I don’t want to brag but I have the best job in the world! ☺️ Cuddles ✔️ Treats ✔️ Plenty of love and admiration ✔️ And all of that just for being me 🥰 #therapydog #animalassistedtherapy #petsastherapy

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Rollies in the grass outside the hospital are the best way to unwind after my Pets As Therapy visit to Newcastle ICU ☺️ Thanks for all the love, cuddles and treats as always 💙💛

Always nice to hang out with the physios 🤍💙 Perhaps a new photo for recruitment adverts to work Newcastle Hospitals? 😉

The face of a therapy dog who saw her 100th patient on Ward 18 ITU/ HDU today 🥳🥳🥳

Loki the Golden Therapy Dog I had a Pets As Therapy dog called Archie come to visit me when I was in intensive care. Really was the highlight of my hospital stay after fighting for my life 💛

Taking a treat gently from someone’s hand is part of the Pets As Therapy assessment. Here is why and how we incorporate this in #rehab. Slowly re-sensitising this young lady after having been in a coma for several weeks 🦮#AnimalAssistedTherapy #humanisingICU #therapydog

I met a lovely radiographer when I was leaving Ward 18 on Sunday. She said seeing me has made her day 🥰 she was also very impressed that I have my own ID badge ☺️ #teamNUTH #therapydog #sundayworking

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Happy #InternationalDogDay to my four legged friends 🥳 may the hoomans be good to you and give you extra treats today!

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Such a pleasure to have a cuddle with this young gentleman on W18 ITU today. He told me he had been waiting all week to see me 🥰 keep fighting and I hope you will soon have your own golden retriever (which seems to be the plan as of today 🙃) #ICUrehab #therapydog #humanisingICU

I always love how much happier the staff seem when I come onto the unit 🤩 thanks for the cuddles and for looking after all the poorly hoomans on a Sunday 🤗 #physio #animalassistedtherapy #humanisingICU #lovemyjob #flourish

Work and after work with one my faves 🥰 Rob Leatt spoiling me with cuddles and the occasional crisp 🤫 #afterworkclub #workhardplayhard #therapydog #NHSfamily #sundayworking

The intensive care unit is a terrifying, very clinical environment for most. Last week a patient said seeing me made her “feel normal again”. Very grateful to work in a hospital where #humanisingICU is being taken seriously and #animalassistedtherapy is a big part of it 🫶🏻

If Carlsberg made Sundays ❤️🌳🐾

Sometimes all you need is a hand (paw) to hold 🐾💛💙 #therapydog #animalassistedtherapy #humanisingICU

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Lots of smiles and patients saying “this has made my day” during my Pets As Therapy ward round today 🥰🦮 Newcastle ICU #animalassistedintervention #humanisingicu