Friday, September 3, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that QUEENIE 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 2021...
Friday, July 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that QUEENIE has been matched with a client. Queenie and her new partner are currently in Team Training and will continue a gradual training process to support the team as they learn and bond. Upon completion of Team Training, the team...
Friday, July 2, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE had another month of working both on and off site. She continues to spend some time in to work with Margaret on field trips or work on site with Ashley or Jessica on foundations maintenance as well as staying out to work with her advanced sitter. Fingers and...
Friday, June 4, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has been in and out of the kennel this month. When in, she has been either going on field trips with Margaret where she is deciding what work she likes best or working with Ashley and Jessica on foundations maintenance. When out, Queenie enjoys time with her...
Friday, April 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has enjoyed spending time with her advanced sitter over this past month. She is maintaining her obedience and foundations while she is waiting to be matched. Queenie is hopeful to find her job soon! Skills being learned: Maintaining all learned skills in a...
Friday, April 9, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that QUEENIE has passed her pre-placement testing! Way to go Queenie! Our client care staff is working hard to find Queenie the perfect client and we are excited to see her find her person. Queenie hopes to have a match in the next few...
Friday, March 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has been spending time in and out of the kennel this month. She loves her time with her advanced sitter as well as when she gets to work on site and see her kennel friends. Queenie spent some time working with Margaret this month so that Margaret could get to...
Friday, February 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has video recorded her pre-placement testing and it has been submitted for review by management. She hopes that she did well and will be one step closer to starting her working life. She is keeping up on her interrupter skills, public manners and obedience...
Friday, January 8, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has continued to try out anxiety interrupter skills and is progressing nicely. She is getting better at her meet and greets. Seeing less people because of COVID-19 restrictions can make it very exciting when someone new or known is around. Queenie has been...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month QUEENIE dabbled in learning some interrupter skills. She enjoys the skills and is very gentle and thoughtful. Queenie is also working on meet and greets as sometimes she gets a little too enthusiastic in her greetings. She is coming along well in everything...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has enjoyed going out and about on field trips this month. She likes to walk at a slow and steady pace and is doing well with self-regulation of distractions. Queenie is rocking all her obedience work and continues to explore what career suits her best. Skills...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has been spending her weeks in the advanced kennel this this month and loves to spend time playing with Woodstock and Dodger in the yard or with her handlers. She has been doing really well with obedience and default behaviors in various spaces and has a “slow...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE has been out with her advanced sitter and even got some fun sitting time with her raiser. She has been working hard on various skills. Her duration obedience is looking good and she can do ‘heel’ and ‘side’ over kibbles! Her ‘dress’ is also growing in...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
QUEENIE joined Ashley’s string at the end of June and spent some time in the advanced kennel working on various skills so that Ashley could get to know her. After a few weeks, Queenie switched to staying at home with her sitter to practice foundations using the online...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Queenie here. Well the time has come for me to leave my raisers and move into the advanced training kennels at PADS. I don’t know what to expect but I think I will enjoy being around the other dogs and hopefully I will get some time to play in between training and...
Monday, June 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Queenie here. I’m 2 now – Happy Birthday to me! Of course before the gift opening, I had to endure a dress-up session with hats and balloons and the usual paraphernalia. The kids are still at home every day doing their schoolwork, so I usually get up very...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello, Queenie here. Well April has turned out to be a little different than planned. School is closed, so my house is full of people all the time. No one goes out much and when they do go, I often stay at home. The kids are busy on the laptops doing school work and...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello – Queenie here. Last month I was spayed and that was not nice at all – my tummy hurt a lot and I was not happy. The humans put a big cone on me and I sulked for a few days. After a week, I felt better so I started to go out and about again. Baseball...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Queenie here. What a busy month. I think I was out and about everyday and the days were long. I had to spend a lot of time waiting for the humans to do what they were doing. One day I spent the whole day at school. First I had to wait in the learning assistance room...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The new year started off fabulously. Snow, lots of snow and the kids were off school so I had people to play with. It was a bit too cold though and my feet got really chilly on a few walks, but it was worth it. It has been a busy month for me – something going...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy New Year to you and I hope you had a great Christmas. Queenie here. Well December has been a very busy month. It started off with a visit to see Santa! I went with some PADS friends and we watched other people bringing their dogs, cats and bunnies to see Santa....
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Queenie here – it’s my 18 month birthday today. No half cakes or half birthday gifts, in fact I had a very quiet, lazy day. Once a week my raiser works a night shift and so I get to have a day with extra naps. When she sleeps, I sleep. I really don’t...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Autumn is here and at the end of September I went to Aldor Acres with 4 other PADS dogs. We went on a tractor ride, saw lots of animals, and watched children collecting pumpkins. The smells were lovely – the other animals were in pens and so we couldn’t...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well I, Queenie, celebrated my one year anniversary with my raiser family. The humans kept looking at photos from a year ago and talking about when I was little. September was back to school for the kids and back to school for me. Sometimes, at drop off I go in and...
