Saturday, May 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion continues to be the happiest dog ever. She loves to meet people and working on her issues around personal space and over-enthusiastic greetings. Unfortunately, sheβs now on a personal lockdown and canβt see her friends at the dog park due to a heat cycle. But she...
Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion continues to be a lovely, lively and beautiful teenager. Sheβs been enjoying some bright sunny days in the dog park, where she loves to party with other dogs. Zion has been going out to some grocery stores, libraries, Granville Island, the Fraser River, dog...
Monday, March 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion is a happy gal who loves to cuddle. She loves nothing better than running free in the dog park, playing with other dogs, running up to the humans to say Hi, and running back to us to get a huge payoff, i.e. cheese. Her recall, even when playing, is so good. This...
Monday, March 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion continues to be a happy girl. She has become βthat good dog at the dog parkβ that all the humans and dogs are happy to see. Her recall is almost 100%, and she plays with any dog that will run or wrestle. She even puts up with the tiny growly dogs and is very...
Friday, January 1, 2021 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion had a good month. She left all the Christmas decorations alone and played with her new Benebones and stuffies. Zion is learning lots of new things in class: perch, jump on, duration sit, stand, and down. Her house manners are excellent. Sheβs mastering her loose...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion has had a wonderful month. She has finally been successful at negotiating dog parks and is having a blast. She always wanted to play off leash but her recall and dog distraction were not at the point where she would pay any attention to her humans. All of a...
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion turned a year old this month! Sheβs a super-cuddler and has been wonderful company during the pandemic. She gets us out at least twice a day for long walks and we get to explore our East Van neighbourhood as well as other neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Zion is so...
Monday, September 14, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion is still working hard keeping her humans happy during the pandemic.Β She often has visits with her 96 year old Nona who walks with a walker and lives in her own apartment.Β Zion gets to practice elevator skills, being very polite and gentle around Nona, and tries...
Saturday, August 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion is rocking her loose leash walking and her English language skills are improving (βbedβ, βtouchβ, βchinβ, βtradeβ, βyesβ, βperchβ, and many others). Sheβs been busy entertaining her humans during COVID and helping them to stay home and get outside to increase...
Monday, June 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
COVID-19 was a quiet time for Zion and then she had some growing pains which also led to even quieter times at home!Β Sheβs coped with being a bored teenager quite well and has scored many more toys and treats to maintain some calm, plus has been playing quiet games...
Friday, May 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion is a really affectionate pup.Β She gets so excited to see people, especially now that weβre isolating. Her training is coming along.Β She can twirl on her perch, jump on her bed (with much enthusiasm), is learning to walk backwards on her leash, and is getting...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion spent more than a month at a puppy sitterβs place between February and March, while we were away. She met cats, gerbils, guinea pigs, and kids. We came home mid-March to a full quarantine so Zion hasnβt had any opportunities to ride buses, go to restaurants, or...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
We miss Zion as weβve been in Mexico! But she has been having a whole new set of experiences with kids, other pets, school activities, etc! Before we left, she was a regular Monday attendee at EComm, providing plenty of cuddles for the operators (who have stressful...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates
Zion is a lovely little gal. She is a very cuddly pup and adores people. She has excellent eye contact and those who meet her love her. Every Monday Zion visits 911 EComm and has made many human friends there. Today she went to the dog park and made many dog friends....
