Friday, December 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are excited to announce that at PADS 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration on November 29th, ZARIA graduated as a Service Dog. Congratulation to Zaria and her client Ingrid. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved in helping Zaria succeed. Her trainers...
Friday, September 4, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
ZARIA 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...
Friday, August 7, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
We are very exited to announce that ZARIA has passed her pre-placement testing and has been matched with a client! Way to go Zaria! Zaria and her client will start team training in August. Zaria’s lively energy and dedication to her people will make her a fantastic...
Friday, July 3, 2020 | Advanced Dogs, Pupdates
ZARIA had a slower month in June. Due to some minor sensitivity in her back and hind end, Zaria spent the first part of June on rest, which meant low key walks only (translation: on leash walking) and lots of stretching. After a few weeks of rest and stretching, Zaria...
Friday, June 5, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA has been Margaret’s car buddy this month as Margaret performs some social-distancing post-team training follow up visits with some of the recent teams who have already or are completing team training. Zaria has mellowed out in the past few months and has really...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is adapting well to quarantine life and is enjoying the extra downtime (and snuggles) that come with hanging up her cape to help flatten the curve. In between naps, playtime with the other dogs in her sitters’ household and practicing her house manners and basic...
Friday, April 3, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is keeping things low key this month as the world gets used to all the new measures that have been put in place to help keep everyone safe and healthy! Zaria and her advanced sitter are spending their days working on basic skills; house manners and obedience,...
Friday, March 6, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA has been enjoying lots of extra attention as she assists in advanced trainer Lisa’s gradual return to work schedule. Zaria’s training is ramping up as she is continually challenged with new scenarios. She has been proving to trainer Lisa that she is ready to...
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA continues to progress in her skills. Her ‘hold’ is getting stronger and we are proud of the steps forward she has made recently. Lisa is making a gradual return to training in the next few months. Lisa has spent her training time working with Zaria and has...
Friday, January 17, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA has been working on holding items without shifting them around in her mouth when retrieving certain objects as well as clarity between ‘light’ and ‘switch’. She is also working on keeping up all her skills with Ashley and other handlers. Ashley and her volunteer...
Friday, December 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA 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 Zaria’s training as her advanced trainer. Zaria is working on refining her...
Friday, November 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA continues to learn and grow in advanced training. She is showing lots of improvement in her retrieve skills and is learning to maintain her ‘hold’ even when she is moving around. Zaria is a confident pup who takes everything in stride, whether it be a...
Friday, October 4, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA has come far in a short time! She is full of energy, always ready to work and get engaged with her humans. The snacks help too! Trainer Lisa has seen her settle into a more relaxed and confident dog. Zaria is confident in new spaces and with varying degrees of...
Friday, September 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA continues to sharpen all her service skills and loves to learn new things, especially when there is food involved. She has great persistence and loves to go for a good run next to the power-chair. Her focus this month was working on her impulse control and prey...
Friday, July 5, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is full of enthusiasm and spunk. To say she loves to train would be an understatement; Zaria is always chomping at the bit to get into the training center and show Lisa how much she has learned. She is always excited for field trips and wants to be picked first...
Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA’S enthusiasm for service work continues! She is full of energy and loves her training session with Lisa, especially when food and praise are involved. She gets so jazzed to go on field-trips that she will often race other dogs to put her head in their capes....
Monday, May 6, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is a little ball of energy. She loves to work and learn new skills and is great at working through challenging scenarios. She loves to forage for food off the floor but is working hard on leaving it and is making progress. She can be pushy and persistent when...
Friday, April 5, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is progressing nicely on her retrieving skills as she starts to learn to hold on to items for longer durations. She is learning how hard to grip various items without damaging them and is doing well. She loves working and has a little bounce in her step. Zaria...
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is continuing in a nice forward momentum to becoming a very lovely service candidate. She is keen to learn and willing to put in the effort it takes to learn new skills. Zaria is currently bunking with the newest advanced training recruit, Zivy. Skills being...
Friday, February 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
ZARIA is settling into kennel life very well and is a nice little character. She has embraced kennel life easily and happily. She is a pleasure to train and loves it. Her kennel buddy is her brother Tako and she gets along with all the dogs and really likes to give...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zaria has had lots of fun outings during the Christmas season. She went onto the Capilano Suspension Bridge and did very well. Lafarge Lake lights were very interesting for her, and she handled the crowds of people well. The PADS Christmas party is always fun, and...
Friday, November 30, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zaria is a very sweet, affectionate girl. She is very well behaved and fun to take on outings. This month we went to Metrotown to see the sights, which she was interested in, but not afraid of. She finally got to meet the famous Silver dog. Zaria took part in the...
Monday, October 1, 2018 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zaria is still a puppy at heart even at 22 months. We have been trying to ignore people when out and about, but she just gives someone the look, and they will come up to pet her without even asking. She loves her runs at the off-leash dog park, and once she has used...
