Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Update: Congratulations, Team Smore! We asked Smore’s client to provide a positive impact statement to let our community know what a difference Smore was making in their life. “What is a positive impact? To me, it means having someone there to encourage...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
More exciting news for mister Smore! Smore has been matched and has started Team Training! Smore will continue to spend some time with sitters keeping up his skills, and will be planning to move officially to his match within the next month. We are very excited to see...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Sweet Smore is proud to announce that he got a job! He passed his pre-placement testing and has been matched with a client. Congratulations to PADS Smore and his community of amazing supporters for their time, energy, and dedication to his success! Whelping Homes: The...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Exciting news! Smore has completed his pre-placement test! He hopes to find a match soon. While he waits, he loves his time working off-site with his sitters on skills with his sitting buddy Zion. His sitters have affectionately begun to call Zion his girlfriend as he...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore was hard at work in December. He worked on polishing up all the aspects needed for his pre-placement test with skills on-site and on field trips. He is doing really well overall and just has a few more special task skills to solidify. Paws crossed to have good...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
After Smore took some time to get back into the swing of things and brushing up on leave its, he is looking sharp. He is doing well settling back into good public access manners on field trips with Ashley and the rest of the advanced team. Sometimes when holding a sit...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore has been working on getting back in the groove after taking it easier on training to rest his rear legs. He’s been staying out with his advanced sitter so he can take ease into field trips and have plenty of time to relax in between brushing up on his public...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month Smore has been taking it a bit easier and staying out with his advanced sitter as much as possible. He pulled his leg muscles earlier in the month, and although he’s feeling better, he has to take it easy to ensure he keeps healing. He’s been practicing his...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore has been showing that he is really settling in and maturing. His focus continues to get stronger, showing he is more relaxed in many scenarios. This month Smore is working on ways to interrupt or greet people, and he finds this a lot of fun. He is still working...
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore has been coming along nicely with improving his focus and recall in lower distraction environments. He is starting to work on generalizing it to other trickier spaces like the dog park, and he is doing great so far! Smore has been trying out different working...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore is enjoying working on tasks, and right now, his favourite is “front.” He also really enjoys some tug-play breaks as a reward for all his hard work! Smore has been working on strengthening his focus and self-regulation around exciting distractions like other...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
After his adventures in training on Vancouver Island, Smore is now back in Burnaby, ready to learn and grow! When he first arrived, he was quite independent and didn’t always like to come when called. Still, now that he knows Ashley and Juniper better and has gotten...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
April has been a very busy month for me and my hoomans. We went on a road trip to Merritt to visit family. I got to play with two lady pups, but they didn’t like me much, but then Thor came, and he’s like me only blonde. We had a blast!! My hoomans took me out for...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Smore is working hard using his manners in public places, such as malls, restaurants, residential areas and others’ homes. We visited the residents at the Long Lake Chateau senior complex in Nanaimo. This was his second visit, and he enjoyed showing his ability to...
Monday, September 16, 2019
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Smore is being raised and trained to provide life-changing independence to someone with a physical disability other than blindness or to work with a professional such as a teacher, psychologist or victim...
