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Duty calls

So you think you've been asked to do some unusual tasks in your career. Lindsey Blythe hears from nannies given a few 'extra' extra duties Dog bathing

Dog bathing

Georgia Styne from Australia had been a part-time nanny for two years when her employer made a surprising request as she left for work. 'She was just stepping out of the door,' says Georgia, 'when she grabbed a box and threw it to me and said, "If you get a chance can you give the dog her flea bath".'

'What bad luck - I had just put the two children down for their naps!' says Georgia. 'Of course I now desperately wanted them to wake up - and then I wouldn't have to do it. But they slept soundly through.'

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