Friday, November 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
About Mara and her life’s work; Teri (human, Alfa and trainer/puppy raiser extraordinaire) and her pack had Mara join them in the first week of Oct. That pack helped Mara to reach her full potential, and she’s met that and will continue to go above and beyond. She had...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Wow, it sure is hot for Sept. Speaking of ‘hot dogs’, it was parent-orientation wiener roast and tour night at Carson Graham High School – Ryder Peeps just started there – and I got to go! So many kids and parents approached me because they wanted to brag...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Mara II August 2024 Pupdate: I love big bugs, and I cannot lie (down). Butterflies are my favourite – I jump up to touch them with my nose… but creepy crawlies are cool, too. I met this piece of nature’s work in my peep’s house, and I kept telling...
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Oh Raannarooo Arrooow Arroom (Translation: “ Oh Canada, our home and …..”) Canada Day – I’m a parowwd Canadian Lab! My lineage; my breed – I’ll remind you – IS Canadian – though the Brits claim it. As my friend Wiki says: ‘Labrador Retriever is...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Oh my…what a beautiful month June was; sorry I’m late writing this but I’ve been really busy in July too! I and my Ryder-peeps were on a walk and it snowed the colour …well not much colour I saw, but my peeps said it was “foooooschia”. My Ryder -peeps is...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, I had QUITE a month! For starters, I had always been reluctant to climb long flights of open stairs like the ones at a favourite park of ours in North Vancouver. My human dad (known to PADS as Perry the Human, as opposed to Perry the Pup!) couldn’t...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Wow, I feel different. At the start of March, I could not stop myself from romping, playing jumping wrestling – as Chuck-peep said – running amok – amok -amok -amok. Then, in the last week of March, I felt grown up. I’m more serious now, and my...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Chelsea and the others have seen a video of me and they see how great I am. They see my ‘potential”. I didn’t know what ‘potential’ was and I was hoping it was something to eat. I met Nicole who has Copper. Nicole said she had recently sat my mum Valentine. Nicole...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
My man person, “Perry, The Human” (not PADS pup Perry!), picked me up from Allison’s on January 4th. Allison sat me over Christmas, but she didn’t take me to Christmas dinner b/c apparently I am not a good “party animal” right now – or I am “too good of a party...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
My first, as the people call it: Christmas! They put a tree INSIDE the house! But they would not let me smell it for pee-mail. If I were a boy dog and not very polite, even though I really wanted the shinier chew toys they put up sooo high, I would have pushed that...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I’m continuing to grow; 51 pounds now. I had a play date with my sister PADS Fox; I’m bigger! I also have loads of energy and interest in everything I see (and smell) so I keep my folks hopping. I like waking up and hanging out with my human little brother, and I saw...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I’ve had another very busy month with my raisers. My mom is very focused on getting me to walk nicely and behave more calmly when around other dogs or seeing birds like crows on the ground. I’ve continued to grow and get very strong, so I know I can be...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, September started out a bit poignant as I had to see my “bro” off to Grade 7 after all the fun we had over the summer. Oh well, there are still weekends and “ProD days”, whatever those are. Mom Charly is really working hard on my...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
My folks marvel every morning when they take me out of my kennel, that I’ve seemingly grown another couple of inches overnight! Last month they went on something called an ‘Alaska Cruise” and said they were leaving me home because they didn’t...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
“I came to live with my North Vancouver raisers in early June. They have taken me EVERYwhere from Starbucks to their bank; grocery stores, doctors’ and insurance offices to art school; Home Depot to Granville Island; wading in creeks to crossing wooden bridges to the...
