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Applicant and Client Care Specialist | Accepting Applications

Applicant and Client Care Specialist | Accepting Applications

Friday, June 13, 2025 | Careers Active, News

We are seeking someone to fill the role of Community Development Event & Volunteer Coordinator, helping us fulfill our mission of providing assistance dogs to our waiting clients.

Applicant and Client Care Specialist | Accepting Applications

Apprentice Puppy Instructor | Accepting Applications

Friday, May 30, 2025 | Careers Active, News

We are seeking someone to fill the role of Apprentice Puppy Instructor, helping us fulfill our mission of providing assistance dogs to our waiting clients.

Available for Adoption: Hope II

Available for Adoption: Hope II

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Adoptable Dogs, News

Hope II is a sweet girl with a ton of personality, and she’s looking for her next adventure!

Paws and Effect: Radar’s Impact on Student Well-Being

Paws and Effect: Radar’s Impact on Student Well-Being

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | AFD, Lower Mainland, Media, News

Radar II is an accredited facility dog at St Michaels University School, where he works in the counselling department.

Puppies-in-training get glimpse of guiding future at Okanagan grad

Puppies-in-training get glimpse of guiding future at Okanagan grad

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | Media, News, Okanagan

The Keremeos Review reports on PADS Okanagan Graduation Celebration at Predator Ridge.

Bridge City News: New service dog Link to assist at Chinook Sexual Assault Centre

Bridge City News: New service dog Link to assist at Chinook Sexual Assault Centre

Friday, May 16, 2025 | AFD, Media, News

Bridge City News reports on PADS Link II, the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre’s new Accredited Facility Dog (AFD).

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ABOUT PADS

PADS dogs are raised and trained on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis (Ktunaxa), Ĩyãħé Nakón mąkóce (Stoney), Niitsítpiis-stahkoii ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), Tsuut’ina & Michif Piyii (Métis) Nations, and the Syilx Okanagan People.

We acknowledge the importance of these lands and their history. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to improving our own understanding of local Indigenous peoples and their cultures.

We breed, raise and train fully certified assistance dogs. Our service (mobility & PTSD) and hearing dogs provide life-changing independence to those with disabilities. Our accredited facility dogs work with community professionals, such as teachers, RCMP and psychologists to help support healthy communities.

PADS is a fully accredited member of Assistance Dogs International.

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Jun 16

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Happy Fathers Day from our proud PADS dad, Puzzle, and his mini-me, Pip ❤️ 📸 by Bill Ng #FathersDay #PADSDogs Image description: A photo of PADS Puzzle and his daughter, PADS Pip, who are both black labs. Pip is much younger than Puzzle. Both dogs lay on the ground with their paws in front of them, looking at the camera with their tongues out.

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Jun 15

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New puppy alert 🚨🚨 We're pleased to introduce you to PADS Elli and PADS Dot II, two of our newest and tiniest service-dogs-in-training from our friends at @bcandalbertaguidedogs. These future heroes donned their yellow vests, met their raisers, and are on their way to becoming life-changing assistance dogs. A big thank you to @predatorridge and the Starlight Bingo Players for sponsoring these puppies ✨ #PADSDogs #DogsWithJobs Image descriptions: both images show a photo of a young lab puppy wearing a yellow PADS vest. A blue box with the puppies name is on the bottom left of each image. Image 1: PADS Elli, a yellow lab Image 2: PADS Dot II, a black lab

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Jun 12

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PADS Dogs 🤝 Rascal Flavours Let us know your favourite flavour - With 2% of sales going to PADS, we love them all 🐶 And remember to drink responsibly ✨ #DogsWithJobs Video description: four Rascal cans come into focus with the words ‘PADS dogs as Rascal flavours’ over top of the video. The video then transitions to a series of four shots. Each shot begins as a shot of a rascal can and then pans up to a shot of a PADS dog. The four dogs featured are: PADS Tope as the sweet Strawberry Lemonade Rascal; PADS Piper IV as the sophisticated Peach Blackberry Rascal; PADS Thunder as the classic Black Cherry Rascal; and PADS Baldwin as the vacation-ready Mango Lime Rascal.

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Jun 12

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📣 Calling all Calgary golfers 📣 The Calgary RCMP Veterans Golf Tournament is back for it's 29th year, and we're grateful to once again be their charity of choice! Join us on Thursday, September 11 for a day of fun and casual golf in support of RCMP Veterans and life-changing assistance dogs 🐶 Registration is now open, so gather your team and head to the link in our bio to secure your spot #PADSDogs #Calgary Image description: a photo of a yellow lab lying on the green of a golf course. He wears a PADS vest, and has his front paws on either side of the hole. In front of him is a blue and yellow golf ball.

