Tuesday, August 15, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
The Magnificent Moriah is excited to announce that she has completed her pre-placement testing and has found a job! Congratulations to the wonderful village that helped her get to her client. Whelping Home: Kevin & Shannon deBruyckere, Barb Sutton and Jackie Clark...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Moriah has spent the month getting ready for her team training in the middle of August. She’s been working on skills like answering her clients’ name and jumping on the bed to wake them up in the morning. She definitely loves learning, so this part of her journey has...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that Moriah has been matched with a client! Way to go MoMo! Moriah and her client will start team training in August. While she waits excitedly for her first day on the job, Moriah has been spending time with her advanced sitters,...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Moriah is looking forward to the summer season! She has been spending her time keeping her hearing dog skills sharp – and she sure is on point! She will leave playing or run from another floor of the house to warn her sitters, Gloria or Linda, that the smoke detector...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Moriah is having fun while waiting for a client match. She moved in with Gloria and Linda and loves all the walking and working on her sounds in a new house. She did a wonderful job being on her best behaviour during the Calgary PADS graduation watch party, where she...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah has been spending the beginning days of “spring” in Calgary by keeping her hearing dog skills sharp – and she sure is on point! She will leave playing with friends in the training center or her bed to alert Miranda that her phone is going off or that there is...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that Moriah has passed her pre-placement testing! Way to go, Moriah! We look forward to seeing Moriah begin her forever job as an amazing Hearing Dog! Her trainer Miranda and the PADS advanced training staff are very grateful to the...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah’s New Year’s resolution is just to continue being her sweet and eager self – you shouldn’t change what is already perfect! January has been filled with lots of learning, exploring, and expanding the sounds she alerts to. Right now, her...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah heard that Santa might be coming this month, so she has been sure to be on her best behaviour! She has been working hard on her hearing skills for her future career and ensuring that she has only her best manners when she is in public, working around...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah has been polishing up her skills for preplacement testing. She has been staying with Miranda this month so that she can continue to practice alerting in the home environment and out on field trips evenings and weekends. She has been settling into life at...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah’s ears sure have been getting a workout this month! We have been focusing on foundation skills like locating the source of sounds because sometimes her trademark enthusiasm gets in the way. And she starts guessing where sounds are coming from rather than...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Summer isn’t all vacation for Moriah. She has been really drilling down on her sound work at training and working on discriminating sounds and adding duration and complexity to the work that we are doing. However, Moriah was lucky enough to be able to enjoy taking her...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Moriah is loving her summer so far! Miranda and Evelyn have been working with her to increase the number of sounds that she is alerting to. Also, showing her the different scenarios that she may need to alert a person to, such as while they are sleeping in their bed....
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are getting into the swing of summer with the recent good weather and have been taking advantage of the warm days by spending as much time as possible taking our obedience and hearing skills on the road and working in local parks. Moriah is loving that after...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
If you want to know where the party is, just look for Moriah, or as Miranda likes to call her, Mo-RIOT! Moriah is having a blast in advanced training. Miranda has not yet found anything she doesn’t like. She enjoys playing with friends, she likes training for snacks,...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
Wow, the month of January has flown by for my raisers and me. I am still practicing many skills before I go to advanced training. One skill I have been working on is avoiding distractions at busy stores/malls and focusing on my raiser. In virtual zoom classes, we have...
