By Claire Bates Updated: 10:25 EST, 7 February 2012 As dog owners know, you are lucky if your pooch can be persuaded to collect your slippers without chewing them to pieces. But golden labrador Byron performs dozens of such tasks faultlessly for his owner every day. He helps 'best friend' Kate Cross peg out her washing, make her bed, go shopping and even take money out of the cash machine. Scroll down to meet Byron I'll push that for you: Byron has learnt how to press the button at road crossings The trained hound is a life-line for Kate, who suffers from Ehlers Danlos syndrome. The rare condition means the retired teacher's joints are so weak that she can dislocate her shoulder from just opening a door.
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Owner hadn't been outside on her own for 18 months before she got Byron
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Seven-year-old dog fetches everything from milk in the fridge to hot water bottle and knows more than 100 commands
He accompanies @placeholder to the supermarket - reaching down to low shelves to pick up any item Kate has on her shopping list.
He accompanies Kate to the supermarket - reaching down to low shelves to pick up any item @placeholder has on her shopping list.