http:\/\/renderer.qmerce.com\/interaction\/56c366a8b6c51fb652d41a21\" width=\"100%\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Each of the dogs will be rehomed after the TV show has finished.<\/p>\n<p>An animal charity in New Zealand previously taught <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newsvideo\/weirdnewsvideo\/9724180\/Animal-charity-teaches-dogs-to-drive-cars.html\">three dogs to drive<\/a> in an attempt to highlight their intelligence and encourage more people to rehome rescued animals.<\/p>\n<p>The dogs were taught to start a car, accelerate and steer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoPlayer\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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