Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that at PADS 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration on November 29th, VALOUR graduated as a Service Dog. Congratulation to Valour and her client Cindy. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in helping Cindy succeed. Her trainer...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VALOUR and her new partner are currently in Team Training and will continue a gradual training process to support the team as they learn and bond. Upon completion of team training, they will work through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete, they...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that VALOUR has been matched with a client and started team training in mid-August. Valour’s devotion to her people and her enthusiasm for the work will make her an amazing partner for her client and we look forward to seeing this...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that VALOUR has passed her pre-placement testing! Way to go Valour! Valour hopes to have a match in the next few months and is excited to start her career as a rockstar Service Dog! Her trainer Ashley and the PADS advanced training staff...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VALOUR’S skills and retrieve are looking great and now that COVID-19 restrictions have started to gradually ease up, she has started to work on them in public spaces again. So far, she has been confidently transferring her skills such as retrieve and ‘button’ to being...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR has been working on her service skills and is practicing generalizing retrieve with many different objects. She sometimes does this while wearing different types of capes to see what she is comfortable working in. She has also been working on helping tug...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR has been doing really well with maintaining and refining her skills so far. Valour and Ashley have started to play around with additional skills and default behaviors to build stability for bracing and when doing ‘step’ work. They are also working on cues to...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR has been working on maintaining and further refining all the skills she has learned so far in advanced training. She has also been practicing and sharpening her basic obedience cues and default behaviors such as ‘leave it’. Valour has been working on her...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR has been working on ‘step’ in public places and has been very calm and patient going up or down one step at a time. Valour has been practicing her duration carry of dumbbells of various weights and simple objects. She is also working on generalizing her...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR is continuing to hone her “step” skill. She is working on giving eye contact and waiting for the cue before she takes the next step. She is enjoying working on skills like “button” and “open the door” and has improved her paw aim by becoming better at focusing...
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR is a girl who is keen to work and likes many repetitions to truly understand and learn a skill. She has been working hard and is making progress! Valour tried out skills next to a chair as well as with a bracing harness on and has decided she would like to try...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR has been spending this month getting to know Apprentice Instructor Ashley. Ashley, with the assistance of Jessica and several dedicated advanced training volunteers, will be continuing Valour’s training as her advanced trainer. Valour likes to be near her...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
VALOUR recently joined the Burnaby Advanced Training class from Calgary and is settling in well. Valour is a sweet and attentive dog who comes to advanced training with a solid skill set; thank you to her Puppy Raisers and Calgary Puppy Program trainers for giving her...
Monday, July 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour is going through assessments for the PADS Breeding Program. We are waiting to hear back about the first two tests, which she had done in Calgary. She has gone to Vancouver for a couple more. While in Vancouver, Valour went to meet Jocelyn and Marie who had...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour has continued to be sweet, calm and well loved by everyone. She is waiting to find out if she will be assessed for PADS Breeding Program – we should hear soon. I hatched 5 ducklings in my classroom this month, Valour was very interested in the babies and...
Monday, April 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour was at soccer provincials with our youngest daughters this month. There were 100’s of teenaged girls playing games and then milling around waiting for their medals. Many, many of them stopped to say hello, a pat, to feel her ears and to have some love...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour went to Edmonton for our girl’s soccer tournament for the weekend. It was an exciting and busy weekend of in and out of the hotel and in and out of multiple soccer centers. There were crowds of adults, teenagers and kids at the soccer centers and the...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour is slowly but surely learning her obedience. She needs to practice things a lot of times, but eventually she gets it! Valour is a sweet girl who is amazing with other dogs – older than her down to puppies! She is so patient and resilient. Just like she is...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour loves to show off and “hold” or “carry” items… like Jay’s phone or keys at the gym – she carries them from the desk to the changeroom and then to her spot where she lays while he works out. Valour is also a big hit at...
Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour continues to be amazing in all situations with kids! She continues to come to Kindergarten with me for full days of school. Every week she experiences new and different situations with High School, Middle School, Elementary and young children. She is awesome in...
Thursday, March 1, 2018 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour goes to Goodlife Fitness daily with Jay and to 3 different workout classes – 2 of which are kickboxing boot camps and another that’s a very full Barre Class. Valour is excellent and very well behaved. Even with the noise, busyness of the kickboxing...
Friday, December 1, 2017 | Calgary, Pupdates
Valour loves to work, we have been working on side and heels, and she readily goes into position. She is excited to learn new things and picks them up very quickly. Submitted By: Amy...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Valour is being raised and trained to be an assistance dog for someone with a physical disability or who is deaf or hard-of-hearing. In October, 2019, Valour took the next step in her journey and entered...
