Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happiness is….. being Lore as a service pup-in-training. Lore greets every morning with an ‘out’ from his crate and a big stretch, following by full-body wags of joy. This month, Lore continued to work on ‘Go In’ under tables, “Go...
Monday, March 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
February has Lore working on new cues! He has been diligently practicing hindfoot targeting and shake (with his front paw). Such good skills to keep building body awareness! All this learning is intermingled with forest walks, naps at work, hanging out with his cat...
Monday, February 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The new year has us considering Lore’s training with more emphasis and repetition on public access requirements. This means more duration work with more distraction (sit, stand, down), loose leash walking, waiting and going through doors calmly, getting in and...
Friday, January 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This has been quite the year of being flexible, creative, patient, and fully committed to training to become a service dog. Despite all the curveballs thrown at us, we prevailed and arose to the occasion. Getting creative with online training, taking videos of...
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The spirit of Thanksgiving is always a good time to reflect on gratitude and what we are thankful for: family, friends, puppy playdates, the incredible PADS community and PADS sitter network, our tireless PADS dog trainers that we meet virtually with on a weekly...
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
September was all about getting back into routine and reviewing the basics. Lore approaches every training session with a wag in his step and is always eager to practice, practice, practice his cues! The beginning of the month was a continuation of duration work,...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Another month of playing games and learning and reviewing skills. This month we played a fun game called It’s Yer Choice, and the hooman says I am a rockstar at it! We also reviewed and practiced the cue bed over and again – my legs are long and my bed...
Saturday, August 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
With the summer comes lots of extra time outside enjoying the sun. The hoomans seem to think that gardens and flowers are good places to practice duration sits. The hoomans also think waiting at the ferry terminal is a good place to practice duration downs. As I...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We are learning new games – the Name Game and Mark’N’Move! The hoomans say the raisers should be at the top of the list of priorities (over dogs and humans and sticks and food and toys) for a service pup-in-training! Playing these games is supposed...
Monday, June 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
May was a month of practicing all sorts of versions of the ‘bed’ cue: while lured, ‘bed’ cue, ‘bed’ cue at a distance, staying on the bed with distance, duration and distraction, and ‘bed’ cue with the doorbell ringing....
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
April has been a month of adjustment: spending lots of time at home, napping in sunbeams, learning to settle without being exhausted from exercise, and revisiting cues in order to perfect the training basics. Lore is always up the challenge and has really settled...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
March was a low key month for Lore. He has been naturally working on settling on his own and finding ways to keep himself amused while independently playing with his stuffies or chewing on his permitted bones. In the first half of the month, we focused on precision...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lore has the biggest loving heart of any dog there is. Even though he is only a year into his puppy-in-training, he wakes every morning to bring more joy into this world! This is the day in the life of a 16 month old PADS puppy-in-training. I wake up and wait until...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
January was snowy in Vancouver! I have grown so much compared to my first snow day as a puppy last January, with hardly any puppy zooms this year! Regardless, fresh deep fluffy snow is lots of fun to play in and provides an extra challenge to practice default cues...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lore has the biggest loving heart of any dog there is. Even though he is only a year into his puppy-in-training, he wakes every morning to bring more joy into this world! December was a festive month with lots of visits with puppy sitters, attending the MEC pupdate...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
My raisers sometimes send me with these other hoomans, where I have all kinds of new adventures. I was with a sitter for almost a week and a half in November. Not only does this give me exposure to other hoomans asking me to do that same things my raisers ask (why do...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
What a month it has been, with the celebration of my first birthday and Halloween! The Storybook litter turned one year old and we had a big puppy birthday party at East Beach in Whiterock. The hoomans captured an amazing photo of me sitting with my sisters (Story and...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I am now officially an air traveller! My raisers took me on a big adventure to Toronto. We first starting out in a taxi to the airport with a final “better go” before entering the airport, going through security, and finding our gate (as well as meeting...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
There have been summer puppy adventures abound for the month of August! I got to romp at the cabin in the woods over three weekends, shop with excellent focus and loose leash walking at Trader Joe’s, take the ferry to Nanaimo, go for a hike on the Notch Bay Loop...
Thursday, August 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
July was a month of fun summer outings, including riding on the ferry to and from Vancouver Island, the Commercial Street car free day, a dinner party at Seasons Restaurant in QE Park, and a Vancouver Canadians baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium. All these...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sun on my face, wind in my ears… who doesn’t love travelling on BC Ferries? One last BGN (better go now), raisers purchased tickets, up the stairs, along the hooman walking path, across the foot bridge, and into the ferry! Yes, I said into the ferry! As...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I love to walk and be outside. Part of my training involves being comfortable walking on ALL surfaces – this includes sidewalks, grass, gravel, dirt, sand, snow, roads, forest paths, and sewer grates. Did I mention sewer grates, which randomly show up and seem a...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I love my crate. I have loved my crate since I was 8 weeks old. I love sleeping throughout the night in my crate and I love napping in my crate. I upgraded from a small crate to medium crate, so I can stretch out my long growing legs! I especially love getting into my...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Have you ever been to that place where there are a billion smells and sounds and ducks and chickens and seeds and duck poop and herds of goats and loud peacocks and even louder turkeys and protective momma sheep and these really big horses and crowds of little hoomans...
