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 Published: 06 Aug 2025 | Last Updated: 06 Aug 2025 10:16:30

The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·’s (¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·) Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital (BSAH), based in Camden, has received accreditation for Dogs Trust’s Dog Friendly Clinic Scheme. It is the only vet practice in the Camden Town, King’s Cross and St Pancras areas with this award, (run in partnership with the British Veterinary Behaviour Association), which helps ensure dogs and their owners experience the most comfortable and best possible veterinary care experience.

Treating more than 2,600 dogs each year, the BSAH team has seen first-hand how anxious dogs, and their owners, can be when visiting their vets. Ensuring all patients and their owners feel as at ease as possible, and have a trusted client-clinic bond, the team offers several support options, including dog-only waiting rooms and wards, “happy visits” to the practice, food rewards and enrichment activities for patients.

This accreditation builds on these efforts, helping practice staff gain access to additional skills and resources specifically aimed at recognising and addressing early signs of anxiety and improve dog welfare while at the Hospital. It also supports owners in preparing their pets ahead of visits to the vet.

Furthering the BSAH’s commitment to being a Dog Friendly clinic, and ensuring dogs have the best start in life, the clinic also now hosts behaviourist-led puppy classes. Delivered by clinical animal behaviouralist, Antonella Marsicano, these science-based classes help puppies develop vital socialisation and life skills while teaching owners to read canine body language and support puppies to become confident, well-adjusted family dogs.

By repeatedly visiting the BSAH for training, puppies will also develop positive associations with a veterinary environment, making essential future visits to the vet less stressful for the dogs and their owners.

Dr Katharine Nelson, Director of General Practice at the ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·, said:

“I am so proud that the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital has been recognised by the Dogs Trust as a Dog Friendly Clinic. Making sure that dogs and their owners have a stress-free experience whenever they visit is of paramount importance to our team.

“Helping dogs become well-adjusted, resilient members of the family is so important for dog welfare and family relationships, so we are delighted to work with accredited veterinary and non-veterinary behaviourists to provide high quality puppy classes and assistance with problem behaviours at our practice.”

Dr Rachel Casey, Director of Strategy and Transformation at Dogs Trust, said:

“Veterinary care is an essential part of dogs’ lives, but some find visits to the vets stressful. We are very pleased to collaborate with the BVBA to create the Dog Friendly Clinic scheme to help veterinary practices embed the principles of behavioural medicine into clinic life.

“Vet clinics are at the forefront of recognising and preventing the development of problem behaviours in dogs, and this scheme will help them develop the skills and knowledge to optimise the wellbeing of the dogs in their care.”

Chris Laurence, Chair of the British Veterinary Behaviour Association, said:

“Encouraging welfare-friendly treatment of dogs in veterinary practices is one of our primary objectives so every additional practice means many more dogs will benefit.

“We’re delighted that the ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital has joined our dog friendly community. By doing so, they are helping ensure every dog has as positive an experience as possible within their clinic.”

Notes to Editors

The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·’s Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital (BSAH) is a leading London veterinary practice and animal hospital based in London Borough of Camden. It is one of the oldest vet clinics in north London (established in 1932). 

As well as being renowned as the Camden vet practice, it is the preferred choice vet in Kings Cross, Islington, Highbury and the surrounding areas.

For more information about BSAH, visit: /small-animal-vet/general-practice

For more information about the behaviour-led puppy classes, visit:

/small-animal-vet/general-practice/practice-services/routine-pet-healthcare/behaviour

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About the ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·

• The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· (¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ·) is the UK's largest and longest established independent veterinary school and is a Member Institution of the University of London.
• It is one of the few veterinary schools in the world that hold accreditations from the RCVS in the UK (with associated recognition from the AVBC for Australasia, the VCI for Ireland and the SAVC for South Africa), the EAEVE in the EU, and AVMA (probationary) in the USA and Canada.
• The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· is ranked as the top veterinary school in the world in the QS World University Rankings by subject, 2025.
• The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in veterinary medicine, veterinary nursing and biological sciences.
• The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· is a research-led institution, with 88% of its research rated as internationally excellent or world class in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
• The ¹ú²ú¸ßÇåavÍøÖ· provides animal owners and the veterinary profession with access to expert veterinary care and advice through its teaching hospitals and first opinion practices in London and Hertfordshire.

About Dogs Trust  

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and cares for 14,000 dogs a year across its network of 21 rehoming centres in the UK and one in Dublin. Dogs Trust has a non-destruction policy and will never put a healthy dog to sleep. The charity also focuses its efforts on understanding dogs and sharing that knowledge with the wider public to prevent problem behaviours that can result in relinquishment or abandonment. We are working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.

Dogs Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (1167663), and in Scotland (SC053144), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (09365971).

About the British Veterinary Behaviour Association (BVBA)

BVBA is a charity and promotes education, based on science and good evidence, of the veterinary and animal behaviour professions.  We also promote the advancement of high welfare handling in practice.  We encourage both professions to work closely together to improve the welfare of all animals.

About the Animal Wellbeing Centre

The Animal Wellbeing Centre aspires to help owners build positive relationships with their dog by empowering them with up-to-date knowledge and best dog training tips required to prevent, manage and solve unwanted behaviours.

For more information about Antonella Marsicano and the Animal Wellbeing Centre, visit: