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Making travel fur-iendly: YVR teams up with PADS to improve accessibility

Making travel fur-iendly: YVR teams up with PADS to improve accessibility

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | News, Partnerships

PADS’ partnership with YVR sees a new initiative take flight, giving service dogs exposure to the sights, sounds, and smells of an airport.

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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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PADS Fraser is a big dog making a big impact 🐶 PADS Fraser is a big dog making a big impact 🐶 With his chill personality and big heart, Fraser has changed his clients life. As a mobility service dog, he helps to open and close doors, push buttons, and transfer from bed to wheelchair, among other tasks. “Every day I am amazed by his talents,” says Fraser’s partner. “He’s a great companion.” Read more of Team Fraser’s story through the link in our bio 🔗 #LifeInTheBlueVest #ServiceDog
It's bark to school time 🍎 Wishing everyone a h It's bark to school time 🍎 Wishing everyone a happy return to school, and a special shoutout to our Accredited Facility Dogs who work in the educational system (all 36 of them!). #BackToSchool #DogsWithJobs
September is National Service Dog Month 🐕‍🦺 This month, we're going back to basics. We'll be dropping facts, sharing stories, and busting some common service dog myths. Is there something you've always wondered about service dogs? Heard something that you aren't sure is true? Let us have it! Drop your questions in the comments, and we'll do our best to answer them. #DogsWithJobs #PADSDogs
National beach day 🤝 PADS dogs #PADSDogs #Beac National beach day 🤝 PADS dogs #PADSDogs #BeachDay [Video description: a compilation of photos of PADS dogs at the beach]
Caring Kasota is spreading her kindness at the Dr Caring Kasota is spreading her kindness at the Dr Peter Centre 💙 Following in the paw prints of PADS Newton, PADS Kasota has been shining her own unique light as she brings joy to staff and clients alike. “She makes our little part of the world wonderful,” says her partner, Melissa. From snuggles at the centre to heading out into the community, Team Kasota’s impact touches many. Read more through the link in our bio 🔗 #LifeInTheBlueVest #DogsWithJobs [Photo 1 shows PADS Kasota, a yellow lab in a blue PADS vest, sitting in front of a tree and looking happily at the camera. Photo 2 shows Kasota from above, sitting by her partner and looking attentively up at the camera. Photo 3 shows a side profile of Kasota's face as she sits in the sun on top of a mountain. ]
It's National Dog Day. Here's to all of our loving It's National Dog Day. Here's to all of our loving, supportive, goofy, hard-working, playful, empowering, life-changing canine companions 🐶 #NationalDogDay #PADSDogs
Every day, we're inspired by the impact of dogs li Every day, we're inspired by the impact of dogs like PADS Thorin. But the demand for assistance dogs has never been higher, and we need your help. Donations are what allow us to continue raising and training these incredible dogs for the communities and clients who need them most. For the month of August every donation is being matched thanks to the generosity of George Prevost. By giving a gift this month, you're helping to change lives, one dog at a time. Double your impact today. Visit the link in our bio to learn more 🔗 #PADSDogs #Yukon Photo descriptions: Photo 1: PADS Thorin, a black lab wearing booties and a blue PADS vest, sits facing the camera in front of a Yukon EMS ambulance. Beside him is a painted sign that says 'welcome to the Yukon.' Photo 2: Thorin sits with a woman at a computer desk. Both face away from the camera, and the photo shows the Yukon EMS crest on Thorin's PADS vest.
It's National Waffle Day, so you know we had to gi It's National Waffle Day, so you know we had to give you an update on our boy, PADS Waffle 🧇 And we're happy to report that it's been smiles all around for Team Waffle since they were matched. "When he rests his chin on my lap it fills my heart with joy," Rebekah says of Waffle. She's found her independence, as well as the love and companionship that only Waffle can give. Read more through the link in our bio 🔗 #LifeInTheBlueVest #DogsWithJobs Photo description: Rebekah, a woman in a striped dress, sits in a power chair in front of a garden. PADS Waffle, a yellow Lab in a blue PADS vest, stands on his hind legs and rests his front legs on Rebekah's lap. Rebekah smiles at the camera.
Two more good boys have officially graduated to As Two more good boys have officially graduated to Assistance Dog Training School 🐶💙 Congratulations PADS Sokka and PADS Valentino! These pups have both joined the training crew in Calgary where they'll work to refine the skills they'll use as life-changing assistance dogs. #LifeInTheBlueVest #LifeOfAPADSDog Photo descriptions: Both images show a photo of a Lab in a blue PADS vest, looking at the camera. The dog's name is written in white text in a blue box on the lower left of the image. Photo 1: PADS Sokka, a yellow Lab Photo 2: PADS Valentino, a black Lab
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