Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
This pupdate is a big one—my last one from my puppy-raising stage! The humans call this a bittersweet goodbye to my puppy-raising family and a big hello to my advanced trainer (Evelyn) and advanced sitter (Stephanie). I think what they mean by bittersweet is that...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
Shah continues to develop his love of work and is learning to be patient while other dogs are training! He has been working hard on position changes and engaging different parts of his body to accomplish this (not an easy feat for a big guy)! Shah has finally mastered...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
This month, Petra continued to work on and practice her retrieving and opening/closing doors. She also went on a couple of field trips that were targeted more toward facility work, and she did awesome! She has a very natural tendency to seek out the attention of...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
Morley continues to be the best guy! He loves learning and is always enthusiastic (sometimes too much so) when it is his turn to train. This month, we continue to work on ‘push’ and generalizing this with changes in handler position and different doors and...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
Sesame had a week-long vacation with a puppy-sitter this weekend. He had fun playing with the other dog there but did not go out much as it was very cold. After the puppy-sitter, he took his first airplane ride with me, and he accompanied me to Vancouver Island. He...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
Blazer is one! He watched me make and decorate his cake with all his favourite things – peanut butter, greek yogurt, applesauce and carrots and acted as quality control by sampling the ingredients. He couldn’t believe it when I finished and stashed it away in the...
