A Day in the Life of the Moment to Paws Team
1 June 2026
Cayt is a 5-year-old Labrador who's been on the Moment to Paws team since 2024. Here she gives us a first-paw account of her trip to Huddersfield University.
11am
I've been in the back of the big metal box with wheels for about half an hour, so we must be going somewhere exciting. There's plenty of other big metal boxes with wheels to look at out of the window – some of them have dogs in too.
Ah, we've arrived. My human pops my lead on and we go inside.
I don't know anyone I've seen yet but they all seem nice and smile as soon as they see me. They always do.
Down a corridor towards a door. Hang on, what's that I can smell?
It's, it's... it's Tilly! And Bella! My teammates.
I know what that means; it's one of those days where I get stroked and fussed by lots of new humans – the best days ever!
Can't wait to get into that room. Here we go…
There they are! I touch noses with Tilly and Bella, and Opie's here too. There's not too many humans yet so that means I can have a good sniff around – so many new smells – and some nice music is playing in the background.
Then my human puts my neck bandana on; it makes me feel part of the team.
11.30am
The first group of people come in. Right, let's go see who we've got.
A stroke from this one… ruffle of my head from the next (liked that – will go back for more in a bit)… this one's not so sure but that's fine I'll try again later.
Ooh you smell interesting, I think I'll lie here for a tummy rub.
Enjoyed that, now back to the human that did the head ruffle...
11.42am
This is lovely. Apparently it's my job, but it doesn't feel like work.
Let's try the human that seemed a bit nervous. I'll just walk over and gently sniff her feet.
She's putting her hand on my back – that's what they normally do. I'll let her know I like it by nuzzling into her legs a bit.
That works (I knew it would), and now she's patting my head. Her whole body's relaxed and she's smiling – job done.
11.45am
Oh everyone's got up and started walking out the door, I was just getting into that.
No, wait, there's more coming in. Thank goodness.
Hmm, more interesting smells, I think a couple of these humans might have their own dogs.
Oh yes, they know what they're doing – good firm body rub and scratches under the chin. Love it.
Just noticed that Bella is lying down and waiting for the humans to sit next to her. I think she's quite old now so that's okay. I guess it's down to me to bring the energy then, so I'd better go work the room.
Someone calls me a 'social butterfly'. Not sure what they mean. I'm definitely a dog.
12.15pm
Three groups done. Time for a break. Out we go with our humans for a bit of fresh air.
It's tiring being stroked a lot. For the next bit I might try what Bella does.
12.45pm
Yep, it works. If I just lie here everyone comes to sit on the floor next to me and gently stroke my head. Life doesn't get better than this.
1pm
Onto the fifth group. Must have met about 35 humans today.
It's hard to pick a favourite:
- The ones that gave me tummy rubs?
- Or the ones that played with my ears?
- Maybe the head rufflers?
I guess it doesn't matter, they were all great.
1.30pm
The last group are leaving. I know it's the last one because my neck bandana's coming off and the cushions are being picked up (they're for the humans but Opie likes curling up on them too).
I get to have a last little play around with the other dogs while everything gets tidied away (they hoover up absolutely loads of hair – not sure where that comes from).
2.15pm
Back home now. I am completely exhausted, it's such hard work being cute and adorable.
I'm going to collapse on the rug in the lounge and sleep until dinner time (although I might try and sneak onto the sofa while my human isn't looking...).
