Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Waffle has been working hard on his mobility skills. He loves to pick things up when his trainer drops items, but sometimes, Waffle struggles with being persistent with harder items, so we try to work on that. Waffle has gone on a few trails, and he loves...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Waffle didn’t spend much time on site this month because new friends entered Advanced Training, and his trainer was on vacation. While on-site, he worked on his mobility skills and dog distraction. He also went on several field trips and practiced being handled...
Saturday, February 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, we decided to try Waffle in a head Halti as he sometimes gets ahead of himself and sometimes leaves the LLW zone. He has been working on generalizing his skills on field trips, and although he still needs some support, he is doing really well and always...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Waffle spent some time on-site working on his mobility skills. We had a wonderful time celebrating the last day before the holiday break with a fun trail walk with some of our advanced dogs! It was a great way to enjoy the outdoors together. Waffle...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Waffle spent most of his time off-site, where he stayed with his sitters and got lots of time to rest, play, and go on field trips. While Waffle was on-site, we focused on positions beside and behind the power chair. Waffle really enjoys going on chair...
Friday, November 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Waffle had a great time working off-site while enjoying some time with his sitters! Waffle went on many field trips, and he is always a really good boy, showing off his amazing obedience! While on-site Waffle continued to work on his retrieves, button and...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month, Waffle joined Jade’s string and turned 2 years old. What an exciting month for him! Waffle celebrated his birthday with some of his littermates, Texas II, Jelly II, and Toast. Waffle spent some of his month off-site with his sitters, where he went to...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Waffle has really grown in his skills this month! His retrieve skills are really coming along and he is starting to be able to carry the dumbbell longer distances and is starting to add in simple objects and textures. He has been working on “foot,”...
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Waffle joined Ashley’s string this month! He is a very sweet and goofy guy with a nice medium tempo. Waffle has been having a great time working on all the new skills – targets, tug and retrieve! He’s always happy to try new things! He loves using his nose for “close”...
Saturday, June 1, 2024 | Advanced Dogs, Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Waffle is moving on up in his career at PADS, he is now in Advanced Training! During the first week, we welcomed him to the Burnaby campus to assess his wonderful skills. Waffle made a quick transition to the kennel environment and thoroughly enjoyed...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We happily welcomed Mr. Waffle to the household for his final month of puppy raising! He is going to be entering advanced training in May. His raiser and everyone who had a hand in his upbringing should be so proud of the work they put into this beautiful boy. He...
Monday, April 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I spent the first half of this month working hard, and then I got two weeks of Spring Break! My time off included a trip to Oregon, so I could run on the beach, and time on the Sunshine Coast to explore new trails. Even though I got to do these fun things, I also kept...
Friday, March 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy heart month everyone! I kept myself busy by volunteering to be a practice patient at Douglas College, going with Mum to some appointments, exploring the shipyard district in North Van, and attending sessions as part of a Pro-D Day, plus visiting out in...
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Happy New Year!! I hope 2024 has started off well for you. I was able to spend the first week relaxing with neighbourhood walks, off-leash runs on trails with friends, and some fun outings like going to restaurants, doing some shopping, and even getting a pedicure...
Monday, January 1, 2024 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Merry Christmas, everyone! It was a crazy busy month getting ready for the holidays. We were in school until Dec. 22nd, and the next day, I was on a plane for the first time to go to Alberta. There was a little bit of snow there for the holidays, but not a winter...
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
It was another busy month of new adventures for me! Our class from middle school had a field trip to go skating (brrr), I went to the BC Lions Western semi-final play-off game (we won!), I went with some of my PADS friends to the Capilano Suspension Bridge (not scary...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We are now full-on into fall! The routine of school is now in place and I feel more comfortable there than ever before. There are so many training opportunities during the lessons, conferences, assemblies and even while we are navigating through the hallways full of...
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
It’s time to go to school again!! After a fun-filled summer, it’s time to get back to the real work. I was so excited to see everyone and they all can’t believe how big I am. I did have my first birthday this month so I guess I really am growing up....
Friday, September 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I had another amazing month of travelling around! I spent time with a sitter while my mum was out of town, and I went on a road trip to Oregon and ran around on their dog-friendly beaches. Plus, I rode on the ferry to visit people on the Sunshine Coast. To top it all...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
I’m experiencing summer for the first time and it is awesome! While mum and I don’t go to school, we still find places to work and train. She has taken me to appointments like the chiropractor, I went to my first BC Lions game, plus we attended a couple of...
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
School’s out for summer!! I don’t really know what that means, but mum says we aren’t going back to that building, with those people for 2 months! Because it was the end of the year, we had fun adventures like assemblies, a field trip, more games...
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This was a very interesting month for my raiser and me because we participated in a puppy swap for two weeks! My mum had the lovely Alma with her (a 1-year-old black lab from the Encanto litter) while I went to a wonderful home with different people and new routines....
Monday, May 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Spring is here! While at work this month, I attended a professional development day and went to some meetings about students, and I helped mum coach track and field. As well as that, I was with mum at the dentist, I was very welcoming with the houseguests we had...
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
The month of March included many exciting activities for me! The best thing was a road trip to Alberta for spring break. I love riding in the car because it gives me time to get caught up on my sleep. 🙂 While I was away, I helped mum with appointments and errands, and...
