Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope has gone on numerous field trips in preparation for a client. We continue to focus on reducing dog distractions and extending durations. Tope is working hard, and we hope to have her ready for her placement test soon! Recent field trips have included...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Tope spent less time on-site this month because we welcomed new friends into Advanced Training, and her trainer was on vacation. While on-site, Tope practiced her recall in the play yard and during trail walks. She also participated in the puppy puddle event at the...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope has continued to work on her PTSD skills and interrupters. We are working on her being still for” front” and “post”, as she can sometimes get impatient and back away, so we are working on her duration for those. Tope has also...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope spent half her time on site, where she went on various field trips, including taking the bus and SkyTrain (which she excels at), visiting Lougheed Mall, and exploring a few off-leash trails. For the other half of the month, she stayed with her sitter,...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope went on many fun field trips, including Ikea, Vancouver Aquarium, Scotia Barn Rink, Petsmart, and Lougheed Mall. Tope is doing a good job practicing her “front” and “post” on field trips but now we need to add durations to the...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope went on a handful of field trips and did super well. She continues to love doing her job and really enjoys the PTSD skills. Tope has been working on settling with other dogs, and she is learning to turn off in the training centre when it’s not...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope has been continuing to work on her PTSD skills and really enjoys it. We have been working on Tope’s appropriate play and recall in the play yard, which has been challenging, but she has improved. Tope still sometimes struggles to keep her beans...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope decided that she would like to try skills other than focusing on mobility skills. She is now exploring the skills and career of being a PTSD dog! She is keen on learning these new skills, such as being able to nudge her person as an interrupter skill....
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This is an exciting month for Tope! She spent most of it off-site with her advanced sitter, where she got to experience plenty of outings where she worked on her obedience, durations, and foundations. Later in the month, she spent some time on-site, and I can happily...
Monday, July 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Tope spent time with different Advanced Training Sitters while waiting to be assigned to an Advanced Trainer’s string. Skills being Learned: Generalization of skills in unfamiliar or high distraction environments, default leave-it of food on the...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
It has been an exciting May for Tope, as she has officially started her Advanced Training adventure! She came in for a week on the Burnaby campus to be assessed and see how truly wonderful she is. Tope did have some feelings about being in the kennel environment,...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Tope spent this month with a new handler so that her puppy raiser could take on raising a baby PADS puppy. Tope willΒ be startingΒ PADS University next month, so we have been working on maintaining and refining her skills.Β Some field trips include attending the Paddle...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I got my freedom back this month! After my heat kept me close to home in January, February was my time to explore and get some training/work done! This month started off with a group of us puppies meeting at Canadian Tire to work on our durations, it was hard work...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Well, the new year has started off with a very low-key and relaxing January! A couple of days after my raiser picked me up after the holidays, my 2nd heat started! This has put a little bit of a delay on my turn-in which was meant to be in February with my siblings,...
Monday, January 8, 2024
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Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I hope everyone had a restful and happy holiday and new year. I started off the month by getting used to being back with my raiser after our puppy swap. I really enjoyed staying with PADS Lohn’s raiser but definitely missed my work people (and they missed me)....
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
November started with the most Epic adventure! We went all the way to Kelowna, stopping at some really cool places on the way, and I had my first stay in a hotel. My raiser said I did excellent both in the truck and staying in the hotel even if she had to squeeze my...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Spooky season is upon us! Well, that’s what my raiser kept saying this month.Β I started off this month with lots of different adventures. I met up with PADS Electra for a trip around Home Depot, sold Spark cookies, went to the cinema and that very busy store...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month started with a bang with a fantastic trip to the PNE, for both a BBQ lunch with my raisers co-workers and then my first concert. I did super well at Super Dogs, I didn’t even notice all the dogs as I was fast asleep right up until the end! Then gave...
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
August started out with lots of fun getting ready for PRIDE! I had spent the last week of July and the first couple of days with the sitter Corina who took me out to meet lots of new friends including a beach day with PADS Wrigley who is only 6 months and liked to try...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month I turned 1 year old! It’s strange to think of all of the amazing experiences I’ve had in such a short time, I even got to go to and see a football match with PADS Parker this month. We started off the month with a party to celebrate all of the...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
June was MOVE for PADS month where my raiser and I aimed to complete 300,000 steps to fundraise for PADS and we did it!!! A total of 311,945 steps and $610 raised! The first half of the month was pretty low-key as I was finishing my first heat, with some long line...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month started off with lots of fun and excitement with lots of off-leash and hybrid walks and play dates! All of the cherry blossom trees lost their blossoms, so my raiser decided to do a photoshoot with some very pretty results. I have noticed she does like to...
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Spring is here! As my raiser is going through her photos she’s beginning to realize that April was a Guiding month with lots of Sparks and Guides activities which I really enjoyed. We started off the month at a Guide STEM event which I loved, all of the guides...
