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What award did Stanley receive?
Stanley placed third in the Top Office Dog category of people2people Recruitment’s 2024 OZ Top Dog awards. The result was reported by the Mandurah Times on 11 September 2024. The local report described him as the sole Western Australian winner in that category.
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Top Office Dog was distinct from Top Dog with a Job, a separate judged category for working dogs. The awards also included a People’s Choice public-vote award; that is not the category in which Stanley placed third.
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Why was Stanley nominated?
Jarrett nominated Stanley. At the time of the 2024 report, he was a two-year-old cavoodle belonging to DFG Legal owners Damian and Chris Gordon and was at the firm’s Mandurah office most days.
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Jarrett said Stanley greeted visitors and spent time with clients, including older people and those dealing with emotionally difficult matters such as family law cases. She described his presence as “therapeutic support.” That is her account of clients’ experience, not evidence that Stanley was a trained therapy or assistance dog, or that his presence produced measured clinical or legal outcomes.
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A 2024 finalist announcement distributed by 360PR said 20 finalists had been selected from almost 300 entries across the Top Office Dog and Top Dog with a Job categories. Stanley was among the Top Office Dog finalists before the awards ceremony.
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The announcement scheduled the ceremony for 12:30pm AEST on 30 August 2024 and set 9am that day as the People’s Choice voting cutoff. Those dates are part of the past event schedule, not current voting or ceremony information.
What happened in 2025?
Stanley was a Top Office Dog finalist again in 2025. A people2people Recruitment profile for that edition described the category’s criteria as a dog’s reach, impact, quirks and talents, within the awards’ workplace-wellbeing purpose. Those are 2025 criteria and should not be treated as a confirmed account of how the 2024 judges assessed entries.
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A 2025 local follow-up reported that Stanley placed third nationally for a second consecutive year. This later result is separate from his 2024 third-place finish.
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