Friday, October 1, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
A big congratulations go out to Linen and her new partner who have worked hard to successfully complete team training! Linen works with her person in the Calgary region. She helps her with everyday tasks such as opening doors, retrieving dropped items and helping her...
Friday, September 3, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LINEN has spent the month getting ready for her Team Training, which started at the end of August. She has been working on skills like pulling a wheelchair and removing clothing. She loves learning so this part of her journey has been a walk in the park for her. Linen...
Friday, July 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Exciting news in the world of LINEN! She has been matched with her future client and is looking forward to Team Training starting in August. In the meantime, she will continue to work hard on skills like removing articles of clothing, wheelchair pulling and retrieving...
Friday, July 2, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LINEN is working on completing her preplacement testing for a career as a Service dog. This sweet girl will make a fabulous partner for her future person. In the meantime, we are taking advantage of the warm weather and am enjoying taking training on the road to...
Friday, June 4, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are getting into the swing of summer with the recent good weather and have been taking advantage of the warm days by spending as much time as possible taking our obedience and service dog skills on the road and working in local parks. LINEN is loving that after...
Friday, April 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Spring has finally sprung out here in Calgary – which means that a beautiful day is often followed by snow. We are doing our best to take advantage of the good days and get out to the park to stretch our legs and our recall skills and on the days where there is more...
Friday, April 9, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LINEN is the fastest dog at the park, and the fastest dog off her bed when it’s work time. She has started taking more of her skills on the road and continues to work on skills like retrieve and ‘button’ in more difficult and complex scenarios. Skills being learned:...
Friday, March 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LINEN is proving to be an extremely motivated and hardworking lady! She is always the dog who is saying “put me in coach” when it comes to training or just playing with her new friends. Her beautiful obedience is a true credit to her raisers and has allowed her to...
Friday, February 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to welcome LINEN to our advanced dog crew! Linen is an intense but sweet girl who loves working and play in equal measures. Her raisers Sarala and James have done an amazing job with her obedience and they should be very proud of this girl as she is a...
Friday, January 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen, as always, was a delight this month! She was perfect in the house with all the Xmas decorations around, not even tempted to play with the large stuffed moose whose home was on the floor or any of the glittery balls to be found everywhere!Linen had tons of fun...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Nothing too super exciting happened in November, although Linen makes her own fun! She showed some of her true Labrador genes, loving to play with her duck stuffie, retrieving it for mom and dad! She continues to bring smiles to everyone she meets when she is out and...
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
October included a trip to Kananaskis to enjoy the fall colours. Along with the excitement and challenges for Linen of staying in a hotel was the tremendous fun of running through the many many leaves! And although Linen’s birthday was in September, she was...
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
The best part of this month was that it was Linen’s birthday! She’s now a big girl of 2 years old. Along with her birthday came a new stuffie, a princess cookie and puppy cupcakes! The second best thing this month was meeting with a small group of...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Summer is always a fun time for Linen. She loves wading in the river, running in fields and hanging on the patio with the family! Submitted by: Sarala...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen was happy to get back in her vest this month and be able to go out and about with her raiser! She spent a lot of time reinforcing her on-leash skills and learning that her raiser is far more interesting than other things she loves (like food, toys and sticks)...
Monday, June 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen has adapted to life being somewhat quieter and more confined. She has shown lots of patience waiting to go out for walks. She was very happy to have a few play dates this month: once with Swell who is headed to Advanced Training, once with a younger puppy,...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen’s world has become considerably smaller with social isolation this month. We continue to go out for walks, and she has enjoyed the first signs of spring, which included a visit to the river! Linen enjoys her daily training sessions, and is working to perfect...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen spent three weeks with sitters while her raisers were away on a trip. Her first sitters reminisced about how they had looked after Linen when she was just three months old, and marvelled at how calm and grown up she has become. The second sitter reported: ...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen continues to be involved with the Puppy Pals reading program at Eric Harvie school and even shared her heart stuffie with the kids on Valentine’s Day! She also went for a practice overnight stay at a puppy sitters to prepare her for being away from her...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen continues to be exposed to new experiences. The one that seemed to be the most fun this month was being part of a fund raiser at a downtown law firm. She had a great time being allowed to play with the other puppies who ranged in age from 8 weeks to 20 months....
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Calgary, Pupdates
The highlight of December was going on a road trip to Vancouver Island and experiencing the beach and the ocean. Linen seemed to absolutely adore running on that very large beach, but was mindful of paying attention to her recalls! And then back in Alberta, playing in...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen and several other dogs went to visit staff at a social services office as a way to assist with their grief, relating to a tragic incident involving one of their colleagues. All the staff were so appreciative of the visit. Linen, and all the other puppies, were...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Linen started going to Puppy Pals at Eric Harvie Elementary School again this month. She is involved with a school board approved research project that is happening about the impact a puppy has on children who have reading difficulties. The kids love reading to Linen...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
September was Linen’s birthday month. She’s a one year old now! September was also a very “cultural” month for Linen. She went to a concert, two plays, and a movie. The concert was probably the most challenging because the applause after every...
