Care Dogs – Bath Spa University

Bath Spa Care Dogs

We have a growing number of accredited Care Dogs that get involved in events, drop-in sessions and wellbeing walks. Why not take a study break and spend some time with them? All of our Care Dogs are assessed and registered through Canine Concern, to make sure they are well-behaved… most of the time, at least!

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Meet the dogs

Wanda

Shiba Inu

Dog with its tongue sticking out
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: Fields.
  • Loves: Playing catch and chase with a ball, hanging out with kids, playing with humans, camping, cycling and canoeing.
  • Hates: Cows, having a shower and thermometers in personal places!

Poppy

Cockapoo

Poppy the care dog, a white cockapoo wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Anything I'm allowed... especially chicken!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere that involves water or mud and big spaces I can run around in.
  • Loves: Getting muddy, having cuddles and curling up on feet to be made a fuss of, especially having my tummy tickled.
  • Hates: Drains and places where I can't see what is underneath or behind it.

Georgie

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever / Golden Retriever

Georgie the care dog, sitting on a lawned area
  • Favourite food: Carrots and cheese!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with muddy puddles and a ball!
  • Loves: Chewing tennis balls and stealing my humans yoghurt pots.
  • Hates: Henry the Hoover.

Bertie

Smooth Miniature Dachshund

Bertie the care dog, a daschund, looking at the camera
  • Favourite food: Chimken, or if you don't speak Tucker Budzyn, chicken!
  • Favourite walk: The Botanical Gardens, Victoria Park, the Great Dell and Primrose Woods on weekdays, and Little Solsbury Hill and Chilcombe Bottom at the weekend.
  • Loves: Cuddles, snuggles, sleeping and stealing socks.
  • Hates: Stairs!

Daisy

Working Cocker Spaniel

A dark brown spaniel wears a blue Care Dogs bandana
  • Favourite food: Meat of any sort.
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with water, but I especially love the sea and swimming with my mum.
  • Loves: Being with people.
  • Hates: Pheasants.

Logan

Border Terrier

A border terrier wearing a harness
  • Favourite walk: In the fields at Bushey, near the other university.
  • Loves: Going on adventures in Velma the campervan.

Luna

Husky / Collie

Luna, a cute care dog wearing a blue bandana.
  • Favourite food: Coconut oil, dried sardines and pigs' ears!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with grass and bushes to smell. I don’t like busy streets.
  • Loves: Meeting other dogs, bum scratches and playing tug.
  • Hates: Hoovers and showers.

Cadbury

English Springer Spaniel

A brown and white dog wears a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: Either a sandy beach or anywhere with snow.
  • Loves: Tennis balls!
  • Hates: Really loud noises, like fireworks.

Solo

Korthals Griffon

A brown dog wearing a blue bandana sits on the grass
  • Favourite food: Dried rabbit ears.
  • Favourite walk: Running around in Pipley Woods near Lansdown Golf Course.
  • Loves: Chasing squirrels (to keep them fit). I get very excited when it snows or when I'm on a sandy beach.
  • Hates: Dogs that barge into me. My knees are sensitive due to surgery on both hind legs.

Scout

Labrador

A black Labrador wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Cheese, please.
  • Favourite walk: Southstoke Valley, or any walk that ends up at a pub with treats at the bar.
  • Loves: Walkies, swimming, playing ball, friends and fuss... and treats – all the treats!
  • Hates: Buzzy flies – terrifying!

Josie

Golden Retriever

A cream-coloured Golden Retriever looks into the distance
  • Favourite food: The treats I get at my local florist, chemist, cafe and pubs!
  • Favourite walk: To the shops and pubs on my local high-street
  • Loves: Being with my favourite humans (especially my mum) and chasing squirrels and cats
  • Hates: Squirrels!

Maya

Labrador

Maya the care dog, a black Labrador wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Anything and everything.
  • Favourite walk: Anything involving a ball and water!
  • Loves: Meeting new people and other dogs. I am very sociable!
  • Hates: The dreaded hoover...

Rosie

Cavapoo

Rosie the care dog, sitting on a carpet
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: In the park so I can make new friends.
  • Loves: Chewing on empty toilet rolls, dancing, playing chase with my friends, soft blankets and cuddling.
  • Hates: Whistling trains.

Dolly

Dachshund

A black and tan Dachshund wears a blue Care Dogs bandana
  • Favourite food: Chicken bones (treats) – I'd eat them all day long if I could! 
  • Favourite walk: Morning walks along the river to the bakery... I'll sit and refuse to move unless we’ve gone inside the bakery
  • Loves: Getting lots of attention and being with my favourite humans, getting around by car and lots of cuddles! 
  • Hates: Attempts at brushing my teeth, also other dogs that I've not met before

Sid

Greyhound

A black greyhound wearing a blue care dog bandana

In memoriam

Service: 22 November 2022 – 14 February 2023

Wanda

Shiba Inu

Dog with its tongue sticking out
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: Fields.
  • Loves: Playing catch and chase with a ball, hanging out with kids, playing with humans, camping, cycling and canoeing.
  • Hates: Cows, having a shower and thermometers in personal places!

