Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
My dear friends, My jet setting lifestyle continued last month as I accompanied Jen to San Francisco for a meeting. Airplanes are no big deal to me; I just don’t like take-off and landing very much. Good thing I get stuffed kongs to keep me busy! My first train ride...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month was another busy month with errands and hockey arenas, which included some road trips. I handled it all with my usual calm, cool demeanour. I had lots of walks and an off-leash adventure with some of my released PADS dog friends. We continue to work on my...
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...