The School Therapy Dog

28/08/2025

Thank you to Therapy Dog Training UK for sending through Ebony’s new certificate!
After our reassessment we are now certified for another 2 years!
The children at school will be happy Ebony can return to the classroom for more therapy sessions 🥰

14/08/2025

Ebony had her reassessment today for Therapy Dog Training UK. As a therapy dog team we must be reassessed every 2 years to make sure Ebony is still suitable as a therapy dog.
Thank you to Sheila at Happy Hounds Newton Abbot for doing the assessment for us!

05/07/2025

Ebony had a great week at the primary school last week! The children enjoyed brushing her and then playing some games and doing tricks together!
They all loved playing “hide the treat” which Ebony was very good at!
The children loved hearing all about Ebony’s trip to the beach at the weekend - photo attached of Ebony enjoying the sand and sea!

01/02/2025

📣 CALLING ALL UK SCHOOL DOGS!! 📣

The deadline for the UK School Dog of The Year Award 2025 is fast approaching (31st of January)... hurry up, and enter your school dog today!!

How to Enter:
Tell us about your school dog and how they’ve become a cherished part of your community. Whether they provide comfort, boost morale, or help with learning, we want to know! Plus, we will be looking closely at how your school ensures the wellbeing of your dog throughout all their activities.
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Go to our website to enter:

www.nationalschooldogalliance.co.uk

17/12/2024

We had a lovely Christmassy session with the children at the primary school today! All the children enjoyed making Christmas cards with Ebony and drawing around her foot on the inside of the card!
All the children took their cards home with them afterwards!
Ebony also wore her festive Christmas jumper specially for the occasion!
This was the last session today before the children break up for Christmas so it was nice to see them all and wish them a Merry Christmas!
Ebony is now having a well deserved break before coming back for the spring term!
Merry Christmas everyone!
From Frankie and Ebony 🎄🎅🏻☃️❄️🐾🐕‍🦺🦴

15/12/2024

Myself and Ebony have featured on day 4!! We are 1/4 of 4 dogs dressed for work!! 🥰🥰

19/11/2024

Ebony had fun at the primary school again today! The children spent some time brushing Ebony and doing tricks and scentwork but they also all enjoyed doing some worksheets!
Ebony sat and watched as the children did a word search or a spot the difference!

05/11/2024

Ebony had a great time at the primary school again today!

Ebony thoroughly enjoyed it when the children hid a treat around the library while she waited outside. Then the children helped her find all the hidden treats when she was allowed back into the room

Here she is waiting outside the room ready to come in and find her treats!!

05/11/2024

31/10/2024

If you want a therapy dog in your school why not get in touch with us!!

22/10/2024

Today Ebony had a great time with the children at the primary school.

They all had a go at using a stethoscope to listen to Ebony’s heart beat!

Here is Ebony leaving the school after her sessions.

It’s really important that therapy dogs are calm when walking and don’t pull on the lead or barge through doors and gates.

Here we can see Ebony calmly waiting for the gate to open before walking through! Ebony is really great at listening to her handler Frankie and through her training she has learned to wait at gates and doors - an important skill that’s required for therapy dogs 🐾

09/10/2024

Ebony had a great day at the primary school yesterday.

Ebony worked with 4 groups of children and each group had a go at brushing Ebony’s teeth!! 🦷🪥 We used a doggy toothbrush and some special dog toothpaste! We also talked about why it’s important to brush our teeth and why it’s important to brush our dogs teeth too!

We always keep the children in small groups with no more than 5-6 children in each group so as not to overwhelm Ebony. We also always keep Ebony’s contact time to a maximum of one hour before she has a break. These are the guidelines as set out by Therapy Dog Training UK and are designed to keep Ebony happy during her time in school. This ensures that both the children and Ebony are able to get the most from our sessions and keeping the dogs welfare at the forefront of the sessions.

Thanks again to Therapy Dog Training UK for their guidance and support with Ebony and Frankie’s training. They have enabled to us feel confident we are providing a safe and dog welfare conscious service to the schools we visit.

Here’s a photo of Ebony en route to the school, very excited looking out of the window in anticipation!

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