Becoming a registered therapy dog in the UK is a staged pathway, not a single test. A dog and handler typically move through a temperament screening, a period of obedience foundation work, supervised socialisation in real visiting environments, and finally a formal assessor's test before being registered with an organisation such as Pets as Therapy. This scene walks a dog along that pathway in real time, checking it against each stage's requirements as it goes.
In the UK, organisations like Pets as Therapy require dogs to be at least nine months old, pass a temperament assessment with an accredited assessor, and be revisited periodically to keep their registration current — certification is a maintained status, not a one-off badge.
A dog walks a 3D certification pathway — temperament screening, obedience foundation, public-access socialisation and a final assessor's test — with each gate lighting up green or red based on real-time skill scores.
Obedience, Sociability and Resilience are computed from training hours, natural temperament and the visiting environment, then checked against each stage's pass threshold — a failed gate sends the dog back for more preparation.
Adjust training hours, temperament, the visiting environment and handler experience, then watch the skills-checklist bar chart and the pathway gates update as the dog walks the route toward registration.
UK therapy dog registration is a maintained status: organisations like Pets as Therapy require dogs to be periodically revisited, not just certified once.