More life-saving dogs to follow their nose with lottery boost

Medical Detection Dogs, a charity which trains dogs to save lives using their incredible sense of smell, will increase its pawprint around the UK thanks to a significant amount of support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Medical Alert Assistance Dogs are...

Malaria results from our research

Malaria is one of the world’s biggest killers, responsible for 584,000 deaths each year. Early results from our research show that dogs can accurately identify the odour of malaria opening up the potential to help fight the disease. Presenting the results of the...

Updates on our Training & Research Centre

2018 was a very important year for Medical Detection Dogs. We first opened our doors, in a small leaking building in Westcott, in June 2008 and we are delighted that in our 10th anniversary year we will open new, purpose built research and training facilities at our...

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