Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Update: We’re so very proud to announce our newest Hearing Dog Team, Ulrich and PADS Charm! ✨ The pair were matched in late 2023, and Ulrich sent us this update on his long wait for a dog, and what a different Charm has made to him and his whole family:...
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The Charismatic Charm has got a job as a Hearing Dog! She’s made her match, and we couldn’t be more proud of her and her village: Breeder Caretakers: The Clark Family Puppy-Raiser: Rachel Brodland Advanced Sitters: Heidi Weihs and Kerry Shepherd 1st Year...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm is excited to say that she officially has a match and will be going into Team Training in December! This past month, she has spent some time on and off campus and even got to go on an adventure to do a meet and greet and see how she liked being on a plane. She...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Very exciting news from Charm! She has officially passed her pre-placement training! This month, she continues to keep up her skills, stay ready to go with various field trips and keep up on her sound work skills. Charm has a match in the works and is excited to meet...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In September, Charm spent some more time going home in the evenings to train with Ashley and work on sounds spaced out and as an alarm in the morning. She did wonderfully! She’s also improved at maintaining her loose leash positioning with less and less handler...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm has been working hard at practising her public access skills this month. Sometimes, she still wants to walk a little ahead, so she’s really been focusing on tightening up her loose leash skills and practising walking well with different handlers. She’s still...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm continues to polish and refine her hearing skills. She has a good strong alert and is doing an excellent job of settling quickly and patiently in between sounds! She’s been practising all her public access skills in various environments on field trips to places...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm has had a busy month working away on her hearing skills and getting out and about on various field trips. While there was a period of less dogs in the kennel, she got to spend her time on longer field trips and practice more real-life experiences and...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm has been working on her sound alerts and spacing them out, as well as trying some of them outside or in a public space. She is always very enthusiastic to alert! Charm is also working on slowing down her energy and bringing more calm focus when out and about in...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm continues to enjoy her sound work and has been working on spacing out when they happen and trying different scenarios. She is doing an excellent job of resting in between sounds and then leaping up with enthusiasm when one goes off! Charm sometimes still has...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month Charm has taken some leaps and bounds in her sound work. She has learned 6 sounds in total now. She has been able to start alerting in variable scenarios with the sounds spaced out further and further apart. Charm still sometimes has a bit too much...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Charm has been hard at work and is loving sound work. She has a solid nose bump and has learned several sounds now. She is showing her ability to be flexible in thinking and problem solve when doing the work. An area she is working on right now is her enthusiasm when...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Charm came into advanced training to work with Ashley this month. She has been settling well with her kennel mate, Cheshire, and enjoys play breaks with her. Charm has been working on settling on a station while other dogs work and is already getting good at relaxing...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Charm is such an exuberant dog. She loves all people, all dogs and all new places! She is very alert to sounds but has not barked at all. Charm has had a fun month with lots of walks in the PSP with her friend PADS Swift and a visit with PADS Espresso. She especially...
Monday, November 21, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Charm was beaming to get dropped off on her first day at Puppy-U! She was over the moon to have dog friends to play with and new people to meet. She met her bunkmate, Mosley, who had been in school for a while. Charm has made fast friends with Gloucester and Champ II....
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month has been filled with lots of fall activities for Charm. She joined the youth outing to the corn maze (and tried to race them through it), an outing to an apple and pumpkin farm and finally ended the month by dressing up for Halloween. She enjoyed taking...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
September means back to school for Charm and me. At school Charm loves when she gets to go visit with students, plus they need a study break. She is always wanting to move and work on training. Her hardest activity continues to be, do nothing while out. Sometimes she...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
At the start of August, we continued to enjoy getting outdoors during our summer break. Charm liked getting into a few longer trail walks and hikes in. Then I jumped on the opportunity for her to get spayed and have her be recovered before going back to school. The...
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The end of the school year is behind us and this month we have been enjoying the change of pace of summer break. One main area of training is going to the park to just watch others walk by. With being off work we had the opportunity to help out with some puppy...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month started with Charm going to a sitter for a week. There she was able to rest. While she was away, I adopted a cat. Charm has respected the cat’s space at the apartment. Then we had just a few weeks left of school. It was great to get to the end of the school...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Charm was in heat at the start of the month and was still a little more tired afterwards. We continue to work on her durations and settling while out. One highlight was I went out to get a treat. She held her go-in without treats when I enjoyed my treat. At school,...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Charm had a walk & talk with the trainers to see how she was doing. Her biggest struggles were settling and sniffing. She started to wear a gentle leader to help with the sniffing. She continues to make small progress with durations of her downs when...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month we have made a moved and enjoyed spring break. It was nice to have some quiet time during spring break to settle into the apartment together. Charm always loves to work on training. One day we went into the courtyard out the apartment to work on going under...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month our focus was practicing settling in public. We went to the mall a few times to get Starbucks and settle. Charm has learned that if she looks down or away, she gets rewarded. Which has resulted in a cute chin to the floor at times. Submitted by: Rachel...
