Amazing Photos of Jet the Dog, Who Could Serve You a Beer in a Preston Pub in the 1950s

Jet, the black Labrador Retriever, from Preston, was the star of a Sunday Mirror double-page feature back in February 1953 after it was discovered that the canine had a plethora of special talents. He was owned by Jimmy Gainer, a professional rat-catcher, who has trained Jet to catch rats and just as a sideline, can pour out beer and fetch change from the till.

Though Jet was mostly employed to help her owner get rid of pesky vermin she was also well versed in the pub trade. Jimmy had taught Jet to pour out bottles of beer in several of the city’s pubs, which the pair usually frequented after a tough day of rat catching.

But that’s not all.

Jet was not merely a one-trick dog, she could also take cash from customers, put the money into the old till and give them their change.