Thursday, April 4, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The Delightful DeeDee has got a job as a Hearing Dog! We couldn’t be more proud of her and her village: School of Origin: Dog with Wings Puppy-Raisers: Matthew Griffith & Aubrey Mosher Advanced Sitters: Kelly Townsend & Branislav Orth, and Shannon...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
More fantastic news from Miss DeeDee! She has been matched successfully with a client! We can’t share a lot of details. However, we can say that her handler is in Saskatchewan and is very excited to be matched with DeeDee! While DeeDee was prepping a new sound for her...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Fantastic news! DeeDee’s pre-placement testing results have returned, and she has passed her tests! She is now focusing on maintaining her skills and practising transferring to other handlers. DeeDee is very quick to transfer her focus to whoever holds the leash and...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee spent January practising her sounds and polishing up her public access skills. She also got a bonus work-from-home day with Ashley when we had the big snowfall! She has been working hard on her pre-placement testing. DeeDee was super keen with her sound work...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee spent most of December out and about with her advanced sitters. For some of the month, she got the chance to be sat by other handlers to practice her skills in new places with new people. DeeDee really enjoyed having time off to relax and is ready to go for...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In November, DeeDee spent some time in the kennel to train and work on her specialized skills, as well as out and about working with her sitter on real-life scenarios. Using a head halti to support her loose leash walking has been a great help, and she is looking...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has been working on continuing to tighten up her loose leash walking zone. She has been working on some head halti games so that she can use it as an extra support tool if needed. She has become very enthusiastic to offer her nose when it is presented! DeeDee...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee continues to work on all her skills and still has extra spunk at times, but she is getting better at walking in the loose leash zone more regularly without handler feedback. She’s doing an excellent job on her sound skills and starting to be able to truly relax...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has been doing an excellent job of polishing up her public access skills and transferring them to different handlers. She sometimes still gets a bit ahead, especially when walking up stairs, but is starting to settle into the zone a lot faster. DeeDee has begun...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has been working on growing her settling in between sounds and adding more variety to her alert scenarios. She’s been doing an excellent job of being quick to get up and alert! On the flip side, we are continuing to work on building calm for her duration of...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has grown in her sound work and is always excited to work. She’s now also working on balancing all that drive with the ability to relax in between. She’s been starting to show more calm and patience when there is more space between sounds and is getting better...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has been having a blast working on sound. She still can get a little high in her bumps, but we love having eager efforts to shape. She is working on adding sound alerts to being outside or in a public space. In general, DeeDee can have a lot of energy going on...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
In April, DeeDee officially joined Ashley’s string to continue to work on exploring sound work as a career! DeeDee has gotten stronger at her bumps. She loves to leap while bumping, and although we love the enthusiasm, she is now working on alerting lower on her...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
For March, DeeDee has spent half of her time out with her advanced sitters and half of her time on-site working with Ashley. She has been showing off her strong obedience and loves to work. So far, she has learned 4 sounds and is working on building up her nose bump....
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DeeDee had a fun time playing with her new friend Mercedes! DeeDee set off to her sitters on her first day to get spayed and recover in a lovely cozy home. Her sitter couldn’t be more delighted with DeeDee. Her sitter says she is SO well-behaved and perfectly listens...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee had a low-key December, enjoying time spent with family during the holidays as well as the unexpected amount of snow that Vancouver received. Once she knew it was out there, we’d find her waiting at the door, ready to run and play in it again. Her...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee is working hard to hone her skills before starting her journey into advanced training. She continues to love working when we visit local restaurants, grocery stores and coffee shops. She especially enjoys practicing her recall skills at the dog park while...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee had a low-key October after all the excitement in September. Most of the month was spent adjusting to being back on our own with the family heading home at the end of September and DeeDee getting used to the new baby. DeeDee’s continued to be remarkably...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month was a whirlwind of excitement. DeeDee welcomed our new baby home on September 16th. She was remarkably calm and gentle when introduced but was very much interested in getting to know the new addition. We had no doubts that she was going to be wonderful with...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Even with the intense heat of August keeping us indoors more than we would’ve liked, it’s been a busy month for DeeDee, with several field trips and outings. Among those outings this month were trips to the Vancouver Aquarium, where she got a glimpse of...
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
After an adventurous June, filled with travel, airplanes and new friends, DeeDee had a relatively low key July. Partly, this was because DeeDee had her first heat. During this time, we avoided our regular off leash trails and the dog park – she certainly missed...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The month of June has been a whirlwind. After a couple of days of enjoying the start of June and some of the nicer weather it brought, DeeDee made her first trip to Ontario, flying with us to visit family in friends in Hamilton. We were very well taken care of by the...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee had her first birthday on May 12th. To celebrate, we went to Petsmart, where she picked out two new toys. Now that she is maturing, DeeDee seems to be calmer around other dogs and directs more of her attention toward sniffing all the fresh spring smells. She...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
DeeDee has had a great start to her first spring, with lots of opportunities to get out and explore. She’s been enjoying our neighbourhood in East Van and playing in the cherry blossoms that bloomed and are now falling – as everything comes to life, there...
