North East Assistance and Therapy Dogs

16/05/2026

Everyone loved their Lick Pics today!!! Do you think they are more Pawblo Pugcasso, Jackson Pawllock or Andy Warhowl?! (Oh come on, they were good 🤣)

Fancy a picture ‘painted’ by your dog? Come and see us at Belsay Dog Show tomorrow - we are right by the entrance!

Also feel free to come and just chat about assistance or therapy dog training … and don’t forget our SENSORY CHILL OUT ZONE if visiting the show gets a bit overwhelming.

Accessibility: picture shows several dogs licking peanut butter or cream cheese off plastic bags. The plastic bag is over a canvas with dots of paint on. Licking the peanut butter moves the paint around and creates a bespoke, one of a kind, completely personalised picture painted entirely by the dog. Pawfect 🥰

16/05/2026

The creative genius that is Amber 🥰

Amber and her brother Stanley kindly shared their creative talents with us at Belsay International Horse a trials and Dog Show today.

Come down and see us (and create a Lick Pic!)

Accessibility: picture shows a pretty little Spaniel licking some peanut butter off the top of a plastic bag. Inside the plastic bag there is a canvas with some paint on. The dog is creating a unique picture for her owner commemorating their time at Belsay today by smearing the paint while licking the peanut butter. In the background there are crowds of people, show tents, Food tenta and horses completing showjumping rounds.

15/05/2026

15/05/2026

Come down and see us over the weekend! Ask us anything about our assistance or therapy dog courses … or about anything else!!

We will have a sensory chill out zone if you need a break or get overwhelmed so use us as a base and come and have a lovely day out.

Belsay Bark Dog Show Our Dog Arena Returns to Belsay in 2026!Get ready for a tail-wagging weekend at the Belsay International Horse Trials Fun Family Dog Show!Join us at 2:00pm on both Saturday and Sunday for our much-loved Family Fun Dog Show. Open to all breeds, shapes, sizes and abilities, this l...

06/05/2026

Don’t miss these steps!!!!

The art of settling and doing nothing while gradually exposing your dog to higher and higher stimuli is absolutely invaluable. You can’t teach counter-conditioning from a reactive point, you HAVE to get to neutral first in order to change direction.

Accessibility: pictures show a black Labrador sitting in Barter books, a secondhand bookstore with lots and lots of shelves. The photos are taken over several sessions where the dog starts in a sitting position, moves through lying down to properly resting and eventually is able to settle opposite an older, non-reactive dog who is just chilling on the other side of a table.

06/05/2026

05/05/2026

🐾 CHARITY DOG WALK – READY, SET… SNIFF! 🐾

Got a dog that pulls like a sled and ignores recall? Perfect. Bring them along. 🐶😂

📅 Sunday 3rd May
📍 Castlegate Car Park
⏰ 11AM

💷 £2 per dog – all for B.A.R.K. 💙

Expect wagging tails, zero personal space, and at least one dramatic sit-down protest.

🍰 Pop to the shop after for cakes & snacks (your dog will supervise closely).

👉 Tag your dog-walking partner in crime and join us! 🐾

04/05/2026

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU 🥰

04/05/2026

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