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Taking Turns in the Lead Role Tamsin Kelly talks to dog owners who share 1 Having a dog can be fun but can also be a burden. If you can't make that 24/7 canine commitment, then perhaps you could join a dog-share and have a dog when it suits you. Flexpetz , 'the flexible pet ownership programme' in America, rents out dogs. At the end of one day's 'doggy time' (40 dollars), the Flexpetz shuttle service simply picks up the rent- a-dog and returns it to the 'doggy day care centre'. If the visit was a success, the same dog can be booked for another stay, but if a member fancies a change, he can simply book a Labrador instead of an Afghan, a Boston Terrier instead of a Miniature Pincher. 2 “All our members realise they can't give a dog the full-time love, care or commitment it needs,” says founder Marlena Cervantes, “but that does not stop them from feeling affection for dogs. They range from a five-year- old girl whose parents work full-time to a 65-year-old woman who's not physically able to walk a dog every day.” 3 Isn't this shared ownership a bit hard on the animal, fussed over one day and back with the pack the next? Paula Greaves, founder of the animal helpline Pet Search UK , gets hot under the collar at the whole idea of dog sharing. “Sharing a pet is not a good idea,” she says. “If you can't commit properly to a pet as part of your family, you shouldn't have one. Dogs have loyalties, feelings and pine for people. It just won't work to try and share your dog with a lady up the road or have your children try out a different dog every other day.” 4 Linda Grabham has had to make dog sharing work. She shares custody of her dog Sandy, with a man up the road - her ex, Peter. “We split up a year after we got Sandy,” says Linda. “I think Peter was more upset about losing the dog than me and he pleaded to let him see her at weekends. I'm now engaged to be married to someone else but Peter and I still have this shared commitment - to Sandy. He works long hours but he gets the dog for the weekend. She's my shadow during the week, so I really miss her. I get irritated because I'm convinced Peter lets Sandy sleep on his bed and feeds her scraps from the table - but he denies it. For us, sharing a dog is just a bone of contention.”

5 But occasionally a time-share in a dog can work very smoothly. Eunice Wennberg, a volunteer for the charity Hearing Dogs for the Deaf , has a Cocker Spaniel called Thomas for regular bed and breakfast stays. He's her 37th part-time dog in four years and will stay with her every night for five months. “I want to be able to do my own things during the day, without having to take care of a dog,” she says. “This way, having a dog doesn't cost me anything financially: food, bedding, toys, and leads are all provided by the charity.” Jenny Moir, spokesperson for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf says: “During the day Thomas is being prepared for his future tasks, but coming home to a family helps socialise him more quickly. We're really asking for people's time, love and commitment - on a part- time basis.” Telegraph.co.uk,2010

Adventure Playgrounds (1) Adventure playgrounds to let older children find out about risk will open around the country. Children's Secretary 1) Ed Balls promised to spend extra money for physically- challenging play areas aimed at turning 8- to 13-year-olds away from the computer screen. He is worried too many children no longer experience controlled risk which would teach them to take safe decisions in future. It is part of a major government plan to reverse the decline of childhood. This plan also aims at improving drugs and alcohol education in an attempt to tackle increasingly risky behaviour such as binge-drinking. The exposure of children to violent images via the internet or video games will also be tackled. teamwork and leadership skills there. noot 1 Children’s Secretary = minister van Gezinszaken

Go with the Flow WHERE would you rather be? Office bound and waiting for lunchtime, or camping in the Arctic, waiting for a polar bear to decide whether to make you his dinner? 1 Going out on the ice proved an easy decision for Charlotte Eddington, 27, the head of energy and sustainability at CB Richard Ellis, a global property consultancy. After six months’ hard training, dragging sledges weighted with sand around Richmond Park, Charlotte and a companion became the youngest all-female team to complete the 350-mile Polar Race, from Canada to the North Pole, in April. 2 But then nothing really prepares you for temperatures as low as minus 70 ° C (-94 ° F), including wind chill, and ice rubble the size of small houses. “It is very hard. You can’t wait to get home and have some nice food,” Charlotte says. “We weren’t aiming for a position in the race but the more we went through, the more 17 we got.” The team came third, reaching the finish after 17 days, 4hrs and 35mins. 3 Back at her desk after five weeks on paid leave, Charlotte has been given a new perspective on managing her team. “On the ice, teamwork is about survival,” she says. The pair had to check each other’s faces for frost nip, for example. “If you don’t look after each other, you’re not looking after yourself,” she says. And when faced with a large polar bear rummaging for food and seemingly undeterred by their banger gun, the pair stood together and advanced towards the hungry animal making as much noise as possible. Another polar bear clawed a hole in their tent while they were sleeping but was soon scared away. 4 “You see problems from a different perspective and you have a lot of drive. Now, if I go to the gym, it’s not enough to go for a half-hour run, I really have to push myself. It’s similar with work as well.” She puts the same dedication and power into motivating her team. She says that enthusing others is the best way to get people pulling together. “After you have been out there and faced the worst and come through it with a smile on your face, you bring that into your job. We didn’t have a cross word in the Arctic. You see people in the office getting annoyed about something and you think, ‘there must be a way around it’. In the Arctic you have to solve your problems and you have to be prepared for every eventuality.” The Times, 2007

