Steven Wibberley - Pets As Therapy

Visit us at Crufts 2025Crufts is a celebration of all dogs – and we’re delighted that once again Pets As Therapy will be attending the event at Birmingham NEC from 6-9 March.Please come along and say hello to us. We’ll be in Hall 4 at Stand 160.We're also proud to say that PAT Team Emily & Tilly are finalists in The Kennel Club Hero Dog Award. This wonderful volunteering duo have been entered under the category 'Rescue Dog Hero' . Tilly, a Chihuahua cross Terrier was found abandoned with her siblings in a plastic washing basket on a roundabout at only 4 weeks old, all exhibited horrific signs of neglect and their chances of survival were pretty bleak. Having been rescued and given the vital care and treatment required to give them best chance at life, Tilly was subsequently fostered by Emily who says "as soon as she came in through the door, I knew this was going to be her home for the rest of her life".Tilly has now passed her Bronze and Silver Good Citizen Scheme award and working towards her Gold. At 9 months old Tilly was registered with Pets As Therapy and now visit a residential care home and college. In addition to her visiting, Tilly provides a great deal of support and comfort to Emily who underwent spinal surgery and suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. Tilly is learning to alert Emily about her medical conditions, often helping through behaviour interruption, providing the confidence Emily needs to be able to go about her day to day activities."It's such a privilege to be a finalist for this award and it's exciting to be going to Crufts," smiles Emily. "I'm so proud of Tilly for what she has accomplished already despite her poor start in life. She is such an amazing little dog and loves her work with Pets As Therapy. She shows that rescue dogs can bring so much joy to so many people."