PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion
Date of award Recipient Notes Date of incident
April 2009 Toby A black Labrador Retriever from Lancashire who was stabbed four times in the chest and legs by an armed burglar , but still successfully chased him from the property June 2007
May 2009 Wicker A pet German Shepherd -cross who aided his owner 's son when he had an epileptic fit and fetched help February 2006
November 2010 Orlando A Miniature Schnauzer who attracted attention to his elderly owner when she slipped and fell in her garden late one evening October 2007
April 2011 Dotty A donkey that came to her stablemate 's aid , a sheep , when it was attacked by a Pit Bull April 2009
April 2011* Smoky A Yorkshire Terrier army mascot from World War II that was the first therapy dog on record , and pulled communication cables through a seventy foot long drainage culvert under a recently captured airstrip January 1945
June 2011 Brin A Stray Dog from Helmand Province Afghanistan who accompanied British troops on patrol for IED devices May 2010
May 2011 Piper A Labrador Retriever guide dog that defended his blind owner when she was attacked , before walking her home while injured June 2010
December 2011 Peggy A Border Collie cross who barked to wake up her owner to alert her to a house fire March 2011
Recipients
* Awarded posthumously
The PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion is an animal bravery award that acknowledges the extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty of animals. It was created by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 2001. So far all of the recipients have been dogs except for Dotty, a donkey.