Friday, January 8, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that CADENCE has been placed with a client and started (and finished!) Team Training in early December. Way to go, Cadence! Cadence and her client are currently working through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete,...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to enjoy training and is working hard to make sure all her skills are top notch for her future service career! Cadence has been enjoying play just as much as she enjoys work; her favourite after-work outing is a long walk/run with her canine friends!...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to work towards pre-placement testing and continues to work on her public access skills. This month, Cadence accompanied some PADS staff members on a field trip to YVR airport to view some potential puppy class locations. She did very well in the...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE has had a productive month. She had the opportunity to spend time with Margaret to check on the progress of all her skills and is showing lovely improvements with each review. Candence continues to work on her retrieve skills and is also working on making sure...
Friday, September 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE enjoyed some R&R this month when she accompanied her advanced sitter on a relaxing holiday! Cadence enjoyed the down time, taking lots of naps in the sun and enjoying swimming. Of course, Cadence still did some work, practicing her skills in all the new...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to make lots of progress in her training, particularly enjoying learning to retrieve all kinds of things from various ‘hiding’ places around her training space. Cadence continues to enjoy working in the bracing harness and is even practicing a...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to make progress as she works on learning and perfecting all skills needed for a potential career as a Bracing Service Dog. Right now, Cadence is working on a behaviour where she provides forward momentum to help a client stand from a seated position...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to work hard on her service skills and continues to practice doing both easy and more difficult skills while wearing a bracing harness. Her retrieve continues to get stronger after every training session and she is learning some cool tricks, like...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE got a fancy new harness to play with this month and she is practicing moving around various spaces and doing all the skills she has learned so far with the added gear on her body. Cadence is working on strengthening her retrieve by practicing retrieving...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to work hard on her service skills, particularly focusing on refining her retrieve sequence. She is working on separating the ‘look’ cue from the rest of the retrieve sequence to tidy up the process of picking things up off the ground. She is also...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE has been doing some concentrated training on new skills this month. She loves working on new things and the training department is looking forward to seeing more of her work ethic from her up and coming puppies! Some of her skills are a little rough around the...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE has started working on retrieve this month and is enjoying learning this new skill so far. She loved the snow we received in mid-January and took advantage of the extra days off at home during PADS campus closure to get extra naps and cuddles. Cadence will...
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE enjoyed the holiday season, especially loving all the friends that she got to visit and all the new friends she got to make! Cadence spent time this month working with Margaret on various service skills and has been working on retrieving basic objects and is...
