Pets as Therapy dogs have won praise for helping seriously ill people and putting smiles on faces.

Labradors, retrievers, spaniels and collies were among those celebrated at the Support Dogs event.

Ann is one of thousands of people to use an assistance dog to help with muscular dystrophy.

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Darren Sables, from Doncaster, is making the trip to the Netherlands for the charity Support Dogs.

Assistance Dogs NI, which organises training for dogs, held the ceremony in south Belfast

The puppies are taught how to be the perfect companion to people with sight loss.