Monday, July 15, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cheerful Cherry got a job and we couldn’t be more excited! Breeder Caretakers: Linda and Ken Osada Puppy-Raisers: Alex Cotic-Ehn, Megan, and Bill Ng Advanced Sitter: Gurpreet Kaur, Don Larson, Sophie Chenier, and Linda Austin 1st Year Puppy Sponsors: Karen...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry has been doing an excellent job of picking up her new deployment skills of “go see” and “go visit”. She really likes “go see” and getting back scratches! This month Cherry successfully completed her pre-placement testing and found a match! Cherry really enjoyed...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry has been very busy this month working with Ashley to get to know her better and to practice transferring all her skills to working with her. Cherry has really enjoyed working on building her “go see” and “go visit”. She is starting to get the hang of these new...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry joined Ashley’s string later in April! She has spent time with George and Margaret on AFD outings and has had lots of fun meeting new people! Cherry has also moved to spending more time on-site for training. While on-site, she has been busy making new friends...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Cherry has been blending in perfectly with her new roomies; PADS Yoshi II, released PADS Tira, Birdie and the fellow cat, Camden. Cherry has been taking advantage of the nice weather by going on hikes everywhere. She has joined a few Advanced Training...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Cherry focused more on developing her PTSD skills, practising her basic obedience in high distracted environments such as malls, trips to Nanaimo, Parksville and being around new homes and children. Cherry will be taking a break as she makes her way back...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry has gone on many field trips to restaurants, malls, and the dog park this month. Her training continues, and she loves to learn! She had a blast playing in the snow with her roommates earlier this month. She’s just the sweetest. Skills being...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry had a great holiday season and is now back at it and continuing to learn more and more each day. Cherry looks great, she just has a little extra weight. We are working on reducing on her weight, and she is getting motivation,on that front, by having all these...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry has been shedding her extra puppy pounds by going on long walks and hiking trails. She has also enjoyed some PTSD dog skills and seems eager to continue exploring and learning more. Skills being learned: Focus on the handler Working on: Being patient and...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry arrived to share a home with Scarlet on October 7th. Working on: Basic cues, dog distraction, people distraction, sit, stand, down durations, recall, out-of-sight sits. Field trips: Malls, Costco, pharmacy, grocery stores, restaurants, 15 + person meetings, a...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry had a fabulous September! She went on many adventures, met many people and stole their hearts from how cute she was! With her sitters, she participated in a 5 km run and got her own medal for completing the race at her own pace. She went to the Peak House,...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The month we welcomed Cherry into the Advanced Training! She came into the campus ready to play and learn! She loves playing with all her new friends. Cherry and her kennel mate, Sprinter, have been caught multiple times playing around instead of napping. She has...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This is Cherry’s last month with her raisers!! She leaves for Advanced Training in August and we couldn’t be more proud. To celebrate we took Cherry camping to work on her cues and duration in a really tough environment!! Cherry loved every minute of it,...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We are excited to bring you the latest monthly update on Cherry, our dedicated service dog in training. May has been a busy and eventful month for Cherry, filled with valuable learning experiences and fun adventures. To start off the month, Cherry’s raiser had...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry is a wonderful and enthusiastic puppy in training and loves to learn and be around people. She’s up early in the morning and eager to start the day with a walk ‘n sniff in the neighbourhood and some training. At the March in-person class, we practiced putting 2...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry had a fantastic January. She turned 1yrs old!! She’s loving life. She’s continuing to love to learn new skills, and she really likes to perch on a raised surface and move her back feet to maneuver around it. Her new favourite treat is dried sardines. She loves...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry continues to grow and mature every month! She spent a week with a sitter who had another dog in the home. She had such a good time that Cherry wasn’t too sure about returning to her raisers! Now that she’s back and settled in, she’s doing great! She loves...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry is ten months old, and she is doing great! Cherry loves to meet people and other dogs. She is very social. She also loves to run trails and explore outside. Her favorite spot to nap is in her raiser’s lap when she’s at home. Her favourite food is...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry continues to be a superstar! She is full of life and jumps out of her kennel every morning, wiggling her bum in excitement to start the day. She loves going to the office with her raiser. She’s everyone’s favourite co-worker. She even gets to visit with her...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry had a great September. She got to spend some time with some sitters and they had a dog in the home!! Very exciting. She’s working hard on her loose leash walking and is now able to walk past lots of distractions with confidence. We went to the aquarium for a...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Cherry is coming to live with her new raisers this month! In the last month, Cherry has grown up so much it’s incredible! Her walking is fantastic-as long as nothing is blowing in the wind! She picks up new cues quickly. She’s affectionate and loves to greet...
Friday, March 25, 2022
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookTwitterGoogle+ Cherry is being raised and trained to provide life-changing independence to someone with a physical disability other than visual impairment or to work with a professional such as a teacher,...
