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...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE has spent this month working with Margaret on various service skills and particularly enjoys tug! She is progressing well and is starting to get the hang of some of the basic skills like ‘button’ and ‘tug’ to open the fridge or other doors. When she is not...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE spent this month on vacation with her sitter. They spent some time in the Interior and enjoyed some R&R while they visited with friends and family. Cadence continues to be a sweetheart, loving and always ready for a good snuggle. At the end of October, she...
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE continues to work on sharpening her obedience and public access manners. She has changed career paths and is working on some service skills with a specific client in mind. Cadence has started retrieve intro work and is learning to wear a bracing harness and...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, CADENCE’S handler Emma was otherwise engaged as a trainer with the SuperDogs at the PNE. While Emma was busy, Cadence got to spend time with her raiser and various sitters. She enjoyed the company of various dogs still in puppy raising and provided a good...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE assisted with Walk & Talks this month with PADS Assessment Coordinator Emma. She acted as a distraction dog for some of the pups and was a great role model, keeping her composure even when the puppies got very excited to see her. Cadence continues to work...
Friday, July 5, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
CADENCE attended a farmer’s market this month where she met lots of new people and she also met a goat! Cadence is making friends wherever she goes. She is sweet and affiliative, ready to snuggle with anyone who needs her. She is a love bug around the house and can...
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Cadence was being raised and trained to be an assistance dog for someone with a physical disability or who is deaf or hard-of-hearing but in October of 2016, she was chosen for the Assistance Dogs...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This has been a wonderful month! I have learned to love the beach! Did you know there are smelly, rotten crabs you can roll in? And areas where I can just run and run and run. I have even learned to get more comfortable in the water, as long as I have a furry...
Thursday, September 1, 2016 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This has been an exciting month as I have been going through several tests to determine my future career! We are going to know my future in just a few days…will I become I momma dog? I have been getting ready for the PADS grad ceremony on Oct 2. I get to be in...
Thursday, September 1, 2016 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, I am now officially an Island girl! I moved to Vancouver Island in July with my new raisers, Liz and Alan. They started to co-raise me in February, because I was so attached to raiser Tara that I got very anxious when she was out of sight. Liz is a teacher, and...
Friday, January 22, 2016 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I’ve had a busy month in my new house. It’s been a little weird without my big sis Maisie, but Chai has decided I might be ok after all, she even lets me snuggle with her sometimes. I also got to spend time with a very special puppy-sitter. Some of you...
