Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that at PADS 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration on November 29th, RAINBOW graduated as an Accredited Facility Dog. Congratulation to Rainbow and her client Sare. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in helping Rainbow...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
RAINBOW 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 2020 graduating class! So far, Rainbow and her...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that RAINBOW has passed her pre-placement testing and has been matched with a client! Way to go Rainbow! Rainbow’s bubbly personality and love of snuggles will make her an amazing Accredited Facility Dog! Rainbow and her client will...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
RAINBOW has been doing well getting back out into public to practice her obedience and default behaviors in different spaces. She even went with a sitter for a short trip to the coast to practice being on a ferry and being a good girl on the beach. Rainbow is hoping...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
RAINBOW continues to improve on all her skills and now also has a bonus way to say hello called ‘pound it’ where she will bump your fist with her nose to say hello. We are excited to get going on field trips to generalize polishing her obedience to as many scenarios...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
RAINBOW now can rock a 5-minute ‘stand’ with no kibbles! She is practicing proofing this skill/duration and other obedience skills with various distractions on campus. Rainbow has been practicing ‘go settle’ as an incompatible behavior to scavenging and is making nice...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
RAINBOW has been settling in nicely to the weekly kennel routine. Her ‘stand’ continues to improve as well as her default ‘leave it’ skills. Although Rainbow enjoyed working on some skills, she has shown that what she loves most of all is to interact with people to...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
RAINBOW has started to come into campus for advanced training so that Ashley can get to know her better. Together they are exploring her career options and taking a look at what quirks Rainbow may need help working on. Rainbow was away with a sitter for part of the...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Ashley and Susie have been collaborating to create training plans to help RAINBOW grow in some of her challenge areas. Rainbow thought it was weird that Susie wanted to feed her meals out in the rain or for standing in puddles, but now she thinks it is great and...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
RAINBOW’S goofy charm is a big hit wherever she goes! She has been spending lots of time accompanying Events Coordinator Susie to various events and charms everyone she meets with her enthusiastic wiggle and love of snuggles and belly rubs. Rainbow’s main challenges...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
RAINBOW has been enjoying her first full month of training! For her first month, Rainbow has been working with Ashley, Jessica and Margaret on various exercises to brush up her loose leash walking and other basic skills. Rainbow has also been acting as Susie’s ‘demo’...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Rainbow has had a great month. She had fun going trick or treating on Halloween where she wore her fancy rainbow bow tie. She is working on all of her skills with advanced training coming up soon. Submitted By: Gwyn...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Rainbow has fit very well into her new home. She stills gets a little excited with my son but is coming along very well at walking to school around lots of kids. She was even a road marshal for the Terry Fox run. Rainbow loves to put her chin on your lap with sweet...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Rainbow spent a couple weeks with sitters in August. The first sitter took her to soccer practice, school, a meeting, the office, a doctor’s office, the bank, and an off-leash park. The second sitter carried on with visits to a couple restaurants plus several...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This was a fun month for me! I got to spend time with another new sitter and had lots of fun with her. We went to went to work, a Celebration of Life, a PADS info session, and walks in the neighbourhood. I got to hang out at a couple of schools and let kids pet me,...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I got to go on a puppy swap adventure this month! It was soooooo much fun! I spent two weeks with a different human and got to do a lot of stuff every day. I hiked in Pacific Spirit Park, visited a farm, went to church, went to the gym, went to restaurants, helped...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This has been quite the month for me! It was actually pretty quiet for a couple of weeks while I recovered from getting spayed. But now that I’m all better from that, I can play chase and other stuff with boy dogs and not have to worry about them getting all...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I am sixteen months old now and am starting to think about what career is right for me. In intermediate training, I see my older classmates (and some near my age) heading off to PADS college or to other careers. It’s kind of exciting thinking about what’s...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I am still in intermediate training, but will soon start spending some time with the trainers at PADS so I can discuss all of my career options with them. Service Dog? Facility Dog? PTSD Dog? There are so many possibilities at this stage of my life! Until I decide,...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: This month I graduated to Intermediate training and am learning more voice commands for the stuff I know how to do, like “heel,” “side,” and “stand.” It’s cool that there are words for those things and not just hand...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Pupdate: Merry Christmas everyone, and special holiday wishes to my sponsor, Shirley Stanley! I’ve been a busy girl this month and I just turned one year old. We had a bit of a party at work where the humans got cake and I got a special pupcake made just...
Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Pupdates
This month I’ve been spending a lot of time practicing duration sits, stands, and downs. It sure is hard work for an energetic pup like me, but I’m getting the hang of it. I also learned a really different way of standing up… it’s kinda like...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Pupdates
This month, my raiser went on vacation and I got to spend two whole weeks with a sitter! I had so much fun because she has a lab close to my age and we played lots together. But I also had to practice settling down around him too. It wasn’t all play play play....
Sunday, July 1, 2018 | Pupdates
This month I had fun joining two of my hippy brothers in a costume contest at the PADS volunteer appreciation night. We dressed as… guess! – Hippies!!! We even had a VW van for the photo ops! I love playing with my brothers and other PADS dogs. So much...
