I was bought up with dogs, mostly rescue, and found it a horrible shock when I moved out into rented accommodation where we were not allowed pets. In 2003 I remember having one of my last nursing placements in a local prison where I spent the day with the dog section.

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I’ve always loved dogs – I grew up with a fabulous Labrador who would sit on the front drive in our Somerset village all day, except if you drove into the drive – where he would get up and come for a ride into the garage.

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Never having had a dog in our lives we suddenly became dog owners after a daughter got one, but then decided it was a mistake, and short of putting the dog into rescue, we rescued him instead.

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For us, the journey into the therapy dog world just seemed to happen. We did not plan to get a therapy dog. After three years of our youngest son asking for a dog, we decided the time was right to research breeds.

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I have been deputy head teacher at a primary school for about 8 years. We have always been an animal friendly school and already had chickens and I had always wanted a dog, as I grew up with dogs.

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I first became aware of Canine Concern when Sally, (another member with her two labradors, Dylan and Hardy) visited a nursing home that I worked at. I had just started training a new labrador puppy who loved attention and cuddles.

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I started visiting with dogs in about 1995 when I lived in Chester. My parents, who we had looked after at home, moved into a local nursing home and I would go each evening to visit them, and of course I would take a dog.

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I started volunteering with my Border Collie, called Busy, in 2014, visiting a care home briefly, then joining my local school. I felt really passionate about supporting children with my dogs, as I have worked in Special Educational Needs for 20 years and been a school governor for 17 years. I transferred to Canine Concern in 2017.

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