Monty Don, 67, shared that due to an incident in lockdown that had terrified Patti from wanting to potter around behind him anymore while cameras rolled.
Twitter user @ChrisCord57 typed to Monty: “May I ask why Patti doesn’t follow you around during filming anymore? We only seem to see her at the end of GW now.” (sic)
Monty replied in view of his 300,000 followers: “Because she hates the tripods because one fell on her during lockdown.
“That is why you always see me holding her. When the cameras are not here she is out with me all the time.”
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Monty is a massive dog lover, and can often be seen on Gardener’s World, and on his social media accounts, in the company of his pet pooches.
The star shares two pet dogs with his wife Sarah, a golden retriever named Nell, and a Yorkshire terrier named Patti. He often shares snaps of the pair accompanying him in the garden.
In one adorable post on Instagram, Patti is fast asleep in the greenhouse, and Monty captioned the sweet snap: “Patti helping plant salad seedlings into the new greenhouse.”
He shared another cute snap of Nell and Patti in the garden, writing: “Ready for action!”
The TV personality’s dog Nigel sadly passed away in 2020, and in February 2021 Monty shared a photo of large commemorative terracotta he had been gifted engraved with Nigel’s name.
He also shared a snap of Nigel with Nellie, writing: “Found this from last year. They made a good pair. Miss the old chap.”
Speaking about his love of dogs on his website, he wrote: “I have lived with dogs all my life and so it is absolutely natural to me that wherever I am in the garden I should be accompanied by a dog or two.
“It is their garden as much as mine or any other members of the family.”
He continued: “Something that I take for granted is that by and large, they do absolutely no damage and respect the garden completely.
“They (rarely) dig holes or crash through the flower beds.
“They do treat the long paths as bowling alleys down which they career in chase of the ball that we are obliged to throw, but it is harmless enough.”
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