The Dog Mentor Blog

🐾 A Full Dog Mentor Team Rollout Today! 🧡 Today was a real Dog Mentor team rollout day, with our trainers out supporting schools in different parts of the country! The newest member of our training team, Andy, was at St Laurence Junior School in Northfield, Birmingham for a check-in visit with their Dog Mentor team. The wonderful Ted, a Cavapoo, works alongside his owner Jasmin, who is the school’s Attendance and Pastoral Lead. It was a great opportunity for Andy to catch u

🐾 Winnie Joins the Dog Mentor Team at Chetwynd! 🧡 Jenny Sleath was back at Chetwynd Primary School today for her second day, this time working with Winnie and her owner Jodie Marston. Jenny said that Winnie is another dog with a big personality, demonstrating real poise and confidence in her work with both staff and pupils. It was wonderful to see how naturally she engaged with the school community. It was also great to see the school’s original Dog Mentor, Ted, who was tra

🐾 Honey Joins the Team at Chetwynd Junior School! 🧡 Jenny Sleath was also out running a course today, this time at Chetwynd Junior School in Nuneaton for the first of two days welcoming new Dog Mentor teams into the school. The school first joined the programme in 2021, so it was wonderful for us to be back and see how the programme continues to grow. Today Jenny worked with Assistant Headteacher Michelle Wallis and her lovely Cavapoo, Honey. Jenny said that Honey may be sm