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Team Camilo is making a splash on Vancouver Island 🌊 PADS Camilo has been spreading his ‘Milo’ magic as part of the Victim Services team in Port Alberni, Tofino, and Ucluelet. His partner reports that he steals the show at community presentations, and his ability to attune his demeanour based on each situation he faces is astounding. His supportive nature has impacted so many, and we’re incredibly proud. Read more about our caring Camilo’s life-changing work through the link in our bio 🔗 #LifeInTheBlueVest #DogsWithJobs Image descriptions: Image 1: PADS Camilo, a black lab wearing a blue PADS vest, sits with his handler in front of a garden. His handle has blond hair and wears a navy blue top, a lanyard, and a smile. Camilo looks seriously at the camera. Image 2: Camilo sits on the front steps of a government building, and looks at the camera.

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Jun 8

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A few photos of some of our BFFs (best furry friends) 🐶 Today is National Best Friends Day. We know best friends come in all shapes and sizes, so here's to the friends, both human and canine, who walk beside us and make our journeys a little bit brighter ✨ Tag your bestie and tell them you love them ❤️ #BestFriends #ServiceDogs Image descriptions: ten photos of various PADS dogs Image 1: Three golden labs, PADS Aang, PADS Tobias, and PADS Zuko, stand in a line holding a large stick in their mouths. Image 2: Two yellow labs, PADS Fawn and PADS muffin, lie on the lawn in the sun. They each wear a yellow PADS vest. Image 3: Two labs, PADS Sawyer and PADs Fawn, sit in front of an ocean vista. Sawyer is a black lab, wearing a blue PADS vest. Fawn is a yellow lab, wearing a yellow PADS vest. Image 4: A close up of two yellow labs sitting on a painted purple rock. Image 5: A photo taken from above of three labs - PADS Nova III and PADS Fiddle who are both yellow labs, and PADS Toad is a black lab. Image 6: PADS Wrigley, a black lab, sits on a purple stand. PADS Taj and PADS Casper, both yellow labs wearing yellow PADS vests, perch on either side of him. Image 7: PADS Bruno and PADS Gherkin, both black labs, lay together on a concrete floor. Image 8: PADS Tio and PADS Taj, both yellow labs, sleep together. Tio's paw rests on Taj's head. Image 9: PADS Golly and PADS Tope, both yellow labs, sit on the sidewalk and look up at the camera. Image 10: PADS Zuko and PADS Aang, both yellow labs, nap together in the back seat of a car. Zuko rests his head on Aang.

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What a shred-tacular turn out! In spite of the rain, our Burnaby Shred event last weekend was a total success. Together we shredded a whopping 4,390 kilograms of paper and raised an incredible $7,000! ♻️📄 A big thank you to everyone who turned out on the day - our volunteers, supporters, and our wonderful sponsors @uirecycling and @winniepakrealtor 💙 #PADSShred #DogsWithJobs Image description: A photo of three labs wearing PADS vests, sitting in a row on a rainy sidewalk. The dogs look up at the camera. Below the photo is a blue box with the words "Shred Success thank you to everyone who attended Shred 2025!" in white text, and a white line drawing of a Urban Impact truck.

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We're hiring! PADS is currently seeking an enthusiastic Apprentice Puppy Instructor to join our team. If you're a dedicated individual with a commitment to canine welfare and a passion for helping others, this role is for you. Check out the careers page of our website for more details. Link in bio 🔗 #BeYouWithUs #DogTrainers Image description: A young yellow lab sits on a muddy beach and looks attentively up at his handler, who is standing beside him. Only the handler's legs are in the frame.

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She doesn’t know it yet, but this puppy could grow up to change the life of a person living with PTSD 🐶   June is PTSD Awareness month. Since 2018, we’ve been raising and training dogs to support first responders and veterans through our PTSD program. These dogs are trained to pick up on early signals of stress and anxiety, and interrupt these symptoms before they escalate. Our clients often report how much their world opens up once they have a PADS partner by their side.   We’re proud to help remove barriers for people living with PTSD, and to continue to break down the stigma around mental health.   If you’d like to learn more and help support the PTSD program, head to the link in our bio.   #PTSDAwareness #DogsWithJobs   Video description: a slowed-down video of an eight-week-old yellow lab puppy wearing a yellow PADS vest sitting outside on some steps and looking around at the world. The words ‘she doesn’t know it yet, but she could grow up to change the life of a person living with PTSD’ appear over top of the video.
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