Thursday, January 7, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
GAIA and her new partner successfully completed their Team Training in December! They are currently working through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete, they will officially be members of the PADS 2021 graduating class! Her trainer Ashley is very...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that GAIA has been matched with a client and started team training in late November. Gaia’s kind eyes and love of cuddles will serve her well in her career as an amazing Accredited Facility Dog. We are so excited to see Gaia head out...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that GAIA has passed her pre-placement testing! Way to go Gaia! Gaia’s sweet personality and teddy-bear face make her the perfect fit for a career as an Accredited Facility Dog. We are working on finding her the perfect match and hope to...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
GAIA joined advanced training at the end of August. She has been working on building her confidence in various spaces as well as generalizing her obedience and default behaviors to different spaces. She has been gaining confidence and has shown herself to be a gentle...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
COVID has affected everyone in many different ways, including some of our PADS dogs! After some much needed R & R, playing, getting scritches, hiking (oh and more scritches), Gaia is excited to return to training with her fellow dogs-in-training. She’s all...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I continue to work hard at keeping the hoomans in the world safe by physically distancing myself and not going out, in cape, in public. This is not difficult for me, as I just entered my third heat cycle, so I would have been out of my (super hero) cape anyways. This...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
During the month of March 2020, all my PADS pals and myself hung up our capes to help “flatten the curve” during this virus pandemic that is making many hoomans sick throughout the world. In other words, this month I did not go out in public in my cape but...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I have now been home with my puppy raisers for a few weeks and did I ever miss them! I enjoyed the time that I spent with my sitter and all the smol hoomans that I got to work with at the elementary school. I must say that it was such a great experience, but I am also...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, it was an exciting adventure this month. I was with a sitter who took me to school every day! I was a little nervous at first but settled in really quickly. Wow, a dog can get a lot of snuggles, in a day, going to a school! There was a really big kid at home who...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well the busy time of Christmas has rolled around and I have been practicing my “off switch” in the home, which my raisers consistently tell me is “amazing”. Moreover, I have been spending lots of time close to home as I entered into my second...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I have been working hard on learning the ways of living in a busier town (rather than my wide open lake house)! At times, it has been scary however with the support of my raisers, I have been able to recover from stressful situations quickly. I am learning how to...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia continues to build a relationship with her new puppy raisers down in the lower mainland. She has experienced some pretty awesome field trips this month, which included the YVR Tour (Gaia got to experience all the preflight boarding and even go on a plane). She...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
So this month I moved in with two new humans… and get this, I do not have to share the house with anyone else. I get the humans all to myself. There are no other dogs or cats to steal my scratches! The only difficult thing is that it is a little bit busier at my...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia had a wonderful, last month living on Sheridan Lake. She swam, and swam, and swam; I think she is part seal! She also learned how to walk and trot beside my bicycle. Gaia had the opportunity to play and cuddle with so many children! Everyone who meets her falls...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia has been on a puppy swap for much of June. She has been in Vancouver getting a taste of commuting, work life and busy city activities. She initially was a bit stressed out in big, open, noisy spaces and grates, but apparently she’s been a super star with...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia travelled to Vancouver and Kelowna in May, spending time with lots of family and small children. She loves kids, and though she still tends to get excited around them, she is doing much better with her meet and greets and will hold a sit or down while they pat...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia had a really fun two weeks with her mom, Banff, and her other mom, Lori. It’s nice that she has a second home when we’re in Vancouver. Now that we’re back home again she is loving the warmer weather and that the ice is off the lake. Gaia loves...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia stayed with 3 different puppy sitting families in February. She got rave reviews from everyone for her great house manners and gentle, happy personality. Her training is focusing on working with other dogs nearby and learning to settle in restaurants and...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gaia got lots of toddler time in January with plenty of opportunities to practice settling while there were kids and toys flying about. She even visited a Kid Zone indoor playground where she was very popular with lots of the kids and settled beautifully on her mat...
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Gaia is being raised and trained to be an assistance dog for someone with a physical disability or who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. In August, 2020, Gaia took the next step in her training journey and entered...
