{"id":991,"date":"2023-03-13T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/?p=991"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:23:28","slug":"brengle-is-top-dog-at-teesside-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/2023\/03\/13\/brengle-is-top-dog-at-teesside-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Brengle is \u2018top dog\u2019 at Teesside University"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very popular Golden Retriever has been awarded an \u2018Honorary Dogtorate\u2019 by Teesside University for his unwavering services to student mental health and wellbeing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brengle visits the University\u2019s Middlesbrough campus on a weekly basis alongside his owner Naomi Kelly, who is the\u00a0University\u2019s faith advisor and Salvation Army captain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Often, students are away from home for the first time, and could be dealing with things like exam pressures, money issues or the breakdown of a relationship. Students say that Brengle\u2019s calming presence provides reassurance in difficult situations, and his role has even included visiting students before exams to calm nerves, as well as supporting students through a bereavement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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More than just a pretty face, hard-working therapy dogs like Brengle provide lots of amazing benefits. Not only do they provide a sense of companionship, but studies have also found that dogs in particular can trigger our happy hormones and decrease feelings or anxiety and sadness.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s even said that pet therapy can boost confidence and improve self-esteem, which is often exactly what a busy student needs \u2013 I\u2019m sure we can all relate to that deadline dread!<\/span><\/p>\n

Brengle\u2019s proud owner, Captain Kelly, said: \u201cOver the time he\u2019s been at Teesside University, there\u2019s been so many students saying how their mental health has been boosted and how they\u2019ve felt the love from him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people who come to see Brengle might start off from a place of stress and by the time they leave, they\u2019re laughing and joking and talking about how relaxed they feel.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brengle\u2019s visits to Teesside University are part of a wider programme of support to improve student mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n

Sarah Bishop, Assistant Director (Culture, Community and International) of Student and Library Services at Teesside University, who presented Brengle with his award, said: \u201cBrengle does a fantastic job, encouraging people to engage with our support services and providing them with love and reassurance. We\u2019re delighted to create this special honour for him, he\u2019s a worthy recipient.\u201d<\/p>\n

A huge congratulations to Brengle on this paw-sitively special recognition! You can follow along with the tails of Brengle on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A very popular Golden Retriever has been awarded an \u2018Honorary Dogtorate\u2019 by Teesside University for his unwavering services to student mental health and wellbeing. Brengle visits the University\u2019s Middlesbrough campus on a weekly basis alongside his owner Naomi Kelly, who is the\u00a0University\u2019s faith advisor and Salvation Army captain. Often, students are away from home for … Continue reading “Brengle is \u2018top dog\u2019 at Teesside University”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25096,"featured_media":992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[62,6],"tags":[76,75,21,79,78,65,77],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/03\/Img294868-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}