CANINE PARTNERS: Amazing Dogs Transforming Lives
Katerina Roberts
- Organisation:
- Canine Partners (www.caninepartners.org.uk)
- Region:
- East Midlands
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Volunteer Speaker for Canine Partners
- Fee:
- Free: £50 to support the charity
- Category:
- Charity
- Updated:
- 1st November 2026
- Tagged:
- Assistance Dogs | Disability | Puppy | Volunteering
Find out how specially trained assistance dogs supplied by national charity, Canine Partners, transform the lives of people with disabilities.
- A 7-week old pup is put into the care of a puppy training volunteer and at 12-14 months progresses to advanced training where he learns further skills tailored to the needs of the person with whom they will be eventually partnered.
- Learn how you or someone you know can become a puppy training volunteer, what's involved, how to deal with giving them up and get answers to all those questions you were dying to ask whenever you see an assistance dog in its working jacket.
- If puppy training isn't quite for you there are numerous volunteering opportunities within this amazing charity.
- We will always do our best to bring along one of our Ambassador Dogs but this very much depends on availability.
About Katerina Roberts
In 2013 I became a puppy training volunteer with Canine Partners, an assistance dog charity which partners specially trained dogs with people with disabilities. Over the years I socialised puppies from 7 weeks through to 12-14 months, exposing them to a wide range of situations and experiences to help them develop into happy, confident and obedient dogs. I love working with Canine Partners and hope to recruit more puppy training volunteers for these amazing dogs. My talk, which includes an illustrated Powerpoint presentation, will demonstrate what that entails, including the highs and lows of being a puppy training volunteer and will cover other volunteering opportunities within the charity.
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