Friday, September 3, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
After careful consideration, LOTUS has been released from advanced training. Lotus is a soft and sweet girl who has charmed most of the sitters she has spent time with. Lotus’ challenge is that she can get startled or worried about new humans entering her space...
Friday, July 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LOTUS is such a calm presence. While she loves to rip around the yard playing with her fellow trainees, she has a lovely off switch and already has settling down pat. She is always making the humans around her giggle when she gets her lips stuck on her teeth; there...
Friday, July 2, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
LOTUS joined the Team Burnaby Advanced Training string this month and has settled into the kennel nicely. She is making friends with the other dogs in the kennel and has enjoyed rooming with Mit-Blue. Lotus is such a love bug! She just wants to be around humans and is...
Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus had a big month with lots of training opportunities. She continues to be able to remain under threshold when she goes off leash adventures in the forest, going from ripping through the trees to a self-controlled “let’s go” (as long as there are treats to be...
Monday, March 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus had another great month full of fun adventures. We focused on finding lots of new covid safe training opportunities. Including some dog distraction training visits with some puppy pals, and she’s made some good progress. She also went on outings to Ikea, a mall...
Thursday, October 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus had another great month going on some final summer adventures! That also meant lots of time working on being chill in new and exciting environments. She spent time at the beach, went hiking, enjoyed some island life and got to spend a weekend with a fantastic...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus is enjoying another great summer. She’s been practicing her settle outside as much as possible. This month we worked at setting in all kinds of places: next to the neighbourhood dog park, beside the sea wall, at campsites, and beside local fields. She’s been...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
April was a big month for Lotus. She spent more time with her fabulous sitters where she got lots of training sessions, down time, and ‘isolated’ walks. She worked very hard on her ‘jump on’ command and when she got back to her raisers, she...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In March, Lotus visited two sitters. She spent a week with the first, and visited a Pilates Class, Shopper’s Drug Mart, a restaurant, plus went on several off-leash walks. She spent almost six weeks with the second sitter, who reported: “She went to...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
January has been another busy month for little Lotus! She started off by having a blast with her fantastic sitters, winning everyone over with her happy wiggles as usual. Good thing too, because then she surprised them by going into her first heat! To keep busy while...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus had a great time getting in the Christmas spirit this month! She got to hang out with her some of her PADS puppy friends, was a star at the office Christmas party, and even won “best overall” in the office decorating competition. In between all the...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus celebrated her first birthday this month! She has been joining her raisers on a few hikes and is loving life and has also been doing some winter swimming in the sea. She has been helping her raisers doing some early Christmas shopping and also having some fun...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus has been working hard through the holidays this month, both with her raisers and fantastic sitters. Over Thanksgiving she spent a week living her best suburban life and going to school every day to get used to all the chaos of high school classes. She has also...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus spent a week with a sitter in September. Her sitter reported: “Lotus came to high school with me. She went to a busy cyclocross bike race where there were food trucks, fast moving bikes, loud music, and – randomly – a donkey! “Lotus went...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus has been learning how to take her beginner class commands into more and more distracting environments. We continue to work on building duration during skills. Most recently she has had fantastic success building confidence with jumping onto higher platforms and...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus had great outdoor time with us this month as the weather got warmer. She had new water experiences in Buntzen Lake, but didn’t quite take the “plunge” and go all-out swimming. There’s still time for that! We’ve been working on new...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Lotus had a three week vacation to the Cariboo! Her raisers missed her terribly but she was busy spending time in nature and getting used to an all new environment from her normal downtown lifestyle. After the Cariboo, she had some more vacation time in...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus has been learning lots of new commands this month and has graduated from puppy kindergarten to beginner classes! She loves learning new things and has made great progress with “down”, “stand” and, most recently, “here”. Lotus has also been enjoying the warmer...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus has been developing her skills in puppy kindergarten this month while also expanding her experiences. She has enjoyed some play dates with other PADS pups and now that she’s getting a bit older she’s able to accompany her raisers to their social activities too!...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Lotus has had a great month getting exposed to all sorts of new experiences. She has visited a city farm and met a horse, attended her first lacrosse game (go Warriors!) and had some great play dates with some of the other PADS pups. The social highlight of the month...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
February was Lotus’ first full month with us, her new raisers! It’s been a period of adjustment for all of us as she gets used to her new home. She’s accompanied both of her raisers to work and is quickly becoming a pro at commuting on the SkyTrain and navigating the...
Saturday, February 9, 2019
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