Are you one of the 33% of UK households that owns a dog?

If you are, your life may look a little like this: you get up in the morning and go through your routine with your beloved dog to prepare them for the day and leave for work. Then your much-loved companion stays at home and waits for your return. Sometimes, there is someone else at home to stay with your pet, or perhaps a friend or pet-sitter keeps a watchful eye on them, but that is the life of most pets and their owners.

Three ways you and your pet can make a difference during Loneliness Awareness Week 2021, June 14-18^th

Pet owners know only too well about the joy that comes with living with companion animals. Our pets seem to be instinctively attuned to our emotions. Dogs, for example, aren’t only able to understand many of the words we use, but they’re also phenomenal at interpreting voice tone and body language. And like a human, a loyal dog will often look into our eyes to understand our emotional state in order to better read and understand our mood – sad, happy, angry, or stressed.

Veterinary Science Special Issue ISSN 2306-7381: Interdisciplinary Considerations in Animal Assisted Interventions

The deadline for abstracts is June 15, with a final manuscript deadline of September 15, 2021.

Professor Samantha Hurn from Exeter University blogs about an ongoing research project into companion animal bereavement in children, funded by the Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS).

This year’s National Volunteer’s Week takes place from the 1-7 June and this year aims to give recognition and thanks to volunteers across the country.

As part of this, we will showcase some of the amazing work that our members do; it could be through volunteering themselves or running a charitable organisation that relies on volunteers to make the magic happen.