Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Spring is in the air, and Puzzle has a strut in his step – because he is a new PADS DAD! After all the action in February, we needed a quieter, more routine month. We focused on rest during the human workday and daytime kenneling, an easy ask for Puzzle who loves his...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
T’was a month to celebrate superheroes and music! PADS puppies and people were invited to watch the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra perform the score to the original Superman movie. The VSO were so excited to have the puppies in attendance that they rolled out the red...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Puzzle had a few rendezvous to start the year. We tried to have sniffy walks or off-leash play before each date so he could sleep through the afternoon after. Having some responsibility for the next generation of PADS superheroes took a lot out of him! One day, PADS...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Tis the Season to be . . . . . jolly? It certainly was, but not quite in the way we expected. After Puzzle did so well at his behavioural assessment, he was invited to undergo a medical assessment. And when he passed with flying colours, he was chosen to, shall we...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
A normal November, no such thing! The first two weeks were spent in isolation while recovering from kennel cough, but the days got even quieter after PADS Gem II met and moved in with her raisers. That probably helped both to recover faster, as they were...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy Paw-lloween! Puzzle was not sure if the surprise he got at the beginning of the month was a trick or a treat. PADS Gem II, 9 weeks old, came to stay with us. She said she was here to learn all things that Puzzle is learning to be a superhero, but Puzzle was a...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The start of Fall is a time to get back to school, work, routine, and early bedtimes. But we didn’t get the memo, our calendar was full! Puzzle went to Whistler with sitters and met new friends. He and PADS Huckle went to a BC Lions game. Puzzle doesn’t mind...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
‘Tis the dog days of Summer. Although, if that means being lazy on hot, humid days, we didn’t get the memo. Festivals and block parties in the neighbourhood, musical performances, shopping trips, off-leash play on different trails with new friends, and even a strata...
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy 1st Birthday to Puzzle! We thought for sure that he was trying to catch up in size to his PADS peers. He looked bigger every time he woke up from a nap! He was so proud to stand on the scale that we didn’t have the heart to tell him that 0.8kg weight gain might...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Rainy Junuary slowing us down? Pshaw! We took the Canada Line train and SeaBus to North Vancouver, planning to explore a museum on a very wet day. But Puzzle and Huckle thought the humans looked soggy, so we went to the public market instead, where the boys practiced...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
May brought the showers and the flowers. The beginning of May was all about gardens and plants, which Puzzle thought was funny because the human cannot keep anything green alive. The first stop was at the PADS campus for a fundraiser. He wanted to help people select...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
A is for April, Apples, Arenas, Adventures, Airplanes, Adolescence, and . . . Puzzle attended his first professional hockey game, after a long drive to Abbotsford. He didn’t seem very interested in the game or the noise. He was a little startled when the horn blew...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Spring has sprung and Puzzle has a spring in his step. He loves starting the day with a neighbourhood walk. He is learning that if he does not stop to eat sticks, he can walk or run faster, can sniff and see so much more. We took advantage of spring weather with many...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
It was the month of love, and Puzzle gave and got lots of love. He explored Science World like a pro. He explored IKEA less like a pro and more like a curious, always-on-the-move puppy. He had an exciting trail walk with other PADS puppies, which included a lot of...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
New year, new experiences. Puzzle experienced his first South Coast snowfall; wow, there was a lot of snow! After a few minutes of curious exploring on our first trip outside, he decided it was just like any other day, except that his usual landmarks were buried....
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Puzzle arrived in Canada in early December and hit the ground running – or spinning, rather, as his first stop was at an indoor cycling class. December has been a month for exploring the neighbourhood and first experiences as a puppy/raiser team – trips to parks and...
