Friday, January 8, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VIMY II and his new partner successfully completed their Team Training in December! They are currently working through their 45-day probation period and when that is complete, they will officially be members of the PADS 2021 graduating class! His skills are being...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VIMY II and his new partner are currently in Team Training and will continue a gradual training process to support the team as they learn and bond. Way to go, Team Vimy! Upon completion of team training, they will work through their 45-day probation period and when...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that VIMY II has (finally!) been matched with a client and will start team training in November. Thank you to all the PADS volunteers, staff members and donors who have helped make this placement possible. A special thanks goes out to...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VIMY II has been practicing all his skills and staying sharp and ready for the next step in his career. We continue to search for the perfect match for Vimy. We are confident that we will soon find him a match and send him off into the world to help someone gain...
Friday, September 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are currently looking through our list of potential clients in order to find the perfect match for VIMY II. Once we find a suitable match, we will be setting up team training and moving forward with the next step in his career Skills being learned: Helping his...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VIMY II has been to Nanaimo Harbor, the mall, the pet store, and other areas to keep busy. He has not enjoyed the recent heat wave that has come across Vancouver Island, but he’s found a good shady place to rest when he’s outside in the yard. We continue...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
VIMY II practices his skills for his future job every day. He loves to get a treat for something as easy as picking up a sock for me. Lately he has also enjoyed running through the trails and keeping up with my bike now that we have better weather. Skills being...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been enjoying trips to some local parks such as Moorecroft and Icarus where he gets to practice his skills in new environments. He is also enjoying the outdoors and loves to get a good sniff in while at the off-leash park. After a long day of training with...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has not been fazed at all by this whole quarantine thing! All the self-isolation has meant more time for naps and playtime with his roommates Daegan, Gatsby and Sandy; all good things according to Vimy! Rob and Vimy continues to refine his skills and make sure...
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Help Fund My Training! #WOOF I'M SOCIALFacebookGoogle+ Vimy II 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 March 2019, he took the next step in his journey and entered Advanced...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been very busy learning agility as he improves his core strength and stamina. The stronger the dog’s core, the easier some of the advanced skills are to complete such as hitting automatic door buttons, putting paws up on the table, etc. The PADS...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II continues to look for the perfect client match and hopes to have more news to share very soon. In the meantime, Vimy has been spending time with a sitter and enjoyed meeting new dogs to play with and practiced his manners in new environments with more novel...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II loves the snow and has enjoyed the snowfall on the Island very much. His favorite after-training activity is playing in the yard with his training buddies, and playtime is always more fun with snow involved! Vimy has been working on keeping all learned skills...
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
We are very exited to announce that VIMY II has passed his pre-placement testing! Way to go Vimy! Vimy’s laid back approach to life makes him a great bracing dog, a career that requires him to maintain a slower pace to support someone with difficulty balancing in...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II continues to progress in training. He has been practicing all his skills in his new stability harness and is doing well at learning to complete his skills while wearing the extra equipment. Rob often takes Vimy out for coffer and to various other areas where...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has really matured the last few months and is preparing for his pre-placement testing, which he will hopefully get to run through in the next month or so. We have been going a little slower with Vimy as Rob has learned that he is a slower pace kind of guy....
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has had a bit of an adjustment period over the past few weeks as his old training buddies Hector and Mocha moved on to start their service careers. His bond to Mocha and Hector made the transition to new training buddies confusing. The transition was hard for...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been enjoying working in the bracing harness. He is working on adapting all skills to work with the bracing harness and is doing well with this process. He loves to let off some steam after a good training session in the training center by having play with...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been introduced to his new stability harness and is being assessed for a possible career as a Bracing service dog. As a Bracing dog, he would act as a moving stability support for a potential client, assisting with ascending and descending stairs, as well...
Friday, July 5, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II recently got to visit Colliery Dam. He got the opportunity to meet many other dogs at the off-leash dog park right off the water near the dam. He also went swimming and found many sticks to play with, which of course kept his handler busy as we don’t...
Friday, June 7, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II loves it in advanced training! He has so many dogs to play with and is progressing well with all the service skills he has been learning so far. Right now, Vimy is practicing working in a bracing harness to assess his suitability for a career as a bracing dog...
Monday, May 6, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been enjoying the training and learning all the skills required to be a service dog. He is working hard on the foundations for retrieve skills and is practicing new skills like ‘button’ to open automatic doors and ‘light’ and ‘switch’ to turn lights on and...
Friday, April 5, 2019 | Pupdates, Vancouver Island
VIMY II has been adjusting to his new life on Vancouver Island. He enjoys playing with his new roommates after a good training session and is loving going on walks around his new neighborhood and scoping out the environment. He is working hard on beginner service...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Vimy really enjoys lounging near the fireplace this winter. Sometimes he sits and stares at the flames, seeming to ponder life – or perhaps how to acquire man’s red fire (jungle book fans anyone?) He’s a little like Superman – inside (literally...
