Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Throughout the months that Skippy was in Advanced Training, alongside his sitters, he worked on his house manners, counter surfing, and not taking inappropriate items from people’s hands. He went to school, enjoyed having extra furiends to hang out with at home,...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month has been exciting for Skippy; he has started his journey in Advanced Training! During his first week, he spent time on the Burnaby campus being assessed and meeting new furiends. There were times when he would get overly excited and bark, but after a quick...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
You can tell spring is in full swing because there are more pictures of me with flowers this month. This month, I spent some time recovering from my leg injury, but I’m good as new now. Also, this month, I did the more usual things – visits to the grocery store,...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, as always, I am continuing to work on my basic skills of loose leash walking and recall. I also had fun at a special training class at BCAA that our class trainer set up as a rally-o trial – I found out that I need a lot more work focusing on commands when...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, this month, it finally happened – I was neutered. It was a bit of a stressful day – NO food!!! And it was so hard to stay calm for about 10 days after so I could heal – but now I’ve recovered nicely and back to my usual happy, active self. I had some...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I started the month with a nice outing to Granville Island, but the big event this month was the weather. When it was really cold, my favourite spot was curled up in front of the fireplace, but the snow was a different matter. I had so much fun playing in the snow! Of...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
December has been busy! We had a couple of special classes with a holiday theme, where we played some new ‘games’ – it was really fun but challenging. It gave me some good practice at ignoring interesting things on the ground and walking on a loose leash. These are...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I started this month with a walk in Pacific Spirit Park with 7 other PADS dogs (in case you can’t tell which one is me in the photo, I’m the 2nd dog from the left). Our group made quite an impression on others in the park and our raisers were busy keeping us in line,...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I have been a regular at orchestra practice this month – I don’t really like the noisier pieces, especially those with the high notes, but I’m doing okay. The players seem to like seeing me there, and my raiser keeps me busy with peanut butter benebones, which I...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I was with two sitters for much of the month as my raiser took an extended trip. I did a good job of adapting to the new places. With the first sitter, I was back to school on the UBC campus for a few days, which was very exciting. Then, I was off to the second sitter...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I split my time between my two raisers this month again. With my first raiser, I did a lot of fun summer activities. I went to the beach which I loved, but it took a lot of work to stay focused on my raiser! After some time I was able to calm down and nap. I’ve been...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I spent the month with one of my raisers since the other one was on a well-deserved break. We had a busy month. It started with a BBQ at PADS on July 4 instead of our usual class which was good practice being calm around other dogs (SO hard to do when they are labs!),...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In June, some summer fun started! I spent lots of time outside visiting different places for the first time. I went to the Cove Cliff Elementary School fair in Deep Cove – there were lots of kids and parents to say ‘hi’ to. I also got to practice being calm around the...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
May has brought a bit of a transition for me. I started staying with a new co-raiser for half the week. I’ve been exploring the new neighbourhood on my walks. We did a few new things – a visit to the UBC botanical gardens, attended a couple of orchestra...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Wow! April is already over. It was a very fun month. The weather has been clearing up, so I went on lots of fun walks. Also got to hang out with some exciting sitters while my raiser was writing exams, so that was extra fun. I seem to be growing by the hour still (and...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month was pretty chill. My raiser wasn’t feeling super well for part of the month, so I got to spend lots of time at home and training on lots of walks in our neighbourhood. I got to go to a couple of fun events at UBC! I got to play basketball during our...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month was super fun for us. We spent lots of time in the snow, at school and in other fun places. I even got to do a valentines photo shoot with the men’s basketball team. I got to wear my new jacket now that I have grown into it. 🙂 We got to go on lots of...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month was lots and lots of fun. We went on lots of walks around different cities and visited many cafes. I got especially excited when it started snowing again. I have been getting closer to my kitty roommate, but he still doesn’t really want to play with...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The past month was a lot of fun for us. :)) I got to spend some time with another family for a couple of weeks, which was a great experience. We have grown a lot, both in training and in size! I look almost twice as big as when I first got matched. I got to go to many...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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