Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
February has flown by! Captain accomplished much this month. He has the “post” cue down and is working on being persistent in his interrupters. Captain has improved his core strength and balance with his calming My Lap behaviour. Captain is working on his...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy Holidays! Captain started December with some work on his PTSD interrupter skills and learning “post.” Then he shifted in to holiday mode, getting to spend lots of time with his wonderful sitters. Captain enjoyed his downtime filled with extra...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain has been working hard on his PTSD Service Dog skills. He’s learning to be pushy and persistent with his interrupters! Captain has been taking his skills on the road to practice in a variety of locations to generalize his understanding. Captain still...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In October, Captain focused on enhancing his skills as a PTSD service dog. He took these skills on the road and enjoyed various field trips. During these outings, Captain worked on improving his duration behaviors, which involved maintaining specific positions for...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain worked hard this month! He has been buckling down and practicing his skills on a variety of field trips. Captain seems to particularly love training “out and about”. Captain has been focusing on his duration behaviours and remaining calm in exciting...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
August was a fun month for Captain! He enjoyed some extra time with his dedicated sitters while his trainer was away. Captain excelled at a unique workplace, joined his sitter family for a big day at the PNE, and made great progress in his training. Skills being...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
July brought some big, exciting changes for Captain! He has joined Advanced Trainer Emma’s string of dogs, who are working and living in Chilliwack. Captain got to spend some time with his littermate Loki II, and the two of them hit it off immediately! Captain...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain spent some time this month with his favourite sitters and enjoyed some time at home with PADS Bell. He also went on a journey to Oroville, WA, where he spent time in the lake and learned that swimming is fun. We have come home from a quick getaway and have now...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain has been hosting PADS Belle this month; they have had lots of playtime and training time together. Captain is patiently waiting for a spot with an Advanced Trainer so he can continue with his Advanced Training. He has spent time with sitters this month, with...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain is still waiting to be placed with an advanced trainer; hopefully, this will happen soon. He continues to reinforce his skills and socialization daily, which includes outings to the park, walks with other PADS dogs, and trips to the mall, pet store, and...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We received our lovely Captain back after a few months of advanced training on Vancouver Island. Captain will be on the priority list for a new advanced trainer here on the mainland. We are so happy we were able to have him back in anticipation of moving on with his...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Captain has been continuing his basic obedience training, exploring and getting used to new environments such as elementary schools and hospitals. Soon, he will be heading back to the Lower Mainland to work with a new Advanced Trainer, and we’ll be...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain has joined us in Advanced Training on Vancouver Island and is getting to know his new roomies and surroundings. He is settling in with many long leash walks and opportunities to sleep and play with the other dogs. His training is still very much in the early...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Working on: all basic cues, off leash in low distraction area recalls up to 100 feet, stand, sit, down durations, let’s go heel and side, meet & greet, check-in. Field trips: pharmacy, meetings of 15 + people, Dr. office, car dealership, grocery stores,...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Captain has started his new career in Advanced Training! He has recently finished his time in the breeding program and is now ready to create a new career. Captain is a very handsome, smart boy and makes a superhero of a PADS dog! While at the Advanced...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, we did it!! Captain is off to Advanced Training on Nov. 6th. He has been a wonderful, first PADS dog for us. He is easy to train, he is extremely loveable and he’s going to be a great dog for someone wherever he may end up. We’re truly going to miss him. Also,...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
WOW!! This boy is going to be 2 years old on October 22/23!! Unbelievable!! Captain went to a car show in Campbell River; he travelled nicely on the Ferry and did alright at the car show where there were lots of dog distractions. Captain got to meet a 3-day newborn...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain had a play date with his dad this month and hosted PADS Flicker. Flicker was a great companion for Captain, as well as a great training tool. Captain got to do some off-leash romping with his sister on the north shore while with sitters. Submitted by: Joanne...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain was supposed to be turned in to advanced training on May 5/23 but has been chosen to be a temporary breeding dog for 6 to 8 months, so we proudly get to keep him for this duration. This month he has a little buddy named Flicker joining him at our home. Captain...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The month of May already! Wow! Well, Captain took a road trip to Williams Lake, and he had fun walking on the shore of Rose Lake, and occasionally snuck in a roll on a dead fish carcass – yuk! Captain got to reside in the same house as a small shitzu dog, and...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain has been enjoying basking in the sporadic sunshine we’ve been having. He spent 4 days at a new sitter in Abbotsford. He got to experience a short time in a classroom and shared their home with their AFD dog Zipp. They went for walks and got to play together, a...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Captain had a relaxing month. Not much was happening! The horrible weather is so restricting—lots of mall and indoor visits. The photos I chose this month are Captain Mimicking Goldilocks (LOL) and one from when he was just a little pup at 8 weeks old! Submitted...
Thursday, March 2, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Captain went to a different raiser for 2 weeks as part of a puppy swap, then went for a 3-day venture with his favourite sitter. I made a dog bed for a puppy we were supposed to get, and here’s a picture of Captain seeing if he could fit on it. Submitted...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We had lots of rain this month, which made us do lots of inside training. Captain got a new bed, which he absolutely loves. We did lots of little adventures to malls and Ikea this month. January was a slow month, so there were not a lot of really exciting things to...
