{"id":74,"date":"2013-06-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=74"},"modified":"2014-02-13T09:37:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T09:37:29","slug":"_white_collie_worker_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/_white_collie_worker_","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;White Collie Worker&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Misty is an admin superhero\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2013\/misty-the-office-dog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new breed of worker has emerged &ndash; the &lsquo;white collie worker&rsquo;, also known as Misty the sheepdog from Cumbria.<\/p>\n<p>Customers of the Burlington Stone quarry in Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, are amazed when the intelligent nine-year old border collie gently takes their weighbridge tickets in her mouth. The clever collie then finds an office administrator to complete the paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>Misty also transports credit and debit cards in her mouth without damaging them, although occasionally they will need a quick wipe before being pocketed.<\/p>\n<p>Misty was not trained to carry out her office duties, but worked it out for herself after watching her two-legged friends serving customers. Her owner Elaine Prickett has worked at Burlington Stone for 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Prickett said that Misty, her pride and joy, had been a fixture in the office since she was a puppy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I brought her in here as a pup and everybody fell in love with her and I&rsquo;m not allowed to come to work without her,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From about five years old she started copying us and mimicking us and she&rsquo;s now nine, so she&rsquo;s been doing it for a fair while.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we could do without her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch a video of Misty at work <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" onclick=\"PS.Core.Popup(this, 800, 600);return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwemail.co.uk\/news\/meet-misty-possibly-the-cleverest-dog-in-cumbria-or-should-that-be-the-world-1.1062034?referrerPath=news\/meet-misty-possibly-the-cleverest-dog-in-cumbria-or-should-that-be-the-world-1.1062034&amp;resourceView=video&amp;index=1#video\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you think your pet could become a &lsquo;white collie worker&rsquo; then why not take them to work on Friday &ndash; it&rsquo;s Take Your Dog to Work Day, organised by Pet Sitters International.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><i>Image source<\/i>: Cascade News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new breed of worker has emerged &ndash; the &lsquo;white collie worker&rsquo;, also known as Misty the sheepdog from Cumbria. 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