SWINDON’S favourite dog trainer appeared on the BBC’s Points West on Friday after a summer of fundraising for Children in Need.

Janet Garrett, of Janet’s Puppy Skool in Haydon Wick, was interviewed with her prize pooch Mack at a charity extravaganza in Bristol.

“I was delighted to be asked onto the show,” said Janet. “The journey was bad because the weather was so awful, but it was great when we got there. I had a wonderful time and met so many people. It was lovely.”

Throughout the year Janet has organised fundraising activities for Children in Need, the most recent being a dog show spectacular at her Puppy Skool in North Swindon.

Around 150 of the town’s cutest canines descended on Haydon Wick Farmhouse to strut their stuff in front of a formidable judging panel while pop-up stalls selling various goodies and doggie-related trinkets kept the spectators busy between rounds.

Speaking on the programme on Friday she said: “We did a dog show, an obstacle course; we did agility and the fastest and the best ones won.”

She then went off to do a radio interview with the BBC’s Dan Chisholm.

“We went into the green room with the dogs and dancers and people playing drums,” said Janet. “There were tables full of food, though most were at nose height which meant the dogs tried to get a look in.

“Overall it was a fantastic experience and a really fun night.”

This year Children in Need managed to pull in a record £46 million, on a night that saw moving tributes paid to the late Sir Terry Wogan.