Monday, July 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello, PADS Village!! Has it really been another month already?? I can’t tell sometimes – I’m having sooo much fun that the days just speed by. I gotta tell you though, – I am one lucky PADS dog. My hooman has been travelling a lot. And even...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello PADS Village!!! Welcome to Summer!!!! The weather is getting better and the days are getting longer. And I am having the time of my life!! My raiser was away again for a couple of weeks in May (I know, right!!) but that’s okay ’cause it means I get...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hey PADS Village – so wasn’t April a blast!! The days are getting longer and the weather is getting better, which means I get to enjoy more time being outside. One of my hoomans was away for most of the month, so I spent most of the time on the North...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello PADS Village. It’s Reef II here!! So I gotta tell you – this “food trial” I’m on is getting to be a bit of a drag. I mean, the food itself is okay, but i really, really miss the treats I used to get. I’ll be so happy when this...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hey PADS Village – I hope February was a great month for everyone – I know it sure was for me!! It’s always great when I get to spend time with both of my raisers. So my Vancouver hooman sure likes to eat out a lot – we were at restaurants...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
First – can we talk about the snow!!! I mean, was that amazing, or what??!! My hooman took me out to a nearby park and let me run around – it was sooo much fun. And then I got to go to Pacific Spirit Park and run around some more, this time without my...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello PADS Village – Happy New Year from me and my hooman!! 2023 was a great year for me, and I’m hoping for even better things for 2024. I was able to spend part of last month with each of my hooman raisers – which is always soooo much fun. Downtown...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello PADS Village – it’s PADS Puppy Reef II here. I’ve had another fun-filled / work-filled month. And I loved every minute of it. I got to spend lots of time with different people – including my co-raisers and sitters. I’m getting used...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hey, PADS Village – it’s PADS Puppy Reef here. So . . . like WOW!!! Did I ever have a great month!!! It started when I was asked to spend some time at the PADS Campus to work with the trainers. I went there every day for three days and it was soooo much...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hey PADS Village – it’s Reef here. And I’m here to tell you that I have had another amazing month. So in September one of my hoomans was away for a while. But the good news is, I got to spend three weeks in Summerland with my new BFF – Hebron....
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hello PADS Village – Reef II here!!! Wow – what an action-packed month August was for me and my hooman. I loved every minute of it. We did a bit of travelling this month, so I got to try out the Skytrain and Seabus and, best of all, BC Ferries. What a...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hey everyone – it’s PADS Reef here!! Well, this has been an exciting month for me!! And I don’t just mean the great weather and the chance to get outside. You see, towards the end of the month, I got to meet some more great people from the PADS...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Reef Here Have I ever got things to share from the last while? First off…Humans are tricky. I have examples:1 – The Boss Lady took me into The Guy in the Wheelchair’s bathroom. The Boss Lady very quietly refers to it as “The Dog Bath” and...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Reef II here, I have been checking out new digs for the last month. It is exciting here. Always new people were coming and going! I have been working really hard on keeping calm with all these new people coming and going…people can be just way too much fun. This...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Early in March, Reef spent five days with imaginative, creative sitters, and in their home lived a cat. This may have been Reef’s first experience with a cat: no problem; by the fifth day, Cat was comfortable sitting quite close to Dog! (photo) There have been...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Oh, that face and those eyes: a look of attentive belonging & wanting to please! (photo) February has been a month of several firsts:-first time to the Jericho Beach dog park, with no interest in the water. (photo)-first time going to a sitter: very successful in...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
January is a very long month, and a lot happened in life with Reef II! January resolutions were actually ‘goals’ and included buses, trains, and boats. YES, to all: longer bus rides; Canada Line 49th & Cambie to Pacific Centre and return; Granville...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
WHEW! December was a big month for Reef (and me). For a first, Reef accompanied me to the hairdresser!!!! Never before, not with three previous PADS pups have I been confident enough (of myself, of the pup) to take it to the hairdresser: Reef sat and watched the cut,...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happiness is yet another PADS puppy! Reef II is 4 months & 2 weeks old today (Dec. 1st)! He came to us three weeks ago today. We continue to get to know one another. Oh my, those eyes and that face–especially when tilting side to side while working on...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, I’m coming to the end of my 6 weeks with my newbie sitter. My last sitters helped me to make things easy for this sitter. I’ve learnt a lot and had lots of fun in the yard (cape off time). My sitter says she’s learnt a lot too. My biggest...
