Animal Rehabilitation Centre

17/04/2026

Here is our superstar Ruby drawn by her amazing owner John at her recent visit.
Ruby’s story is remarkable and we are so proud to be able to help along the way.

05/04/2026

Check out this fabulous drawing by the very talented John of Ruby’s hydro session!
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31/12/2025

…..and that’s a wrap!

We are finishing 2025 with this lovely picture of Alan and Zyng and their spoils from the International Horse Show (Olympia).
This was Zyng’s planned retirement and oh my, did she finish on a high!
Congratulations to both of you. We are really proud to have had the opportunity to help along the way with a truly a-may-Zyng agility career 🤩

We wish all of our fantastic patients and clients a happy, healthy and successful 2026 and look forward to seeing and hearing about all of your achievements and accomplishments, big or small. Every journey starts with a single step, and if you and your much loved furry friend are struggling with that step, we are here to help.

11/10/2025

Today our lovely Postie advised us we had a Suspicious Package.
When placed carefully on the reception desk, it made many strange noises 🤔After careful prodding and shaking and pondering, the secret was revealed…….
Thank you Willow and family- we are touched by your lovely card and you are certainly spreading joy with your gift!

25/07/2025

Huge congratulations to Flair, Zyng and (of course) handler Alan for their outstanding performances at EO in Portugal.
We were really delighted to welcome them back and admire their rosettes and trophies this week!

22/06/2025

It’s our absolute privilege for us as part of the Donaldson’s Vets team to look after these amazing dogs. We are proud to do a bit to help these dedicated community heroes look after everyone who needs their help.

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🐕💙 HUGE THANK YOU to Donaldson's Vets in Sowerby Bridge!

Our Search Dog Teams recently had the pleasure of visiting the fantastic facilities at Donaldson's Vets in Sowerby Bridge. Donaldson's has graciously offered to sponsor the veterinary care for all our CVSRT Search Dogs!

The team and our four-legged heroes were given the full VIP treatment - a comprehensive tour, warm welcomes from all the wonderful staff, and of course, plenty of fuss and treats for our hardworking pups! ❤️

Our Search Dog handlers are dedicated volunteers, who commit countless hours to training these incredible dogs, who help us find missing people. Having the support of Donaldson's Vets means we can keep our search dogs in peak condition, ready to assist with searches across the Calder Valley region and throughout the UK.

The generosity and community spirit shown by the entire Donaldson's team truly makes a difference to our life-saving work. Thank you for helping us help others! 🙏

04/06/2025

If you missed out at our treadmillathon, here’s another opportunity for an amazing pet pawtrait with the fabulous Crissy from Huddersfield Photogwoofy!

23/05/2025

Treadmillathon Update

Lowri and Rhona with the SMART and ARC teams would like to offer heartfelt thanks to all of our amazing patients, clients, friends, families and donors for your incredible support of our recent treadmillathon. As a result of your incredible enthusiasm and generosity, we have succeeded in raising well over our original target- in fact, the current total stands at £4414.14!

When we started our campaign to raise money to support the canine anti-poaching unit at Conservation Lower Zambezi back in January, we thought we’d chosen an ambitious target and very worthwhile goal in making valuable fitness training accessible and safe for the dogs. What nobody knew or could predict would be that subsequent political events in the USA would dramatically affect the CLZ. We are devastated to have to share with you that over $1million in pre-approved and budgeted funding has been withdrawn as a result of the Trump administration’s policy of withholding foreign aid, leaving the CLZ with a huge funding gap and causing an appalling impact on their conservation work. The continued running of the dog unit is at threat, with the likely loss of the staff involved.

Trying to install and introduce the dogs now to the new treadmill under these difficult circumstances is not ideal. With very heavy hearts, we have had to consider the most immediate and pragmatic way in which we can help. We hope you will agree that the best course of action right now is to set aside sufficient funds from our luckily larger-than-expected pot to purchase and install the treadmill in a few months’ time, whilst diverting the surplus straight away to support the day-to-day running costs of the dog unit. This money can make sure the dogs receive good nutrition and veterinary care and remain in the best possible state of health for at least 12 months. In this way, together we can directly support the continued existence of the canine unit at this critical time.

We will keep you posted with funding updates and news from CLZ and we very much appreciate your shared determination to make a difference in this cause which is so important to us all.

Lowri Davies BVSc DipACVSMR MRCVS
Rhona Warnock BVMS(Hons) MRCVS

19/05/2025

The ARC team would like to shout out Zest Wildman for an incredible performance at WAO where Zest retired in true style after an incredible career. Nicola and Zest are an amazing partnership and we are truly proud to have been able to help a little along the way.

We are looking forward to welcoming them home (and maybe a biscuit or two for Zest may be forthcoming!)

In the meanwhile, here are some excerpts from their exploits 🤩

Nicola’s round up:

The World Agility Open is over for another year. Me and the collies are on their way back to the UK with a medal!! 🥉

The competition as always was well run and the courses were fast and challenging and this year we think better than ever!! The surface was prepared so well this year and was fantastic to run on both indoors and out. A massive well done to everyone from the The FitPaws World Agility Open Championships for running a simply brilliant event.

Zest was simply brilliant in pentathlon, getting through to the last straight on round 4 before on slight flick of the handlers arm led to the wrong choice between two very close tunnels!
Zest was selected to run three team runs and wow did she deliver the goods! One clear, one wing and a solid clear to finish her career on the craziest of highs! For the last couple of years she’s always been an amazing team dog, Liz and Toni and myself held our heads under the pressure of knowing the medal wasour to lose.
And in case you missed it there were a LOT of tears for Zesty, it’s a bittersweet feeling knowing her career ended in a way we are convinced Zest would have picked for herself. But also knowing we won’t step to the startline in the same way ever again. Big thanks to Anthony Clarke for trusting us with those team runs, we gave it everything, and for managing the team again this year. A huge thanks has to go to Rhona from Donaldsons Vets and ARC. Without her advice, help and very sharp eye I would have retired Zest at Crufts 2 years ago. Rhona and Zest seemed to have colluded in some way to ensure she could play agility for as long as possible 🤣🤣 since then she has achieved a Championship win, GB tryouts overall win, double clear at Crufts, as well as the super win on for this event 😍 and now a team medal at WAO to top it off.

07/05/2025

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02/05/2025

…and that’s a wrap!

We are very proud indeed to tell you that thanks to your amazing support, our treadmillathon has raised a total of £4384.14 💜💛🩵🖤

Thank you everyone!

Until next time, we will leave you with this video….

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