Friday, October 18, 2019 | Pupdates
Service Dog Mocha Mocha & Kathleen Mocha & Kathleen on the Seawall Mocha Pushing the Door Button Mocha & Kathleen at the Mall Mocha & Kathleen Out and About We are excited to announce that at PADS 2019 Graduation on October 6th, MOCHA graduated as a...
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA and her new partner successfully completed their Team Training this month. They are currently working through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete, they will officially be members of the PADS 2019 graduating class! Her trainer Rob is very...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that MOCHA has passed all her pre-placement testing and has been matched with a client. Mocha will be starting Team Training in September and we are very proud of this sweet girl. We are very excited to see her take the next steps in...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA is ready for pre-placement testing! Once she has passed all the required tests, we will start looking for the perfect match for her and hopefully set up team training shortly after. This month, Mocha has been working on transferring some of her more complicated...
Friday, July 5, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA recently got to visit Colliery Dam. There is a dog park there right off the water where she met many dogs. She also went swimming and then got chased by a pack of dogs as she carried a long stick around the area. Mocha also got to practice good handling skills...
Friday, June 7, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA continues to be a great worker. She continues to improve on all the skills she has learned for a potential PTSD career and she is working on making sure all those skills are top notch. Mocha and her training mates got a new roommate late this month, new advanced...
Monday, May 6, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been keeping busy learning some PTSD skills and is enjoying the training. Mocha excels at PTSD service work because she is very attentive and genuinely enjoys supporting her person’s physical and emotional needs. When she is not working, she loves to have a...
Friday, April 5, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been getting to know her new roommates Vimy and Spartan. She is enjoying having new friends to play with after training! She has also been busy learning new skills. Currently, she is working on anxiety disruptions by nosing her handler’s hands when they...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been enjoying some time off with her raisers while Rob was away on vacation. Mocha is at the point in her training where she is making sure all the skills she knows are on point! She has been doing lots of practice with her retrieve to build confidence....
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been getting to know her new roommates Boon and Hector over the past few weeks. She gets along well with them but from time to time one of them thinks it would be appropriate to mount. She is very patient though as we work on teaching the other dogs to keep...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been practicing some different training recently as we are assessing her for a potential PTSD placement. We will continue to work hard in 2019 to prepare Mocha this career.Skills being learned: Learning how to position herself to help her handler in public...
Thursday, December 6, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA has shown some really nice traits that would suit a career as a PTSD Service dog. At this time, we are excited that we will be assessing Mocha further to determine if she has the right temperament to graduate as a PTSD Service dog. She continues to work on her...
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA is doing very well in her skills and continues to improve every day. She is showing more relaxed body language around the wheelchair which shows she has gotten much more comfortable with the chair. Skills being learned: “Open the door, retrieving more complex...
Monday, October 1, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA is doing very well in her skills and continues to improve every day. She is very enthusiastic and fun to work with. She loves to have a good play with her canine classmates, especially after a day of training! Skills being learned: Open the door, retrieving more...
Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA has been enjoying the summer weather, she likes to sit outside in the sunshine and roll around on the grass under the shade of the trees. She is progressing nicely with her retrieve and loves to play with the other dogs. Skills being learned: ‘Open the door’,...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA is very sweet and driven in her training. She is happy, bouncy and loves to play with her training buddies. She is great at switching from playtime-Mocha to worktime-Mocha when its time to get down to business. She particularly enjoys wrestling with her brother...
Sunday, July 1, 2018 | Pupdates
MOCHA is enjoying learning new things. She is a chill dog with lots of enthusiasm. She likes to run and play hard with her brother Coffee. Skills being learned: ‘Behind’, ‘my lap’, ‘open the door’ Recent field trips: Malls, beach board walk, arenas, downtown Nanaimo....
Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Pupdates
Vanstone and Mars have completed team training and are now with their new person in their new home. Thank you for helping us place such amazing dogs. Rest assured people’s lives are about to be improved immensely thanks to our efforts and the awesomeness that is...
Thursday, February 1, 2018 | Pupdates
Hi everyone. It was a pretty slow month for me as I spent most of the month recovering from an operation called spay. But don’t worry, I got better in time to make a snow person and best of all, celebrate my birthday. Can you believe I am two years old? Yay!...
Monday, January 1, 2018 | Pupdates
January in Vancouver has been a pretty rainy month but that didn’t stop me from going outside. I really enjoyed splashing in the puddles at Pacific Spirit Regional park with of my PADS pals. An indoor highlight was when my loud raiser took me to meet our MLA,...
Friday, December 1, 2017 | Pupdates
We didn’t get up to much that was all that exciting this month as Mocha was in heat. She did get to go for a sleep over for a few days and she liked that. We went to a few Xmas parties, one being at the aquarium. We have made some major progress with nail...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 | Pupdates
Aside from the usual, shops, public transit, work etc this month Mocha went to a very loud concert at the Commodore. She was so great. We put ear protection over her ears and she didn’t try to take them off even once. Needless to say people loved her. She also...
Sunday, October 1, 2017 | Pupdates
Mocha had some fun times on BC ferries this month. She had a lovely time on Saltspring island where she did lots of hiking, farm visits, and staying overnight in new places. She enjoyed spending time with her mama Roma and lots of PADS playdates in Pacific Spirit...
Friday, September 1, 2017 | Pupdates
Mocha had a puppy swap with Beaker’s raiser for one week, where I believe the highlight was going to an awards gala. Lots of transit and weekly trips to the grocery store, farmer’s market, gym, and other stores etc. We took her to the Hastings Racetrack...
