Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Blair has been exploring her career options this month. This thoughtful girl has been working very hard on her obedience foundations and movement skills. She is also learning new skills like retrieving foundations and productive play. Her steady and level nature and...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Blair is settling in great into the routine of advanced training. We are figuring out that she loves to work for kibble, learn new things, and hang out close to her people, so we are exploring what career will best suit her lovely traits. Blair loves to cuddle and...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
We are excited to welcome Blair to our Advanced Training crew! Blair is a sweet and thoughtful gal, who also has a fun spunk side to her! Her raisers have done an amazing job with Blair, and they should be very proud of her as she is a true credit to their love and...
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, February 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
Happy New Year! My raiser’s proudest moment this month was when a piece of Ukrainian sausage fell off the counter (that’s a story unto itself!) and hit me on the head (!!!). It then hit the floor right in front of me… and you know what I did?! I looked down at...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates
‘Tis the season! In addition to my regular work days, I managed to fit in another trip to Heritage Park as well this month, and I enjoyed my second Christmas and all the smells and adventures that came with it. I did a great job celebrating the big day with my family...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
It continues to amaze me (and my raiser!) with how many new adventures I can continue to have, even though I’m into my second year with this family. November brought me to the optometrist to visit Santa (again… I did have a chance to meet the big guy last year as...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
October was full of great sniff-aris, some hikes, a Thanksgiving camping trip, theatre, online training with friends from the West Coast (PADS is everywhere!), and of course, Halloween! My raising family and I had an unusual outing to see something called the Northern...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
September meant back to work for me. I paws-itively love school. I love saying ‘hi’ to my student friends each workday, and they love seeing me. I figure this is a win-win situation. September did mean some longer days in the classroom – something about...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
Ahhhhh… Glorious summer! As much as I would have LOVED to follow my raising family out to BC, I instead had the opportunity to hang out with my best buddy and PADS volunteer, Lesley. Let me tell you, she is a pro on the golf course, and she taught me all that I know....
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
Pupdate followers! Big news! I got to spend a whole week with a sitter – who had another dog!!! At first, I was a bit sad that I wasn’t headed out to Invermere with my raiser, but when I realized I got to have a week-long pup playdate, I was thrilled!! And I did...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
Hello! I am Jonah (age 9), and I am one of the ‘little humans’ in Blair’s family. My Mom (the ‘raiser’) said I could write Blair’s pupdate this month. So here’s what happened in June for Blair: -Blair got to go to all the places again now that she is done with her...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
So, my second year of life started off with another ‘first’ – my first heat. Alas, this meant I was quite happy to cuddle up on my various beds and lay low for the majority of the month. I got a free pass from most of my regular outings, but the humans and I did...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
I started April off finishing up a visit with a sitter while my raiser and her family were off (without me?!). No matter – my lovely sitter had kids and a whole different work environment for me to explore and learn from, so I was a happy camper! Then I had a...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
March has been a month of snow and ice (the booties came back, and I’m pretty much a pro at those now!) and then a whole eruption of new and wonderful smells. I was born in April and in a warmer climate… so alas, smelling all the good things to smell as the snow and...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
February brought adventures of all sorts. I was able to join my family on a short trip to BC, where I went cross-country skiing for the first time. No one gave me skis, but I certainly got to stretch my legs and trot alongside! Now that I’m getting older, I can be...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
Welcome to 2024! As I was born in April 2023, this is the first time I’ve ever watched the humans welcome a New Year. My humans sure had a good time, playing ‘Minute to Win It’ challenges with their family. I supervised calmly from my bed – and the visitors were...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Calgary, Pupdates
Happy Paw-lidays! Wow! These humans sure know how to stay busy in December. I could write pages about all the new experiences and adventures I went on during this month. My work days at school became busier and more entertaining. The humans seemed to get more excited...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Calgary, Pupdates
November brought some confusion for me, I’m not going to lie. One day I’m out going for lovely long walks on brown grassy fields (great for sniff-ari walks!), and the next day I’m dashing back into the house awfully fast because it’s awfully cold (you really want me...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Calgary, Pupdates
Wow! October has been quite the month for me. I started off the month by showing off my love of all people as I made a move into a big, busy household with four children. Yes! Apparently, these humans do indeed come in all shapes and sizes! I did get to go on my first...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Calgary, Pupdates
Good morning! Young Blair has transitioned nicely to our apartment and our lives. She’s up and ready at 0530-0600 each morning and is ready for kenneling by 2000hrs. We try to keep her up until 2030, but she can fall asleep sitting up. She’s very...