Poppy

Cockapoo

Poppy the care dog, a white cockapoo wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Anything I'm allowed... especially chicken!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere that involves water or mud and big spaces I can run around in.
  • Loves: Getting muddy, having cuddles and curling up on feet to be made a fuss of, especially having my tummy tickled.
  • Hates: Drains and places where I can't see what is underneath or behind it.

Georgie

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever / Golden Retriever

Georgie the care dog, sitting on a lawned area
  • Favourite food: Carrots and cheese!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with muddy puddles and a ball!
  • Loves: Chewing tennis balls and stealing my humans yoghurt pots.
  • Hates: Henry the Hoover.

Bertie

Smooth Miniature Dachshund

Bertie the care dog, a daschund, looking at the camera
  • Favourite food: Chimken, or if you don't speak Tucker Budzyn, chicken!
  • Favourite walk: The Botanical Gardens, Victoria Park, the Great Dell and Primrose Woods on weekdays, and Little Solsbury Hill and Chilcombe Bottom at the weekend.
  • Loves: Cuddles, snuggles, sleeping and stealing socks.
  • Hates: Stairs!

Daisy

Working Cocker Spaniel

A dark brown spaniel wears a blue Care Dogs bandana
  • Favourite food: Meat of any sort.
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with water, but I especially love the sea and swimming with my mum.
  • Loves: Being with people.
  • Hates: Pheasants.

Logan

Border Terrier

A border terrier wearing a harness
  • Favourite walk: In the fields at Bushey, near the other university.
  • Loves: Going on adventures in Velma the campervan.

Luna

Husky / Collie

Luna, a cute care dog wearing a blue bandana.
  • Favourite food: Coconut oil, dried sardines and pigs' ears!
  • Favourite walk: Anywhere with grass and bushes to smell. I don’t like busy streets.
  • Loves: Meeting other dogs, bum scratches and playing tug.
  • Hates: Hoovers and showers.

Cadbury

English Springer Spaniel

A brown and white dog wears a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: Either a sandy beach or anywhere with snow.
  • Loves: Tennis balls!
  • Hates: Really loud noises, like fireworks.

Solo

Korthals Griffon

A brown dog wearing a blue bandana sits on the grass
  • Favourite food: Dried rabbit ears.
  • Favourite walk: Running around in Pipley Woods near Lansdown Golf Course.
  • Loves: Chasing squirrels (to keep them fit). I get very excited when it snows or when I'm on a sandy beach.
  • Hates: Dogs that barge into me. My knees are sensitive due to surgery on both hind legs.

Scout

Labrador

A black Labrador wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Cheese, please.
  • Favourite walk: Southstoke Valley, or any walk that ends up at a pub with treats at the bar.
  • Loves: Walkies, swimming, playing ball, friends and fuss... and treats – all the treats!
  • Hates: Buzzy flies – terrifying!

Josie

Golden Retriever

A cream-coloured Golden Retriever looks into the distance
  • Favourite food: The treats I get at my local florist, chemist, cafe and pubs!
  • Favourite walk: To the shops and pubs on my local high-street
  • Loves: Being with my favourite humans (especially my mum) and chasing squirrels and cats
  • Hates: Squirrels!

Maya

Labrador

Maya the care dog, a black Labrador wearing a blue bandana
  • Favourite food: Anything and everything.
  • Favourite walk: Anything involving a ball and water!
  • Loves: Meeting new people and other dogs. I am very sociable!
  • Hates: The dreaded hoover...

Rosie

Cavapoo

Rosie the care dog, sitting on a carpet
  • Favourite food: Cheese.
  • Favourite walk: In the park so I can make new friends.
  • Loves: Chewing on empty toilet rolls, dancing, playing chase with my friends, soft blankets and cuddling.
  • Hates: Whistling trains.

Dolly

Dachshund

A black and tan Dachshund wears a blue Care Dogs bandana
  • Favourite food: Chicken bones (treats) – I'd eat them all day long if I could! 
  • Favourite walk: Morning walks along the river to the bakery... I'll sit and refuse to move unless we’ve gone inside the bakery
  • Loves: Getting lots of attention and being with my favourite humans, getting around by car and lots of cuddles! 
  • Hates: Attempts at brushing my teeth, also other dogs that I've not met before

Sid

Greyhound

A black greyhound wearing a blue care dog bandana

In memoriam

Service: 22 November 2022 – 14 February 2023

Four Bath Spa care dogs sit patiently

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