Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis has moved in with his client after three weeks of mobility team training. As a team, they will continue with online education and follow-ups with the PADS trainers. Dennis is already putting his retrieving to good use and his “tug” to open doors. Thank you...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis has been doing many field trips and adventures this month. He is also working on his positioning on the right side of the powerchair. Dennis is stronger with his understanding of how to pivot and stay close on the left side of the powerchair but is starting to...
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis has decided to go for his master’s degree and is upgrading his skills. He is working on his harness stability skills. Because he loves offering behavior and moving around when he does it, he is now learning more standing still behavior. He is also learning that...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis has been practicing his university skills with a different handler this month as we prepare him for his team training with his future client. He has returned to his roots and romping ground in Vancouver for more adventures. Thank you again for all your support...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
During this wet weather in May, Dennis has gone on a few adventures this month for some new experiences and spent some time with his amazing raiser. He continues to try every possible power door button in all strange places (which is great.). He also loves to retrieve...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis has worked hard and passed his pre-placement test to become a mobility service dog! Matching has begun, and soon he will start his team training with his client. Advanced training location: West Coast (Satellite) Thank you again for all your support of Advanced...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis is sharpening up all his skills to be ready for the next set of service dog team training this spring. We think he has what it takes and are working through his pre-placement testing. Yippee! He is such a good boy. We have been doing some extra outings outdoors...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis is doing very well in his quest to become a mobility service dog. His enthusiasm for his work is evident in the way he fires off behaviours before he is asked. Now, this may sound good, but he will sometimes do things you don’t need him to do instead of waiting...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis got to play at the PADS campus this month and practice his learned skills with the various setups they have on-site. He did well and did not get too excited with the newness. Dennis is just always happy to work. Dennis also got to be a star on Lisa’s tour of...
Saturday, January 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis continues his quest as a mobility service dog as he learns to hold items longer while doing other behaviors. He is a wonderful moderate energy dog with excellent manners. He keeps his person as his number one focus and prefers to stay close. Keep up the good...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis is a nice biddable dog who enjoys the company of his person. He continues to show his resilience and keenness to learn. Dennis has been trying out the stability harness to see how he likes it – so far, so good. He sometimes is impatient to move things along in...
Monday, November 1, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Dennis is taking his training seriously and is eager to get going every day. He has been practicing a lot with the stability harness and is hoping to help someone with balance one day. His retrieving is also really coming along nicely, and he will soon start to put...
Friday, September 3, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DENNIS has transitioned to Lisa’s string in the Lower Mainland this month. He is adjusting well and getting to know his overly friendly classmates. He plays well with his new classmates but does not like rough play with unfamiliar dogs. Dennis has beautiful obedience...
Friday, July 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DENNIS continues to show progress in his training and is doing well with his core cues. Along with his training buddy Acorn, he is working on sharpening his sit, stand and down cues, adding longer durations and more distractions. Dennis and Acorn are also working on...
Friday, July 2, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DENNIS continues to enjoy island life. He is working hard on making sure his basic obedience cues are top notch and is making noticeable improvement with his durations. Dennis spends most of his training time working on proofing all learned skills and practicing...
Friday, June 4, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DENNIS is loving his time on Vancouver Island with his sitters! He is working hard on fine tuning his obedience skills and is building durations on his downs, sits and stands. He enjoys field trips, especially when they end at the dog park! When he isn’t working,...
Friday, April 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
DENNIS entered advanced training this month and has joined Acorn on Vancouver Island. The boys are working with an experienced advanced training volunteer, polishing all their basics and practicing working in a new environment with novel handlers. Dennis particularly...
Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
March was a big month for me because I got the news that I will be moving on to my next adventure as a PADS puppy in training… I’m heading to Advanced Training! My puppy class instructor called my human and told her the good news, but I won’t actually be starting...
Monday, March 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
February turned out to be a very, very busy month for me. That’s because I got to go to a mall (all the humans wore masks and kept their distance). It was to show one of the advanced trainers all the stuff I’ve learned in puppy class (the humans called it an...
Monday, February 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I turned 2 years old on New Year’s Day! Can you believe it? Last year, I got to have a really fun party. But because the humans are keeping their distance this year, I just celebrated with my human and my human grandma. I got some fun gifts from a couple of my...
Friday, January 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
HAPPY PAWLIDAYS, EVERYONE! Even though it was a lot quieter than last year, there was still plenty of festive cheer this month. I got some really cool gifts too! A lot of humans have been complaining about being shut in a lot during 2020. Now I really understand what...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
After all the excitement of the past few months, November was pretty quiet. I spent a few days with some of my favourite puppy sitters for a change of environment. I went for a lot of walks through crunchy leaves, which I’m proud to say don’t interest me at all. My...
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I got to go on a big adventure this month. My human got to leave the city for the first time since March, and we went to hang out at a cabin on Mayne Island. There was a beach and a forest and trails and soooo much to sniff! There weren’t any other humans around,...
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, friends, a bunch of time this month was spent living what I call the Lampshade Life. I got neutered this month and had to spend a lot of time wearing a funny cone thing around my head. This convalescing thing maybe wasn’t SO bad though. I got to nap as much as I...