I'm Just Beginning By James Cracknell (1) Since taking up rowing I'd dreamt of winning a gold medal. Relationships, a ‘proper’ career, money, holidays, and friends' weddings had all been sacrificed at the altar of rowing. After having won two Olympic gold medals I was mentally prepared to retire. Then television presenter Ben Fogle bounced up to me at a party. "I'm doing a rowing race across the Atlantic. Do you want to do it with me?" he asked. After discovering he couldn't row I politely declined, but soon realised I was missing something: a goal. I'd had one since I was 16 years old and felt incomplete without having something to aim for. So I phoned up Ben and agreed to enter the Atlantic Rowing Race. (2) The difference between preparing for a sporting event and a challenge like this became obvious on a number of fronts: practical, financial and emotional. The Olympics demanded that I train to the best of my ability and then perform when it mattered; not easy, but I was supported by a coach and several other trained specialists. Ben and I only had each other. We also had a boat to build, navigation tests to pass, radio and sea-survival courses, training and (in Ben's case) learning to row. Getting sponsorship was virtually impossible and my wife wasn't too keen on me spending two months at sea. (3) 23 . We only got clearance to race 24 hours before the start and hadn't spent more than two hours on our boat. We'd totally under-estimated the psychological challenge of being out at sea in a tiny boat. There had been no discussion about how little we really knew each other or would function as a team. The first week aboard was spent coming

Sort the Facts from your Fears How safe are teenagers on two wheels? By Liz Vercoe (1) After 16 years of keeping my child alive amid London's traffic – crossing roads at lights, insisting on high- visibility cycling at night – it was pretty terrifying when he announced that he wanted his first motor to have two wheels rather than four. But as I started to protest I realised I had lots of instinctive fears but no facts. (2) My son was intent on trying out the free one-hour ‘introduction to motorcycling’ sessions, available nationwide through the motorcycle industry's Get On campaign, so I thought it was time to get to know about biking. That's how I found myself crammed into a helmet, a jacket and heavy duty gloves, riding a 125cc Suzuki at walking pace, while expert motorcyclists whizzed past. (3) "It's important to know your teenager's mindset," says Phil Edwards, Cheshire police motorcyclist and national BikeSafe coordinator. "They are at real risk because it's much harder for them to take safety seriously. They are most likely to get fed up with the time it takes to clamber in and out of protective clothing (the minimum is a motorcycle jacket with elbow, shoulder and back protectors, leather

(6) By then, stress plus a hot day was making it very uncomfortable inside my helmet and jacket, and I realised just how motivated a teenager would have to be to buy into the whole safety clothing thing. But after a few kangaroo leaps, I found I could ride steadily and slowly. In fact it felt great and, in my mind at least, I looked every bit the 32 .

Beat the School Bully For years Michaela suffered torment at the hands of school bullies. But Michaela, who is just 14, used the misery she was going through as inspiration to come up with an anti-bullying board game. Yvonne, her mother, tells her story: (1) ʺ My husband and I had no idea at first about the bullying. When Michaela did tell us, she said she’d try to deal with it herself. She didn’t want us to get involved. But it was tough for her! She would come up with reasons for not going to school in the mornings, she’d become so uptight she couldn’t eat breakfast. The bullying was affecting her health with headaches and stomach upsets. (2) What we didn’t realise was that while she was seeking refuge in the art room on her own at lunchtimes at school, she was working on a board game idea. The game is a bit like Monopoly in that you move round a board but it’s question-based and each of the questions gets you talking about aspects of bullying. (3) Looking for support to realise her game, Michaela spent months trying to contact Duncan Bannatyne 1) and was finally invited to meet him. noot 1 Duncan Bannatyne = een bekende, rijke Britse ondernemer