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Dogs Behind the Wheel: SPCA in New Zealand Teaching Canines to Drive

By Mark Prigg - DAILY MAIL

Credit: � SPCA

Porter, a 10 month old beardie cross, is one of three dogs being trained to drive a specially converted Mini in a stunt for the New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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    Monty, an 18 month old Giant Schnauzer cross in one of the specially built training cars built to get the dogs used to the controls of the specially modified mini.

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December 5, 2012 Updated Dec 5, 2012 at 5:34 PM PDT

In a world already full of road hogs this is perhaps the last thing you want to see in the rear view mirror.

Animal experts are teaching dogs how to drive. Astonishingly, it took three mutts just eight weeks to master the basics in wooden carts.

They then graduated to a modified Mini in which they sat on their haunches in the driver's seat with their paws on the steering wheel. Their feet go on extension levers which are attached to the accelerator and the brake while their paw rests on the gearstick.

An animal welfare group in New Zealand trained the dogs to get behind the wheel in an attempt to show the public how intelligent they are.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will put them to the test in a live broadcast next Monday.

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