Friday, September 3, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very excited to announce that WOODSTOCK has a prospective match! Team Training will begin soon for some service dog clients and as they train, Woodstock will find out who he matches with best and then will be able to start his new career! His trainer Ashley is...
Friday, July 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK continues to enjoy practicing his real-world skills out and about daily with his advanced sitters. Woodstock is a big loveable goofball, and he is always able to brighten up peoples’ days with his charming personality. We hope to have more news about...
Friday, July 2, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has been spending most of June out practicing obedience and field trips with his advanced sitters while he waits for his match. Woodstock popped by Streetcar Brewery on a recent Saturday to show off some of the skills he learned in advanced. Good boy! Skills...
Friday, June 4, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that WOODSTOCK has passed his pre-placement testing! Way to go Woodstock! Woodstock has a quirky personality that is very charming and will make you smile. He loves to engage with his people, and we look forward to seeing him create a...
Friday, April 30, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has recorded and submitted his pre-placement testing and has his paws crossed that he will find out that he passed it soon! In the meantime, he is practicing various skills that may be useful for whoever his person may be once he is ready to be matched. We...
Friday, April 9, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has been working hard at skills and maintaining focus in various environments as well as trying out different skill sets as he decides what type of work he likes best. He loves when he gets to tug and is quite happy to get rewarded with a good play session!...
Friday, March 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK is full of enthusiasm and offers when working on retrieve skills. He is working on sharpening his focus in various higher distraction public spaces. He is also working on waiting for his verbal cue around visual cues that may be tied to various commands....
Friday, February 5, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has begun to practice some service skills and retrieve in public. It can be tricky to generalize at first, but he is keen to figure it out and keeps making strides forward. He is very enthusiastic to try “button” in public and does a great job at hitting...
Friday, January 8, 2021 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK is continuing to work on skills and retrieve. He has now learned most of the mobility service dog skills and is working on refining, generalizing and proofing them. Woodstock is doing really well with his duration carry retrieve and can now do it next to a...
Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has been showing more excitement and drive for mobility service skills and is having a blast learning! What he currently lacks in refinement, he makes up for in enthusiasm! He has now progressed to being able to carry a dumbbell short distances and do a calm...
Friday, November 6, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has been coming along nicely in his retrieve and is enjoying trying out all the service skills as he decides on his career. He has been going on walks next to a power wheelchair and is getting more confident in moving alongside it. Woodstock’s favorite new...
Friday, October 9, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK is back in the advanced kennel for onsite training and has been having a good time exploring skills. He is still deciding if he is interested in retrieve and other skills, but he sure does like getting kibbles when he tries! He is going out and about...
Friday, September 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK has been out with his advanced sitters this month working on various behaviors like obedience and loose leash walking over kibbles, ‘heel’ and ‘side’ near tighter spaces, ‘go in’, ‘dress’ and many more. All his skills are coming along nicely and are looking...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
This month Ashley started a new online training platform using video lessons and video calls to try out having dogs work on and practice foundations in the home with their sitters. WOODSTOCK is taking a part in this with his sitters. They are having success with...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
WOODSTOCK recently joined advanced training and has been settling in nicely. He has been working on his loose leash walking and obedience with a new handler as well as working on how to move his feet with skill such as ‘perch’ or walking over cavalettis. Woodstock is...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Woodstock had a pretty chill month with spring break and then hanging up his cape to help flatten the curve. We’ve been working on desensitizing him to the nail clippers and working on some cues at home. We have been going on more remote walks and hikes so that he can...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month we’ve worked on getting Woody more comfortable with getting his nails clipped. Woodstock went for a weekend to Whistler where we worked on dog distraction. We helped teach a unit on forces to a high school physics class. We are looking forward to more...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Woody started his year on the East coast with a puppy sitter. On his trip, he experienced many different types of travel on ferries, buses, airplanes, and even a seabus. He went on walks in new areas and even met a 40-year-old lobster. Tommy met a new puppy cousin (my...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Woody worked on recall, loose leash walking, and going through doorways. He also got to go to Nova Scotia for a week and experienced four busy ferries, four flights, a seabus, regular buses, and time change/jet lag. Submitted By: Rachel...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Woodstock and his siblings turned two years old so they had a lovely party at a dog park. Around 20-30 pads dogs showed up and they all had a blast! Woody has been working on increasing his duration for sit, stand, and down, as well as keeping up on the...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Woodstock continued going to work at a high school with my husband. He took part in many chemistry labs, biology dissections, and helped to teach teenagers about physics by practicing the game of tug with them! He’s been working on refining some of...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month Woodstock jumped back into the swing of working at a high school and going to university with his other raiser. He is doing great at recalling to his name now and has been getting more relaxed in the bike trailer which he rides into work. Submitted By:...
Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
August has been a chill month for Woodstock as my husband, who is a teacher, has been landscaping part time this summer. Woody has been to a variety of different backyards and watched a couple guys weed as well as mow while chilling out in the shade. He’s been to a...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
This month has been a month of recovery for Woodstock as early April he had an emergency surgery. He was pretty tired for about a week and got to have a lot of downtime and cuddles, and now he is back to his normal self, the only traces of his surgery being that his...
