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A dog with the bow wow factor: We collar Harvey - the star of TV's funniest commercial

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When interviewing top celebrities, there is sometimes one question you are dying to ask but never quite dare, for fear of being mauled. Today is no exception, as I prepare to interrogate ­Britain’s latest superstar. In his defence, Harvey doesn’t seem the type to throw a tantrum. Quite the opposite. He is bending over backwards — sometimes literally — to be helpful. He is, frankly, a model subject. Which is all the more remarkable given that Harvey is no ordinary celebrity for another important reason: he has four legs, not two. Scroll down for video of Harvey's ad Do you like the new iron? It's a Jack Russell Hobbs... Still, when it comes to that killer question — ‘So, Harvey, what’s it like to lick Johnny Depp?’ — I just can’t quite bring myself to ask him. Perhaps it is the soulful brown eyes — trusting and pleading in equal measure. Perhaps it is reverence. This is a star, after all, whose latest piece of work has been watched a million times on YouTub...

A dog with the bow wow factor: We collar Harvey - the star of TV's funniest commercial

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When interviewing top celebrities, there is sometimes one question you are dying to ask but never quite dare, for fear of being mauled. Today is no exception, as I prepare to interrogate ­Britain’s latest superstar. In his defence, Harvey doesn’t seem the type to throw a tantrum. Quite the opposite. He is bending over backwards — sometimes literally — to be helpful. He is, frankly, a model subject. Which is all the more remarkable given that Harvey is no ordinary celebrity for another important reason: he has four legs, not two. Scroll down for video of Harvey's ad Do you like the new iron? It's a Jack Russell Hobbs... Still, when it comes to that killer question — ‘So, Harvey, what’s it like to lick Johnny Depp?’ — I just can’t quite bring myself to ask him. Perhaps it is the soulful brown eyes — trusting and pleading in equal measure. Perhaps it is reverence. This is a star, after all, whose latest piece of work has been watched a million times on YouTub...

Mitzi the bionic dog is back on her feet with the world's first artificial paw

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A German Shepherd called Mitzi has become the first dog in the world to be fitted with a pioneering prosthetic ankle. The three-year-old had her rear right foot amputated after she was trampled by a horse. But the lively dog is back to enjoying walks with her owner after being fitted with an artificial foot and ankle by pioneering vet Dr Noel Fitzpatrick. Scroll down for video Bionic dog: German Shepherd Mitzi tries out her new replacement or exoprosthesis foot The prosthesis is the first in the world to have been inserted into a fully moving bone and allows Mitzi to walk with a normal gait and no limp. Mitzi's owner Viv Davis, from Dorchester, Dorset, and her daughter Zoe Randle were desperate to find a way to give her a better quality of life after she lost her hind foot. Ms Davis said: 'The options were three legs, euthanasia, or give her a chance to walk. We had to give her a chance to walk.' Dr Fitzpatrick, from Godalming, Surrey, added that the implant...

Mitzi the bionic dog is back on her feet with the world's first artificial paw

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A German Shepherd called Mitzi has become the first dog in the world to be fitted with a pioneering prosthetic ankle. The three-year-old had her rear right foot amputated after she was trampled by a horse. But the lively dog is back to enjoying walks with her owner after being fitted with an artificial foot and ankle by pioneering vet Dr Noel Fitzpatrick. Scroll down for video Bionic dog: German Shepherd Mitzi tries out her new replacement or exoprosthesis foot The prosthesis is the first in the world to have been inserted into a fully moving bone and allows Mitzi to walk with a normal gait and no limp. Mitzi's owner Viv Davis, from Dorchester, Dorset, and her daughter Zoe Randle were desperate to find a way to give her a better quality of life after she lost her hind foot. Ms Davis said: 'The options were three legs, euthanasia, or give her a chance to walk. We had to give her a chance to walk.' Dr Fitzpatrick, from Godalming, Surrey, added that the implant...