Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Update: We’re so pleased to announce Team Taylor to our PADS community. Matched late last year, Lauren shared how PADS Taylor is making a positive impact on her life. “I am extremely grateful to everyone who got Taylor ready for her...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
The Terrific Taylor II has got a job! We’re so proud of her and her whole village for getting her ready to meet her new client and start working together. Program of Origin: Dogs with Wings Sponsor: The Lohn Foundation Puppy-Raisers: Robin Bruder, Darren...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Congratulations to Taylor II and her client for successfully completing their team training! This month, Taylor spent the first two weeks working on all her skills with her advanced sitters. For the last part of November, she flew out to BC to complete team training...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Congratulations to Taylor II for getting a job and being matched with a client! This month, Taylor spent some time with her advanced trainer to expose her to some new situations to better prepare her for her client. She went on her first flight and did fantastic! We...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
This month, Taylor II has been working hard on her sounds with her advanced sitters. She is working on finding the sound in tricky locations, which is really forcing her to use those ears! She’s been having a blast going on fun field trips this month! And...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Taylor II spent the first half of August refining her skills with her advanced trainer and then left for her long-term advanced sitter’s house – Gloria and Linda in Calgary. There, she will have a chance to put her skills to the test and get even more practice in...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Taylor II is still patiently waiting for a match! She is practicing all her basic commands and alerts in new places and is working on alerting to novel handlers. To keep her mind sharp, we added a new alert that we have been playing around with this month – a phone...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
This month Taylor II has been patiently waiting for a client match! In the meantime, she has continued practicing all her alerts and basic obedience in preparation for a client match and team training. She has been hanging out with a sitter on the weekends and going...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
Congratulations to Taylor II for passing her pre-placement testing! Thank you to everyone who helped along her journey – it truly takes a village. This month we mainly focused on taking her skills on the road in preparation for the PPT. With the weather warming up,...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates
This month Taylor II has been practicing all her alerts and commands in preparation for her pre-placement test next month. She is also working really hard on discriminating between all the sounds she knows. She loves her job, and it is really cool to see all the...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month, Taylor II has been focusing on strengthening the proper alert pathway to all her sounds and correctly discriminating between them. We have also introduced a new alert – key drop! Taylor has also been spending a lot of time learning cooperative care on a...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month Taylor II has been focusing on door knocks and doorbells! She picked both up very quickly and got very excited to see who was on the other side of that door. She continues to enjoy searching for sound in different places and alerting her trainer Amy when...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
January has been a fun and exciting month for Taylor II! She is learning how to alert to people while they are doing different activities (i.e. Sweeping and vacuuming the floor!). She is also learning how to discriminate between a fire alarm, door knock and phone...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Taylor II! This month has been very festive, and Taylor has had a lot of public outings in preparation for Christmas. She is picking up alerting to sounds quickly and is starting to work on discriminating between them. We have...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month has been a ton of fun for Taylor II! She has started to put together the full picture of alerting for sounds and continuing to build a drive for sounds. She had quite a few field trips this month, where she is working hard on leaving distractions in her...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
Taylor II has been working hard this month, perfecting her obedience skills and showing everyone what a good girl she is out in public! We have started introducing her to sound work and teaching a solid nose target. She is picking these skills up fast and is showing...
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month Taylor II has been out exploring the city of Edmonton! She is a smart little lady who has been picking up new skills with lightning speed. She is so excited to work that sometimes she will start offering things without even being asked! Taylor also loves...
Thursday, September 1, 2022 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are so excited to welcome Taylor II into advanced training! Taylor is a perfect blend of sweet, fun and motivated. She transitioned beautifully from puppy raising into advanced training and is really enjoying the fast-paced and busy days. This little lady is up for...
Monday, August 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
I had lots of new adventures in the month of July! I spent some time with two different sitters as my family went away a couple of times. Both of them had released PADS dogs living with them, so I made some new friends! I also joined some other PADS dogs at a Stampede...
Friday, July 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
June was another busy month. We spent time at the ball diamonds and hockey arenas, watching my human brother play his sports. I have been working on my ‘go say hi’ and trying to not be as enthusiastic. The weather was rainy this month, but we did go on...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month we have spent a little bit of time at the arena as my hooman brother has been doing some spring hockey. I settle in really well at the arena as I’m very used to it now. He has also started baseball so we spend some time at the baseball diamonds too. I...
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month we spent some more time at the hockey arenas where I continued to work on focusing on my raiser and not rushing up the steps too quickly – can focus really well and the stairs are still a ‘work in progress’. It was Easter so I posed nicely...
Friday, April 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
We have been doing lots of walking this month and continue to work on my loose leash walking. It’s been warming up a bit and the snow is gone (for now). We have had a few trips to stores and malls when I worked hard at focusing on my raiser and not all the...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month we spent lots of time on walks and working on my loose leash walking. I’m really excited at the beginning of a walk but then remember to settle and listen and do much better at loose leash walking. I did go to the mall during the cold snap we had in...
