A DOG who can count to 10 to help teach special needs children at a Bradford school has become a celebrity after appearing on national TV.

Willow, a two-year-old cockerpoo, wowed This Morning viewers and hosts Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby when she appeared on the show.

The talented dog is able to count to 10 and spell her name when her owner, Charlotte Price, of Baildon, holds up cue cards and Willow points her paw to what she thinks is the right answer.

These techniques are used by Mrs Price in her job as a special needs teacher at Chellow Heights Special School in Bradford.

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The pair have helped the school’s children since the start of this academic year with video lessons uploaded onto the school’s ClassJojo channel.

Willow is given a tasty treat for every five successive letters or numbers she correctly identifies.

Mrs Price originally posted a video of Willow in action on This Morning’s home schooling Facebook page and the show quickly got in touch with her to get her to appear on the popular ITV daytime show.

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Mrs Price, 29, said: “Philip and Holly were pretty shocked and impressed. They were quite animated.

“We see Willow do it all of the time, but people who have never seen it before are impressed. They think it’s amazing.

Holly said ‘we could possibly have the brainiest dog in Britain’ when we were on the show

“We’re just thinking how far can Willow learn? She has so much potential. We could maybe have our own YouTube channel and have learning classroom activities.

“You have got to work hard to engage children. I teach at a special needs school with children who have autism. Remote learning looks so different for children with special needs.

“This lockdown seems to have hit harder, there’s a need for people to smile and I hope this has helped.”

After her appearance on the show on Thursday, This Morning tweeted a video of Mrs Price and Willow and messaged Simon Cowell, saying they may have found next year’s winner of Britain’s Got Talent.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Cue cards of This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield for Willow to guess Cue cards of This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield for Willow to guess

Mrs Price added: “I’m not really sure what’s next. I’ve never set out to make any money from it. It’s never been anything like that. I wanted to see how far Willow could learn.

“That’s a bit crazy. We just see her as our pet Willow. I’m not sure she would be able to cope with the big lights and cameras.”

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Like all famous pets, Willow is on social media. She has her own Instagram handle, theteachers_pet where Mrs Price posts pictures of Willow.