Cheshire | May 2023

Cheshire | May 2023

This month Cheshire has continued to work on her retrievals and is getting great at it! She is working on retrieving different types of dumbbells, like wooden ones, heavier ones and all types of textures. She has worked on her “close” and is getting pretty good at it....
Chesire | April 2023

Chesire | April 2023

Cheshire has had a busy month. She moved strings again and will now work with Jade. She has been showing off the skills she recently learned, such as button, behind, my lap, close and retrievals. At the beginning of the month, Cheshire would chew on dumbbells, but...
Cheshire | March 2023

Cheshire | March 2023

Cheshire has been really enjoying training, walking, working, and playing this month on the Burnaby campus! She loves hanging out and getting her sillies out with her bunkmate (and brother), York II, while also putting in work at the training centre. Cheshire has been...
Chesire | February 2023

Chesire | February 2023

This month, Cheshire explored new surroundings on field trips, hung out and played with her kennel mate. Charm and was introduced to new skills such as back and hold. Cheshire is eager to learn everything and loves to go, go, go! She is doing well with her loose leash...
Cheshire | January 2023

Cheshire | January 2023

Cheshire started her month off-site with her sitters but then started full-time at the Burnaby campus. She will now be working with Kaileigh, our new Instructor’s Assistant! Cheshire was very excited to be here. She played with all her new friends right away. Cheshire...
Cheshire | December 2022

Cheshire | December 2022

Cheshire enjoyed a number of adventures this month, ranging from off-leash fun on the trails to working at UBC and travelling back to the North Shore by bus. She was a great shopping companion during the festive season and thought the snow was super fun… well,...
Cheshire | November 2022

Cheshire | November 2022

Cheshire has been adjusting well to her new routine with her new people. Since she has been recovering from her spay, she has taken it easy. She has loved her walks on the trails around her neighbourhood. Since Cheshire has only been in Advanced Training for about a...
Cheshire | October 2022

Cheshire | October 2022

Honest to dog, October was so busy for me! The mummas dragged me all over the place. We did a visit to a big store with Professor Tracy, then it was a whole week with a new sitter, then it was a whole week at the beach where I got cold and wet, then a whirlwind visit...
Cheshire | September 2022

Cheshire | September 2022

Oh, such a month. MummaE went away for ages and left me with the cats. And MummaC. But MummaE did come back and I bounced and bounced at her, and then fell asleep on my stuffies. Also, finally, no more pantses for me, lots of time with best uncle Greg, and the cats...
Cheshire | August 2022

Cheshire | August 2022

The mummas never mentioned pantses when they said heat was coming. Pantses! 26 days of pantses. But Summer visited and that was good. Then pantses and not allowed to go anywhere. But Glossy visited, and that was good, but then more pantses. Vet said I was chonky, so...
Cheshire | July 2022

Cheshire | July 2022

July was all socialization, my frenz. I went to the farmers market three times, where I eventually learned to ignore dogs and children a bit more. The first time we went with a regular working guide dog, and then we all went back to her place for some play and...
Cheshire | June 2022

Cheshire | June 2022

My whole month was about new and old frens. Human and dog and cat frens. I went with MummaE to MummaC’s concert. There was a lot of singing, but there was also a man in a skirt who blew into pipes that whined really, really loud. MummaE fed me lots of kibs, and...
Cheshire | May 2022

Cheshire | May 2022

I have lost a whole pound. I don’t know where it’s gone to, but I don’t think I’ll ever get it back. And MummaE says I have another one to lose. But at least she is still feeding me. I have helped both mummas fix their gardens so I can lie in the sun with them, if...
Cheshire | April 2022

Cheshire | April 2022

I had lots of fun in April. Glossy came to stay for a few days, and we sistered. The Mummas sent me off to stay with my new sitter fren Greg for a couple of days, and I love him! I hope they send me back again. Then MummaE took me to her real office, and I met her...
Cheshire | March 2022

Cheshire | March 2022

Frenz, March was all about family. MummaE took off with her human family for a bit too long and left me with the catses, but I prevailed. I did not chase them, although they still don’t want to snuggle. Before MummaE went away, my good fren AFD Summer came to...
Cheshire | February 2022

Cheshire | February 2022

Such a month, frenz. Snows and rains and cold, and MummaE put silly booties on me that just glued me to the floor. But she redeemed herself a few days later and took me off to see my Glossy sister. She is bigger than me, a bit, but she still plays well.  What else?...
Cheshire | January 2022

Cheshire | January 2022

MummaE came back! She was away far too long. But now she is back, and she is exciting! Not like these boring cats and boring MummaC. Except when I’m with MummaE, and then she is boring, and I’m sure MummaC and the cats are having a party without me. Rabbie Buns got...
Cheshire | December 2021

Cheshire | December 2021

We got safely home from the ocean, and I practiced perch on the way on some very big trees. And then it was just a month of rudenesses. And family. The mummas have been making me wear all manner of things. They laugh and take rude photos. I do not like the little...
Cheshire| November 2021

Cheshire| November 2021

I have a new accessory. It’s red and it rubs my lovely nose, but the mummas make me wear it when I’m out walking nicely with them.MummaC took me to CapU to be a model subject for operant conditioning. All the students adored me, of course, but I still wasn’t allowed...
Cheshire | October 2021

Cheshire | October 2021

Frens, it’s been a month of firsts. First bus ride (so loud), first big-dog off-leash park (so exciting), and first weekend away from home to stay with GrannyNeen and PoppaPeter to learn some manners from Mumma Devon and fun auntie Jewel. And it worked. Apparently my...
Cheshire | September 2021

Cheshire | September 2021

Frens, I’m wearing hand-me-downs. It’s very sad. I had a sore spot, so the Mummas borrowed a very floppy collar for a day, and I couldn’t lick my bits. I’m growing too fast, and they won’t buy me my very own little raincoat. There’s...
Cheshire | August 2021

Cheshire | August 2021

More new things! I have new jewelleries. I have a shiny new dog tag and two – count’em TWO – new collars because my neck has gotten bigger. Everything has gotten bigger now, and sometimes my legs don’t sit neatly in exactly the way I’m used to, and I sure...
Cheshire | July 2021

Cheshire | July 2021

Playdates and classes and aunties, oh my. I’ve had a fun month. I’m up to 32 lbs and have learned lots of new things. I have two new kitty friends: one of them plays with me now. His name is Lio, but his sister Luna is still too scary, so sometimes I bark at her. And...
Cheshire | June 2021

Cheshire | June 2021

My first month away from my gang has been very exciting. I have two of everything. I have two houses and two mothers, and one of my mothers has two cats, who are therefore also my cats, because everything is MINE! But my cats don’t like me very much yet. When I left...