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, 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...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month was pretty quiet, it was cold here in Calgary early in the month, and then I was spayed, so we stayed pretty close to home. We worked on my heels and sides at home. We went out of town for my human brother’s hockey tournament at the end of the month....
Saturday, January 1, 2022 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month was exciting because it was Christmas! I did a few trips to the malls and did really well focusing on my raiser. We did lots of walks early in the month when the weather was nicer and it was fun to play in the snow! Then it got cold and we spent less time...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month I have been to some hockey games. I settle nicely on my blanket and stay focused on my raiser even though there are lots of people, that think I am so cute. We have been on lots of walks, continuing to practice my loose leash walking. I even saw a buck deer...
Monday, November 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
October was a pretty quiet month as I went through my second heat cycle. We practiced my perch and my duration in our backyard, I did go to a couple outside puppy classes and I am getting better at not being distracted by the other dogs. It was Halloween and that was...
Friday, October 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month we have spent some time at hockey arenas, where my raiser says I am getting very good at staying in a sit or down. We have also been on lots of walks, practicing my loose leash walking and leash pressure when I head in a direction I’m not supposed to,...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month was an exciting month! In the first part of the month, we spent lots of time at the baseball diamonds watching my hooman brother. Then my family went on vacation, and I spent some time with a puppy sitter and met a new friend, their dog Winston. We had lots...
Sunday, August 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month I went camping for the first time. It was lots of fun. There was a small lake that I could go swimming in and I thought that was really awesome! My hooman brother had an appointment at the Children’s hospital so I went along. I did really well in this new...
Thursday, July 1, 2021 | Calgary, Pupdates
This month has been a busy month! My hooman brother returned to his sports so I got to spend some time in hockey arenas. At first I was curious about the fast moving skaters on the ice, then I got a little bit worried about all the noise, but after a few minutes I...
