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BBC Radio ShropshireThe cockapoo, named Pippin, successfully completed a training programme at Short Wood Primary School in Wellington, Telford.Dr Laura Saunders, deputy head teacher, said reaction from the majority of pupils at the school had been positive.
"Well we'd thought about it on-and-off really, for a few years, but [had] never really kind of taken the step to do it, and then Autumn term last year, we thought the time was right," she explained. "Post-Covid, we've seen a lot of emotional and social issues and Pippin has really helped with that," Dr Saunders told BBC Radio Shropshire.
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