Nylabone has donated a selection of its durable chew toys to Medical Detection Dogs to support the charity’s work training dogs for life-changing assistance and medical detection roles.

The donation will benefit dogs at every stage of training from young puppies beginning their journey through to older dogs who are developing the specialist scent detection skills that enable them to support people living with complex medical conditions and assist pioneering medical research.

Medical Detection Dogs operates a strict no-kennel policy, with every dog living in a loving volunteer home while they progress through training. The charity places the highest importance on each dog's health and welfare, with carefully managed nutrition and thoughtfully chosen treats and chews playing an important role in their daily routine, enrichment and development.

Medical Detection Dogs trains Assistance Dogs to support people with complex medical conditions, while its Bio Detection Dogs use their extraordinary sense of smell to detect diseases including cancer, Parkinson's disease and bacterial infections.

Harry Scott, European Brand Manager at Nylabone, said: "At Nylabone, canine welfare is at the heart of everything we do, so we're delighted to support the remarkable work of Medical Detection Dogs.

"Positive chewing is an important part of every dog's wellbeing, helping to provide enrichment and satisfy natural chewing instincts, particularly during training.  

"We'd also like to thank our UK distributor, Rosewood, for helping facilitate this donation and ensuring our products reach the dogs that can benefit from them most. It's wonderful to know our products are playing a small part in supporting these incredible dogs as they prepare for the important roles they will go on to fulfil."

Commenting about the donation Charlotte Richardson, Corporate Partnerships Manager at Medical Detection Dogs said: " “We are incredibly grateful to Nylabone UK for their generous support. Their products play an important role in our dogs’ welfare, providing safe, durable enrichment that encourages positive chewing behaviours and helps keep our dogs relaxed and focused. Our dogs live in loving volunteer homes, so enrichment is part of their everyday lives; whether it’s Willow with her Broccoli, a puppy with their Keys, Meg unwinding with a Wishbone, or Yeti enjoying his Bacon Extreme Chew. These moments of calm are vital, particularly for dogs in training, helping them stay happy, healthy and ready to develop the life-changing skills they’re known for.”

Today, Medical Detection Dogs has 35 puppies in training, 95 accredited Assistance Dog partnerships supporting people across the UK, and 22 Bio Detection Dogs helping to advance pioneering medical research. Nylabone's donation will help ensure many more dogs have the enrichment they need as they develop the extraordinary skills that make this work possible.