Friday, March 7, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Our spirited Sprinter has chosen her job! Congratulations, Sprinter and all of the members of your village who helped you on your journey to becoming a life-changing service dog. Breeder Caretakers: Dorothy & Kevin Root Puppy Raisers: Kris Papps and Maggie Lee...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter spent some time with Margaret and went on some very fun field trips. One of them was spending some time in Whistler in preparation for the Invictus Games. Sprinter loves to run the trails in her off time and catch some ZZZs. Way to go, Sprinter!...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter spent some time on-site, practicing her PTSD skills and using her interrupters. For the second half of the month, she stayed with her sitter during the holiday break, where she had fun and enjoyed some relaxation. We are excited to see what 2025...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter spent most of her time on-site, where she brushed up on some of her PTSD positions and interrupters. Sprinter loves to keep moving, so we worked on her durations for her “front” and “post,” which is hard for a girl that...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter spent most of her time on-site, where she brushed up on some of her PTSD positions and interrupters. Sprinter loves to keep moving, so we worked on her durations for her “front” and “post,” which is hard for a girl who...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter joined Jade’s string. She spends some days on-site training and some days off-site with her sitter. When on-site, she hits the trails with her friends and brushes up on her skills. When she is with her sitter, she gets to go on lots of walks...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has had a busy August! She has been keeping up her skills with her varied schedule of spending a bit of time at the advanced kennel and getting real-life experience with her advanced sitter. Sprinter is waiting for her match to be made. And the management...
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter is excited to say that she has passed her pre-placement testing! Now, she is eagerly awaiting her match! While she is waiting, she continues to work on keeping up her public access skills and special skills. Since passing her pre-placement test, Sprinter has...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter had a very productive June! She went out on lots of different field trips with her primary handler and other handlers. Her goal on these field trips was to experience “boring” everyday life, so they were less about lots of action, skills and snacks, and...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has had a busy May! For the first weekend, she joined Margaret and Val on a PTSD Service Dog training retreat to gain experience with different handlers so they could get to know her better. It was exciting and tricky at times having other dogs around and...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In April, Sprinter continued to work on all her skills, focusing on practising them out in public spaces. She has begun working with other handlers when out and about as well. This can sometimes be tricky with Ashley as a primary handler distraction! She is getting...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has been going on various field trips this month to continue refining her skills and maintaining her chill patiently between tasks. She has been doing a lovely job of nudging as needed and then standing patiently by or holding down in the “post” position....
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has been working a bit more on her movement and positional skills this month. She has gotten much stronger at finding her front and post positions! She’s also continued to get better and better at sneaking in those power naps in the Training Centre when it...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has been working on building up her newer interrupter skills, which she has always been keen to do. She is really enjoying nudging hands! She has also been improving at maintaining stillness by doing things like resting her chin on her handler’s leg or doing...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In December, Sprinter got to mix up handlers and work with Jade and Leurie for a while because Ashley was tied up in Team Training. Sprinter had lots of fun and was very happy to work with whoever held the treats! She also got lots of time to continue to work on...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
In November, Sprinter spent some time in the kennel to train and work on her specialized skills, as well as out and about working with her sitter on real-life scenarios. She also trained with other staff handlers, and Sprinter did well transferring to them. She even...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Sprinter kept trying various tasks and found that her favourites are ones where she nudges or bumps her handler! She’s also been working on stillness durations for some skills, and this can be tricky for her as she’s always keen to offer. Sprinter also...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Sprinter has had a lot of fun trying out different things in September. It took her a while to warm up to some of the targeting and tug work, but she’s starting to get the hang of it. Nose targeting or working on a dumbbell grab are her favourite tasks so far. She’s...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Welcome! Sprinter just came into doggy university this month and is excited to meet all her classmates and try out different skills! So far, she has liked trying out tug the most. Sprinter has sometimes been a little dog-distracted. She is strengthening her focus with...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I love the summer so far! I love my outings with my family to sports fields and watching all the action. I also love pacing in my little pool when it gets hot. It’s so fun to stick my head in and blow bubbles! Sometimes it’s hard to find some water,...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
So I got the opportunity to introduce you to my namesake: the Mercedes Sprinter. But just in case you ask do I sprint? The answer is yes. I had a wonderful day going to the island and meeting up with PADS Canary. She is going to team training next week, and she...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Hi, it has been a busy month this month. I had my birthday this month and turned 1, and as you can see, I got a massive yummy treat from the local dog bakery. I also went on a dog swap and lived with different raisers for 2 weeks. This is one of the things we do to...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
February was a busy month for me! Lots of time at the hockey rink, and I went for a 2-week puppy swap! I had a great time at my puppy swap (including a fun time outside that included mud!), but it’s nice to be home again with my regular human families. I’ve also been...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Yay, starting this month, we have in-person puppy classes every other week. Now don’t get me wrong it is much more challenging than working quietly on zoom. But it is soooo much fun to run into my fellow PADS puppies in training! I am shaping up to be one of the...
