Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is the most perfect dog we’ve ever met. Her only kryptonite is other dogs because she loves them so much, and now she has PADS Teenie as a roommate, so she’s very happy. Sparrow is very gentle, but Teenie plays hard, so Sparrow gets very tired! Sparrow has...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is still on a medical hold, so she is still in cape attending classes and field trips. She got to go to an art show this month, to the aquarium with her classmates, and more live music and pubs. She is a happy, cuddly pup who just really wants to play and...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is still with us and is maturing into an amazing dog. She went to Victoria on the ferry, stayed in a hotel, and was a calm dog that we were happy to show off as a PADS dog. Sparrow has been to many parties and music events this month. Her leash walking skills...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is still working on her skills to prepare her for her future life. She got to go away for a few days with her raisers on the ferry to Victoria and stayed in a hotel for 3 nights. She behaved so well that nobody knew she was there. She walked around the...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow had a big month. She got spayed and recovered very quickly. She had a quiet two weeks recovering, so that took up most of the month, but she managed to get out and party and listen to some live music. She got to go to the East Van Opry, to an art show, to...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow had a busy month. She started off with a wedding, which was lovely. Lots of distractions, but she aced it. Then she went on some ferry rides to Quadra Island, where she got to play with her friend Teddy. They went to the beach, explored some forest trails, and...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow started the month off in heat, so not much happened this month. The Big Event was that her mom, Autumn, came for a visit for a whole day. This was by far the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to Sparrow. It took 4 hours for the two girls to settle...
Friday, August 2, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is a great pup. She’s maturing a little bit and learning her cues, and has perfect social skills. She is learning to say Hi calmly to people and is trying to be calm around other dogs. She has a good friend, a crow, who comes to visit her. Sparrow continues to...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is learning to be mellow in lots of different environments. She went to Burnaby Hats Off Day, to lots of music, to coffee, to banks for long appointments, and to backyard parties with live music. Sparrow is getting better at duration and at focusing on humans...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is a wonderful, happy one-year-old adolescent dog. She has never touched anything that doesn’t belong to her, even when a ball of yarn has fallen into her toybox, and she is the sweetest girl ever. We take her everywhere, to lots of live music, and she’s very...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This was an eventful month for Sparrow. She had her first birthday, which she celebrated at Granville Island. She volunteered at the BC Distilled event at the Italian Cultural Centre. Sparrow’s currently learning that she can see another dog and not play with it. ...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow has spent all of February with a Sitter! It’s her first time apart from her raisers for so long, but she has been having a blast hanging out with her kitty friend she first met in November. Sparrow was ready to kick off the month with new experiences...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow continues on her amazing journey to become a service dog. This month, she’s been in heat, so she isn’t out and about in her usual haunts but is working on loose leash walking (which she is acing), some cues, and some calming activities. We’ve started taking...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow had a busy month, full of parties, training, a Walk n Talk (8-month assessment), and craft fairs. Sparrow went to the mall to meet Chelsea and Krista for her walk and talk. She got to walk all over the mall, with all the Christmas decorations and Santa, and...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow had an exciting month. For starters, she was having some teething problems so had to go to the vet. As it turns out, her teeth all fell out and new ones came in this month! The tooth fairy was very good to her as she can now enjoy chewing her Benebones. The...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow had a good month and got to go to lots of places. Her favourite was the trail training with her puppy teachers where she got to run around on a forest trail and play. She went to the Inclusion Art Show where she was a big hit. She also went to an art show at...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is a sweet spicy puppy who loves to sleep, eat, cuddle, and play. She is learning new things every day such as recall, walking nicely on a leash, and perching. Even more importantly, she’s learning to be calm in public, to have good manners in the house and...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sweet Sparrow has had a busy month. She went on the BC Ferries to Quadra Island, camping, where she spent a few days with some new dog pals, spent an afternoon at a winery listening to music, and went to the market where there were a million other dogs, mostly on...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is a 3-month-old puppy who is on a huge learning curve. She loves life, people, and dogs. This month she had a PADS friend, Jubilee, come and stay for the weekend, which was the most fun ever. Sparrow has been out and about this month going to restaurants, the...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sparrow is a sweet assertive 10-week-old yellow lab that is one of the BC Birds’ litter. So far she’s explored the house, yard, and neighbourhood. She went for coffee in the neighbourhood and met lots of people. She got to go to a pet store and pick out new...
