Friday, April 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
After careful consideration, GELATO has been released from advanced training. Gelato’s quirky traits are incredibly charming and make her a much-loved girl around PADS campus. Over the last few months, Gelato has shown us that she would be happier pursuing a life out...
Friday, April 9, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
GELATO is enjoying working on refining various foundations and always is eager for play time. She continues to grow in her focus on field trips with tricky distractions and has been working on doing so with other handlers than her primary handler. She is continuing to...
Friday, March 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
GELATO has had a busy month! She joined the advanced kennel in the middle of February as well as did a sitter swap so she could spend some time in a home with cats. She has had a lot of fun getting to play with her advanced kennel buddy Simone. Gelato has been...
Friday, February 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
GELATO has joined Ashley’s string as a part of a pre-advanced training program in hopes of being a Hearing Dog candidate! This means that as part of the transition into training in the advanced kennel, Gelato gets to spend some time in a new household with an...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato turned two this month and celebrated with her sister Cannoli by going for a walk around Mill Lake, then a stop at Starbucks for a birthday Puppaccino! We have been meeting up with a few other PADS pups in our area to do some parking lot training sessions,...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Getting back out in her cape this month was a very welcome thing for Gelato because of the COVID shut down, followed by her heat. After easing back in to the swing of things, Gelato went to Vancouver to be a city girl for a while and spent time with three different...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato spent a few days with a sitter this month just to change things up a bit. She was excited to be able to put her cape back on and get out again, but it was short lived because she went into heat and had to take another little break. We are enjoying the weekly...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato has adapted well to staying at home and learning how to do a whole lot of nothing! She is still getting out for lots of walks and occasionally some off-leash fun with friends if there aren’t too many humans around. Online classes have been a bit of an...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
March was certainly an unusual month and under the ‘stay at home’ advisory, there is not too much activity to report. Gelato did manage to attend a de-stress event at Douglas College just before things shut down and it was very well attended. We have been going for...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato had some fun playing in the snow this month but hopefully that is behind us now! After getting snowed out it was great to get back to class and focus on some new skills, such as ‘this way’ and being able to hold a stand while gentle pressure is applied to...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
December was a month for all things Christmas! Gelato spent lots of time at the mall, attended the PADS Christmas party and had a few festive visits with friends. She spent a couple of days with a sitter and experienced some new things too. Family came to stay with us...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Gelato went to visit her sponsors at Woodland Park Elementary School in Surrey. The kids were happy to see her and gave her lots of pets! Much of this month has been spent around home as Gelato goes through her first heat. This gives us lots of...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Wow, October really flew by and a highlight for Gelato was attending Graduation! She also took part in a de-stress event at UFV and helped some students relax during exam week. There were some walks and romps at the off leash park with PADS friends too! In training,...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato came down with kennel cough this summer so activities were restricted for a while. Despite this, we still managed to get some fun things in. She went to her first movie, Toy Story 4. Although it was a challenge for her to chill for that long, she made it all...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Wow, June really flew by! Gelato visited a Grade 2 class again this month and also attended the school’s sports day. She handled herself well amidst all the noise and action of the day! She also had several outings to the off leash park that has her favourite...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland
The highlight of May was a quick trip to Victoria where Gelato got to experience a ferry ride and overnight stay in a hotel. We were only there a short time but the trip was packed with sightseeing opportunities like Craigdarroch Castle and Butchart Gardens. We even...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This past month Gelato visited a grade 2 class twice to help some students with their reading. She also spent a few days with sitters and experienced some new things. We went for a photo shoot with Bill and she also had her picture taken with the giant Easter Bunny at...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato was super happy to see the warm sunny weather this month! She got to explore some new trails and parks and has decided she loves to play in the water! She attended Mac’s 15th birthday celebration at UFV and held it together nicely with all the people and...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Gelato had lots of fun playing in the snow this past month! She visited a middle school for an event and also an elementary school where she had lots of practice not licking about 40 grade two’s who came by to pet her. She did a great job! She went to the Pet...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: We took advantage of the dry January weather so Gelato could have some off leash fun at the dog park with PADS friends. She took a ride on the city bus this week and did a great job keeping her focus and settling nicely even though the bus was very crowded on...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: This has been a busy and amazing month for me. I came to live with my raisers Veronica and Ross on October 30th. I met my mentor PADS Bonnie. I did a puppy swap and sleepover where I played with Bonnie’s toys, explored her yard and met her chickens. I...
Monday, November 12, 2018
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Gelato is being raised and trained to be an assistance dog for someone with a physical disability or who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. It truly takes a village to raise a puppy, and you can be part of...
