The eight-year-old Belgian Malinois has been unveiled as one of the finalists in The Kennel Club's Hero Dog 2025, ahead of the winner being crowned at next month's Crufts dog show. Her owner, retired police dog handler Mandy Chapman, said she was "very honoured and overwhelmed" that Baloo had been shortlisted.

She has been named as a finalist in the Extraordinary Life of a Working Dog category of the Kennel Club award.

Eight-year-old Gordon Setter Sharwood, from Eaton Brey in Bedfordshire, broke records after giving more than 40 donations to the Pet Blood Bank for critically ill or injured pets in need. He is among five finalists nominated for a Hero Dog Award from The Kennel Club,