PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion
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 in 2001. So far all of the recipients have been dogs except for Dotty, a donkey.
Recipients
| Date of award | Recipient | Notes | Date of incident | Ref |
| 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. | |||
| Wicker | A pet German Shepherd-cross who aided his owner's son when he had an epileptic fit and fetched help. | |||
| Orlando | A Miniature Schnauzer who attracted attention to his elderly owner when she slipped and fell in her garden late one evening. | |||
| Dotty | A donkey that came to her stablemate's aid, a sheep, when it was attacked by a Pit Bull. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Brin | A Stray Dog from Helmand Province Afghanistan who accompanied British troops on patrol for IED devices. | |||
| Piper | A Labrador Retriever guide dog that defended his blind owner when she was attacked, before walking her home while injured. | |||
| Peggy | A Border Collie cross who barked to wake up her owner to alert her to a house fire. | March 2011 |