Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that at PADS 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration on November 29th, BRITE graduated as a Service Dog. Congratulation to Brite and her client Stormy. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in helping Brite succeed. Her trainer...
Thursday, June 25, 2020 | Pupdates
We are excited to announce that BRITE and her new partner successfully completed their Team Training as a Service Dog Team! Brite is doing important work with her client, performing client specific service skills as a Mobility Service dog. The team is currently...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
April has been a great month for BRITE. Brite and her new partner continue to work on their Team Training this month and are living and working together full time. Brite is doing important work with her person, performing special skills as a Service dog. Due to the...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We have amazing news for Team BRITE – a match with a client has been formalized and Brite will be starting team training in April! While team training may look a little different than usual, we are looking forward to Brite being handed off to her new person. PADS has...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Pupdates
BRITE continues her adventures in advanced training and has gone back out to the coast so that she can go on meet-and-greets with potential clients. There has been some exciting prospects and we are hoping that we will be able to formally announce a match and a team...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
BRITE is working hard and having fun with her advanced sitter while we continue the search for a perfect client match for her. In the meantime, she is showing the new recruits the ropes and spreading smiles with her particular ‘joi de vie’ and enthusiasm for work....
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Pupdates
BRITE had a wonderful holiday season with the PADS Calgary staff, volunteers and other dogs-in-training. Brite enjoyed a little bit of rest and the right amount of work so that she will be ready for her future client. Brite continues to practice all her service skills...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Pupdates
Winter has officially come to Calgary and BRITE has been continuing to learn and grow. Her manners and skills are being worked on with various alternative handlers whenever possible so she will be ready for her future client and she is perfecting skills like assisting...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE is having fun with her old friends back in Calgary. She has been making new friends at the school where her sitter Stephanie teaches and has been impressing everyone with her rockstar service dog skills. Every day she gets better at difficult tasks like pulling...
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE’S prospective client match unfortunately had to withdraw their application due to health concerns, so Brite has returned to Calgary so she can continue to learn more skills in preparation for a potential match. Brite was overjoyed to see her old friends and is...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Pupdates
In an unexpected turn of events, BRITE’S initial client match has fallen through and she will not be going into Team Training this month. We are hard at work looking for a new match for this awesome girl and we are confident that we will find the perfect fit for her...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE has left Calgary for beautiful British Columbia! While she is out there, she will be going through some meet and greets in order to find her the perfect client match. She will be working with Training Program Manager Margaret, who Brite assisted with various...
Friday, July 5, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE continues to have adventures on her journey towards becoming a service dog, meeting lots of new people and visiting tons of new places. The big news this month is that Brite has successfully completed her pre-placement test and is now one step closer to being...
Friday, June 7, 2019 | Pupdates
We’re getting into the swing of summer with the recent good weather and have been taking advantage of the warm days by spending as much time as possible taking our obedience on the road and working in local parks. BRITE is loving that after holding her 5-minute sit or...
Monday, May 6, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE’S skills have grown so much in the last month! While trainers Margaret and Ashley were in town, they helped run her through the skills portion of the pre-placement test and she did great! We are going to start introducing more fun skills like taking off jackets...
Friday, April 5, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE has had a busy month working on generalizing the skills that she has worked on so far and is learning new skills almost every day. When she is not working hard picking up new things (literally and figuratively), she is having a great time playing tug with her...
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE has had a busy month working on generalizing the skills she has been working on so far and learning new skills almost every day. When she is not working hard on picking up new things (literally and figuratively), she is having a great time playing tug with her...
Friday, February 8, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE is a quick learner and is enjoying learning all the fun skills that go with being a service dog. She is a tugging rock star and loves playing whenever possible. She is having fun with her friends both at school and at Miranda’s house. She takes her runs at the...
Friday, January 4, 2019 | Pupdates
BRITE is a sweet and lovable lady who loves to work and play in equal measures. She has settled well into the advanced training routine and gets showered with many compliments for her lovely personality and fun-loving attitude. She is a natural retriever and has been...
Monday, October 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
Brite went on a holiday in October with Mom! She went to stay at a hotel in Kananaskis for a few days, and was exceptionally good, got loads of attention and made mom really really proud. Happily we did not see any bears! Brite also returned to school again as part of...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
May was fun fun fun! I love going to the river, and mom takes me once in a while as a treat! One day a whole bunch of us PADS puppies met at the river…soooo much fun. I was a bit of a rascal though and went off to play with some other puppies, so I have to earn...
Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
April was a great month!!! Mom has been spending even more time with me than usual and taking me for lots and lots of walks. She has even started feeding me my meals on our walks because she says she wants me to love her and pay attention to her more than to anything...
Thursday, March 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
In February I started going to school again to listen to some Grade 3 kids read to me. I have fun listening to and spending time with the first couple of kids….by the third, fourth and fifth I’m usually so relaxed I fall fast asleep. They even started...
Thursday, March 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
My raisers were away for a lot of March so I had some exciting adventures in some new places with some new people. They of course loved me lots and thought I was a very good girl! We finished another term of reading sessions at Copperfield School. All the kids that...
