North East Assistance and Therapy Dogs

09/02/2026

Any guesses what’s happening at NEATD HQ this afternoon..? 🤣

Accessibility: picture shows Kay, the dog trainer, wearing steam punk type goggles with Kaleidoscope lenses and pulling a ridiculous face. Secon pic shows Tom wearing them and doing the same

09/02/2026

We hear you. We see you. It’s safe to be exhausted and overwhelmed with us … and that goes for everybody, not just autism parents .

09/02/2026

08/02/2026

Doing a mock Behaviour and Obedience Assessment with this gorgeous superstar today.

We do mock assessments as a baseline for training levels and to see any gaps that need work to get up to our public access test standards.

Although public access tests and qualifications for assistance dogs are not required by UK law, we as an organisation find it helpful to have a goal for clients to aim towards. We use our behaviour and obedience assessments as part of our public access test work to create guidelines and training plans moving forward.

This gorgeous boy, Elvis, did really well today. As with most teams, there were a couple of little things that he and his handler need to work on but they are well on track for success in the near future.

(He may also have got at least 10 extra points because he’s this handsome 🤣💕🤣)

Well done, team Elvis 🥰 What a pleasure to spend time with you today.

Accessibility: picture shows a black flat coat retriever lying on the floor in an indoor shopping mall. He is looking attentively at his handler who is just to the side of the camera. He is particularly handsome and fluffy.



08/02/2026

How inclusion feels 💕 Honestly, it’s not hard!

08/02/2026

08/02/2026

Join us at The Alnwick Garden as we celebrate the launch of author and campaigner Elly Chapple’s new book Diagnosis: Human 🌿✨

Inspired by her daughter Ella, Diagnosis: Human challenges how we view difference, disability and belonging, and invites us to on what it means to be human.

📅 Saturday February 14th 2026�
⏰ 11 AM - 3 PM
📍The Alnwick Garden Pavilion (no ticket required for book signing and cafe entry)�

Come along to:

📖 Listen to a reading by Elly from Diagnosis: Human

🤩Chat with Elly and join in with conversations about narrative, belonging and human value

�☕️Refreshments and opportunities for interviews �

🌟Copies of the book available for review!

For more details head to our website: https://www.alnwickgarden.com/events/book-signing/

08/02/2026

A powerful piece from my friend Sean Dilley at the BBC about assistance dog users being refused entry to places unless they can show ID for their dog.

These dogs change lives. For many people they’re not optional — they’re essential.

Being stopped at the door and challenged must be incredibly difficult and frustrating.

Well worth a read. What do you make of it?

Link to the full article in the comments 👇🐾

07/02/2026

So interesting!

07/02/2026

A little bit of food work during socialisation today. Head height lemon muffins - he did a lot better than I would have 🤣🤣

Accessibility: picture shows a black Labrador lying on the floor of a café with his head a few inches away from a low table, which has a muffin and a chocolate cake on at the edge of the table. A dog is looking away from the Food.

07/02/2026

Can somebody please remind me why I don’t still live in Australia?!?!

Accessibility: video shows a handler wearing three jackets and an overcoat on a 3 degree day trying to do heel work with a bouncy golden retriever puppy in driving rain (which you can’t see on the video) and in high winds.