The certificate
- Issued once, on a date.
- Expires on a date.
- Proves what was true then.
Expired
Coming soonUnited Kingdom
The British Association of Dog Users
A higher standard is coming.
Live competency verification, extreme standards and welfare first assessment a new benchmark for Britain’s professional dog teams.
LiveRecords, not certificates
SevenStandards, extreme by design
HalfOf the team is a dog
UKWhere the bar rises
No expired certificates. Only live proof.
A certificate proves what was true on the day it was signed. A BASDU record proves what is true today and every day after.
The BASDU record
- Always current.
- Never expires.
- Checkable by anyone, at any time.
Publicly verifiable · always current
Real standards. Real accountability. Real protection for our industry.
Raising the standard, seven ways.
Every standard is live, enforced and public. The bar is set deliberately high, and it stays there.
Live competency verification
A team’s standing reflects what it can do today not what a certificate says it could do three years ago.
- Assessed live, recorded in real time
- Updated the moment it changes
- Public record, always current
Standing · current
Extreme standards
No drift, no exceptions, no quiet lowering of the bar when nobody is watching.
Non-negotiableIndependent assessment
We don’t pass people. We validate true competence with no vested interest in the outcome.
No vested interestContinuous evaluation
Monitored continuously, not sampled once a year. Standing reflects today.
365 days a yearWelfare-first assessment
The dog’s welfare is assessed at every step, for every team. Never traded for the score.
Never tradedPublicly verifiable
Any record can be checked by anyone, at any time no gatekeeping, no favours, no ambiguity.
Open to anyone
Enforced integrity
Standards only mean something when breaches carry consequences. Ours do.
Consequences, alwaysSeven standards. One record. Zero excuses.
07 / 07 · EnforcedThe dog is half the team.
The dog’s condition is assessed at every step, for every team and it is never traded for the score. A team only passes when both halves pass.
A result that costs the dog is not a result.
Before performance
Condition checked before any work begins. Every team, every time.
Alongside performance
Monitored at every step of every assessment, by people empowered to stop it.
Regardless of performance
The score never outweighs the dog. Full stop.
A fit, healthy dog is a professional dog.
Bring us your best.We’ll prove ours.
We challenge every institute. BASDU handlers will be the benchmark for professional dog users: higher standards, tougher assessments, real-world proof.
That is the BASDU promise.
Raising the standard. Challenging the ordinary.
We’re building something new for the UK’s working dog community. Get in touch, and be there when the record goes live.
BASDU holding will be rare: earned, verified, respected.
We’re assembling the assessors, the standards and the record itself. If your team should be first in line, tell us why.
Our values
- 01IntegrityWe do what is right.
- 02AccountabilityWe take responsibility.
- 03ProfessionalismWe set the bar and lead.
- 04RespectFor dogs, handlers and the industry.
- 05ExcellenceIn everything we do.