Dogs are moving from the driver's seat to the cockpit in a new TV show tracking a Kiwi dog trainer's attempts to teach man's best friend to pilot a plane.
Animals on Q owner Mark Vette will lead a final, 10 week-long "flight school" for the three dogs who top an earlier series of problem-solving tasks assigned to 12 shortlisted dogs.
Mr Vette, who is based at Waimauku in northwest Auckland and was behind the project to train three rescue dogs to drive three years ago, could not be contacted this morning.
But the Daily Mail reported his latest project was being filmed in the United Kingdom as part of a Sky TV reality show Dogs Might Fly.
The 12 dogs chosen from the United Kingdom and Spain for the initial tests include a 2-year-old Pyrenean shepherd called Chilli, a collie-lurcher cross called Alfie and boisterous puppy named Tess. Three strays are among those who will have their cognitive skills put to the ultimate test.