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@assistance_dog_bubbles (IG)

''My assistance dog is Bubbles who is a 2 year old English Springer Spaniel. She assists me with non-weight bearing guidework, medical alerts and psychiatric alerts. Some of the tasks she does are diabetic alerts, seizure alerts, cardiacalerts, medication retrievals, anxiety alerts, crowd control and many more!''

@oberon_the_lab (IG)

 Meet Oberon! He is a black Labrador who is training to be a medical alert assistance dog. He mainly helps with my FND and does tasks such as DPT, retrievals and much more. He alerts too my seizures, high and low heart rate and blood glucose levels. His seizure alerts help me the most because he alerts me about 10 minutes before I go into seizure meaning I can go to a safe place. This has given me so much independence back and I’m now living on my own with him by my side. Oberon has made such a huge impact on my life and I’m so grateful to have him by my side.

@assistingduo (IG)

''River is my multipurpose assistance dog who is 2 years old. Some of the tasks River does to help mitigate my disabilities include light/deep therapy, alerting to low and high blood sugars, alerting to nightmares/flashbacks, kinetic engagement, alert to low blood oxygen levels, block and orbit (to help create space when crowded around) and much more.''

@murphy_magic_cocker (IG)

''Murphy is a 3yo working cocker and he is an assistance dog in training. He is a psychiatric response assistance dog so he does tasks to mitigate my anxiety and PTSD. Some examples of this would be: Leg bouncing alert (jumps and or paws at my leg), lip picking alert (nudges at me until I stop) and DPT (deep pressure therapy).''

@workingwithbeans (IG)

''Bean is a 18 month old GSD who is my multipurpose assistance dog. Her main tasks are to help with my PoTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), for this she does high heart rate alerts and lets me know when I'm about to faint. During these episodes she can retrieve my medication and provide DPT to try prevent me from fully passing out. She also does various tasks to help with my PTSD, IST (Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia) and chronic fatigue.''

@assistingduo (IG)

''My multipurpose assistance dog is called Maya who's nearly 5. Maya is a Husky cross Akita. Maya helps me daily with her tasks such as forward momentum (guide task), grounding, alerting to panic/anxiety attacks, meltdown response, kinetic engagement, counter balance, find exit, find person, cardiac alerts and many  more. Maya has given me back my independence that I didn't think I would get back.''

@x.perfect.paws._  (IG)

''Cali is my multipurpose assistance dog. She is a Pekingese Cross Chihuahua. Cali alerts and responds to a number of things such as anxiety, panic attacks, migraines, high/low blood sugars, high/low heart rate, PTSD flashbacks, absence seizures and so on. She responds to heavy breathing, self harming behaviours, leg bouncing etc, she will task deep pressure therapy (DPT) to help when needed. She alerts to my heart rate which then prevents me from passing out, Cali also does crowd control and middle to stop people coming too close to me which can trigger my PTSD. I'm so grateful for her and would be lost without her.''

@alaskans.to.the.rescue (IG)

''My name is Kiba and this is my 6 year old Alaskan malamute cross husky named Rolo. She's my owner-trained multipurpose assistance dog for my mental health and physical health. A little bit about me, I was diagnosed with kidney failure, PTSD, severe anxiety, depression and ADHD so Rolo helps in a massive way helping me live my life like anyone else would, just with an extra bit of help. She does all sorts of tasks to fit my needs such as finding the exit, following the person I'm with as well as finding them or the car, reminding me to drink, she interrupts self harming behaviours as well as many more. Without Rolo I wouldn't be able to do half the things I do. She may just be a dog to others but she's much more to me and I'm very thankful to this little pooch of mine.''

@osha.the.rotticorso (IG)

''This is Osha. She is a Cane Corso cross Rottweiler and a multi purpose assistance dog. Osha assists me in university daily. I have autism, BPD, depression, suicidal ideation and anxiety. I often suffer with cardiac issues due to such intense anxiety symptoms but Osha prevents that. She will alert to any form of unwanted behaviour, such as leg bouncing or chest scratching. Osha performs a task called deep pressure therapy (DPT) which is used to provide weight on a body part to an individual with sensory sensitivity. She has also learnt to lead me to an exit to remove me from a social situation that's caused my heart rate to increase. She alerts to crying and self harming behaviours, preventing them by using her body to block behaviours that cause me harm. I'd be nowhere without her.''