Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten was matched with a client! She will begin team training soon, and we are so proud of her. Congrats to Glisten’s village for supporting her journey! We are incredibly thankful for your support of Advanced Dog Glisten. Advanced training...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This was an exciting month for Glisten, as she attended the Invictus Games as one of our many Canine Psychosocial Teams. Glisten spent her days in Vancouver and Whistler, attending and supporting many people who were involved in the Invictus games. Glisten did very...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten spent some time with a new sitter who took her on fun AFD-specific field trips, such as the BCCDC and Surrey Christian School. Glisten also did some training for the Invictus Games, and she did very well. She got all wintered up so she would be...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten spent time off-site with her sitter, enjoying the holiday by going on numerous trail walks and adapting to an office environment. She also had the opportunity to experience the Shipyards Christmas Market in North Vancouver, where she showcased her...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Congratulations to Glisten for passing her pre-placement testing! We will now look for a match for her in the AFD stream! Glisten spent some time off site where she has been hitting the trails and having a fun time. She spent some time on-site, working on all of her...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten spent a few weeks back on campus, where we brushed up on her skills. She did a few fun field trips, like Petsmart and Ikea. She even went on a trail walk with her sister Sequin! Glisten has enjoyed being back on site so she can have her play breaks again with...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten joined Jade’s string to brush up on everything. She spent the month off-site with her sitter, where she got to go to work full-time and enjoy the office life experience. She gets many compliments from coworkers and lots of pets from them. In...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has been hard at work this month, brushing up all her skills and practising her deployment skills. When she went to a dentist appointment with Ashley, Glisten did a solid duration down and some excellent “go see” meet and greets with the staff! Glisten also...
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has been really focusing on polishing up and refining some of her obedience this month. Things like loose leash walking off leash in the training centre and heels and sides are still tricky sometimes. She’s always happy to keep working on things! Glisten has...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten has been going on many AFD-type field trips and meeting all types of people! She sometimes gets a little excited and wants to nose boop at first when greeting or getting pet. Other times she has done an excellent job of lying down calmly with lots...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
After trying out different types of work, Glisten has found that the working life of an AFD suits her best with her cuddly and outgoing personality. She has been working on building her new deployment skills of “go see” and “visit.” She’s doing a great job of shaping...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has made some great progress with retrieve in the last month! She can carry dumbbells and is now working on holding them while staying still. She is starting to get the hang of this! Glisten is really strong at “tug” now, and it was her favourite skill in...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has been coming along well with her skills this month! We’re unsure what career she would like, but she is having a blast working on all the special and everyday skills. Glisten has been working on strengthening her default leave it for things like food on the...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten is a keen and quick learner! She is enjoying learning new skills and refining her obedience. This month, she worked on movement next to a power chair. She does well to work alongside it and has quickly picked up different positional cues for moving around it....
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten joined Ashley’s string this month! She has a very happy-go-lucky disposition and loves trying new tasks and cues. Glisten has been working on her body awareness and mechanics for cues like sit and stand to ensure she is in proper alignment which can be tricky...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten got to hang out with her new advanced sitter, and they made an amazing team and worked diligently together! Glisten is very eager to learn and spent the month practising her basic cues and learning new skills! She has made significant improvements...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Glisten won over more hearts by coming into Advanced Training! Glisten has a calm demeanour, is motivated to work, and absolutely loves to cuddle, snore away and play with other dogs. When she was at the kennels, she adjusted perfectly here. She quickly...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten explored all of the fall colours in Kitsilano this month. She went to watch a field hockey game and was much improved in her training (especially on loose leash walking and checking in as we walked). Glisten has a fantastic personality – she absolutely...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had another very busy month – she has been to Sooke with the family for Thanksgiving, been upstairs on the ferry, many plays at the dog park, my son-in-law did a photo shoot of her at Furry Creek, she has also been spayed and is now going into...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had a busy month, been on many outings – her most exciting one was going to the indoor go-kart and watching my two grandsons and girlfriend race. Glisten just loves life in general, always happy and tail-wagging. Submitted by: Sue...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had a very busy August – she has been to Sooke visiting with my daughter and her husband and my two grandsons. She went swimming with them and spent a lot of time together. A highlight of her month was going to the stables where a friend of mine is...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had a good month, has been on lots of outings and loves to go swimming and go to the dog park and play with lots of dogs. Glisten and my golden retriever Zoe had a lot of fun together play fighting and playing tug of war. Submitted by: Sue...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had a busy month – gone on lots of outings, swimming at the beach, playing at the dog park and keeping my other dog Zoe, company and playing with her. Submitted by: Sue...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Glisten has had a busy month – she had socialized with a baby, gone swimming in the ocean, gone to the dog park numerous times, and gone to restaurants and stores. She is a happy girl, and she has a great friend with my other dog Zoe. Submitted by: Susan...
