Friday, January 8, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA and her new partner successfully completed their Team Training in December! They are currently working through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete, they will officially be members of the PADS 2021 graduating class! Her trainer Ashley is very...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA has been maintaining her skills while also spending some time away from the kennel, enjoying some downtime with her advanced sitters. Mara’s new partner has started the bookwork portion of Team Training and has been able to meet up with Ashley and Mara once or...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that MARA has passed her pre-placement testing and has been matched with a client! Way to go Mara! Mara and her client will start team training in November. Mara is a little dog with a lot of spunk! Her boundless energy and go-getter...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA is working on refining her retrieve when it comes to exciting textures and practicing working on both sides of a mobility device. Mara continues to work on generalizing her skills and behaviors to many environments and is getting closer and closer to being able...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA continues to work hard on preparing all her skills for pre-placement testing. She is looking more and more ready as she continues to polish up her retrieve and default behaviors while next to a mobility device. We are rooting for you, Mara! Skills being learned:...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA has had a blast getting back out in public for field trips. She has been working on brushing up her focus and calm with various distractions as well as practicing all her special skills such as retrieve. Mara is coming along nicely and says that it is tricky to...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
MARA is working away on all her skills and refining her retrieve. Now that COVID-19 restrictions have started to gradually ease up, she is going out on short field trips with Ashley to practice all her skills in new environments. Some of these places can be very busy...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA has been working on a calmer grip when working with plastics and is making slow and steady progress. She is also working on tightening her ‘heels’ and ‘sides’ while working next to a power scooter as well as doing a duration carry next to the scooter. She...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA is coming along nicely with all her skills. She has started trying out working next to a manual chair and scooter as well as the power chair to see which one she likes best. We have discovered she is an excellent height for doing a ‘foot’ on the scooter. Skills...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA has been working on maintaining and further refining all the skills she has learned so far in advanced training. She has also been practicing and sharpening her basic obedience cues and default behaviors such as ‘leave it’. She continues to grow in her retrieve...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA has made some very nice steps in her retrieve carry and grip and has even started carrying heavier dumbbells. She is also working on how to pick up trickier objects and to stay calm with her mouth when doing so. She is always keen to work and is excited to keep...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA continues to work hard on her retrieve and is strengthening her “hold”, making sure she is really getting a good grip on simple items so that she can start to carry them distances. She is starting to be able to carry a dumbbell further and not fidget or spit it...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA is hard at work on retrieve foundations, working on getting a calm steady hold when she is both still and when she is walking while carrying simple items. She is practicing all her other skills so far with Ashley and with new handlers and is maintaining her...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA continues to progress with her service skills and is making nice improvements in her retrieve skills. She is very keen to work on all skills and is always raring to go when it is training time! Mara has lots of energy and likes having work to do. Since she is...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA continues to learn and grow with her skills. She took to walking/running next to the power chair nicely and loves to zip around with her handler on chair runs up Cariboo Hill. Mara is very eager to please and is picking up skills quickly. She loves skills where...
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA is having a blast learning service skills! She especially enjoys ‘push’ and ‘button’. She is also having lots of fun working on ‘tug’ and is starting to transfer the skill to a door. Mara continues to work hard with her retrieve basics, learning to grab firmly...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
MARA recently joined advanced training. She has lots of energy and is having a blast channeling it into skills. She hasn’t quite mastered any specific skills yet but loves to work with a target and touch stick. Mara has also been working on her foot movement skills...
Thursday, August 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
On Canada Day Mara went to Aaron’s birthday party. Aaron is 5 years old and is Mara’s favourite trainer. They are buddies and it is very sweet to see the love they have for each other. Mara enjoys summer weather and has spent lots of time outdoors. Mara...
Sunday, July 21, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Mara had a visitor at one of her classes this month. Her buddy Aaron came and she was happy to have the extra support. There were a few warm days in June so Mara enjoyed the kiddie pool and had fun eating ice cubes out of her water bowl. Mara enjoys helping at home...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Mara likes the sun and loves to be outdoors. She has been on lots of walks to Deer Lake and is already a regular at the farmers market. Mara is working really hard to make sure she doesn’t get distracted by food people drop on the floor at the mall. She is doing...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Mara is 20 months old and throughout her youth she has made it her mission to make the cat her friend. Mara has tried to chase him and learned that didn’t work. Next, she tried sharing a meal together. It was actually his meal and that definitely did not work....
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The snow stopped this month just in time for St. Patrick’s day and Mara has been enjoying the colour green ever since. Mara likes flowers, diving in the grass and getting all her sillies out running in the yard. Mara has done a great job this month working on...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Mara would like to write a book about the 101 things she’s discovered to do in the snow. She has loved every minute of her outside fun time as February has delivered us a lot of the white stuff this year. Mara has been a superstar on the bus and has really done...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: Mara is maturing, learning more cues, and is having lots of fun working on her recall. She’s as fast as a lightning bolt and likes to be rewarded. Mara had the opportunity last month to spend some time with her new friend Aaron. Mara loved spending time...
