Monday, December 4, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Mobility Service Team PADS Dash II and his person Taylor are thriving together! Taylor shared with us this recent update: “Dash has already brought so much love and light into my life in the short time we’ve been together. He’s been settling into our home and our...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II has been placed with one of our clients and is now enjoying his career as a Mobility Service Dog! His team training went well where both partners learned how to navigate the world together and both are now settling into their new routine. We express our...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The Delightful Dash II is excited to announce that he has completed his pre-placement testing and has found a job! Congratulations to the wonderful village that helped him get to his client: Whelping Home: The Fuchs Family Puppy Raiser: Lisa Williams Advanced...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II has passed his pre-placement test and has been matched with one of our clients. He is a busy guy over here preparing and practicing all his skills. He will begin team training in late August, and we are very excited to share this wonderful dog with someone who...
Friday, June 2, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II has recently joined the Vancouver Island crew and is a big hit with everyone here. He is continuing his learning as we prepare for his pre-placement test, and we’ll be looking at potential matches for him soon. There are still some skills to be worked...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II was busy this month working on all of his skills. He went on field trips where he practised next to a power chair and ones where he practised in a bracing harness and worked on steps in a public setting. To help Dash continue his learning and further...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II visited the doggy chiro this month for some adjustments, which has helped him feel much better! He is more relaxed and goofy again. He’s been easing back into some of the skills he had been taking a break from, like button and open the door. Sometimes Dash...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash II has been working hard on all his mobility service skills. He’s also started to practice them with other people and is enjoying working on “take it to” and transaction foundations. He has been a bit grumpy and barky lately, so he has switched to daily drop-offs...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II focused on retrieve this month and the many places it could happen. He was generalizing his ability to focus on tasks in many places. Sometimes distractions were tricky, and the breeze smelled really good, but with practice, he got stronger and stronger at...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II has been furthering his movement and walking skills around a chair and is starting to add on practicing skills on and off leash next to the chair. Sometimes he gets excited for his turn, especially if his sister Swift is working, so he’s also been...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II is always eager to work and loves learning new skills. He’s been practicing more movement and walking skills around a power chair. He’s also been learning different skills with his nose and his paws. His favorite skills to practice right now are “open the...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II has been working on various skills and adding more to his repertoire while refining others. He’s been trying out working in a harness or next to a chair. So far, he likes working next to the chair best because he likes when he gets to go fast. His barking has...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II joined Ashley’s string this month and has begun working on skills. He loves to learn new things! Dash can be thoughtful and take his time to really understand a task. Once he does, he becomes very enthusiastic about showing off what he learned. He is also...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II has had an excellent September! He’s enjoying being on Ashley’s string in Burnaby and learning all his skills. He is such a handsome boy, and you can’t walk two steps without someone stopping to talk to you about what a good guy he is. Dash...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dash II barely batted an eye and settled in right away in his dorm room. He has become best friends with our resident brindle, Storm. Dash and Storm spend lots of time cuddling and playing together in the yard. In their kennel, Dash has claimed the bottom bunk, and...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
On June 12, Dash turned one and a half years old. Also, in June, we received the notice that Dash will be going into Advanced Training on August 2. We worked on weaning him off his gentle leader this month, and he has done great. Sometimes he’ll forget and pull a bit....
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash wasn’t so sure he liked all the rain in May because he thinks there may have been a correlation to how long his walks were?!? He is doing great with his training still. He always gets told what a gentle, chill guy he is. He will play intensely with other dogs...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash continues to be so good. He’s well composed and told how calm he is. He gets the most excited when he sees another dog but can be distracted with lots of treats in order to be able to walk by without saying hello! Submitted by: Lisa...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash had an event-filled March! He went to university classes for a week in mid-March with his sitter and learned a lot of academic stuff, which he found fascinating. Then he finished the month of March off with having to be neutered! He has recovered from that quite...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash continues to shine as a sweet, gentle, respectful dog. He has such impressive impulse control for such a young dog. He spent a week with a sitter this month, and they have another released pads dog, so Dash had a great time! The last week of January, he “blew his...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash has grown so much and people remark all the time on how big he is. And on how good looking he is! He has good genes! He definitely looks like a full grown dog now. The other thing people remark on is his chill personality. Some people say they feel very relaxed...
Monday, November 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
A word to my sponsor! Hello! This is Dash. I’m told I’m still growing and that I’m a very good-looking dog… what can I say! I’m thankful for my good breeding! People are also always saying that I’m so well behaved and they can’t believe I’m only 10 months old....
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
August was a fun month for Dash. He went swimming twice with two water loving dog friends. Dash won’t swim on his own but if he’s playing with a swimmer he will swim after that dog. Dash has learned to do “side” on cue. I’m very proud of him because he only did it...
Sunday, August 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Dash has been having a fun summer. He learned to swim and to ride on a paddle board. He doesn’t seem to love to swim but if other dogs are swimming he’ll swim after them. At least if it’s one of his good buddies he will. He rode twice on the ferry going and coming to...
