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Welcome a puppy into your home and your life for approximately 18 mos. Raising a PADS puppy means having a furry companion by your side at work, school, the grocery store and wherever else you may go in a day.
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Our supporters and sponsors help in a variety of ways, from helping to feed our puppies, building awareness or raising much needed funds for training. Would you like to get involved with supporting PADS? Contact our Okanagan Team today for more information.
OKANAGAN NEWS
Murray and Tony
Join us January 25th as we catch up with Murray and Tony! Tony works at the Customized Learning Centre, a small high school alternate program in Coquitlam School District. Tony spends his day with Murray (handler) or Dannielle, Youth Worker (trained co-handler),...
Total Pet
Early this year we received an email from Erin at Vernon’s Total Pet store. She wanted to know if we would like to be their charity of choice for the stores annual charity fundraiser. Little did we know when we agreed to partner up with them, that they would produce...
Armstrong Co-op
It takes a village! In partnership with the Armstrong Regional Cooperative gas bars today PADS Okanagan received their Patronage Equity Payment. Stopping by the Vernon Gas Bar today were PADS Client Sarah Lapp & PADS Assistance Dog Rico, local radio personality...
OKANAGAN PUPDATES
Viking II | September 2025
I’ve only been with my temporary humans for a little bit of this month, but I wanted to share a bit of my adventures thus far. I’ve been hanging out in the house and learning the puppy basics, such as acting civil in the house, learning my name and foundation work for...
Fawn | September 2025
Well, friends, I have survived my first month of school at SFU with my human. I’ve been practicing a ton of settling in classrooms and the odd lecture halls. Some days are better than others. Humans cohort is very accepting of my vocalizations as I get used to this...
Mushu | September 2025
First month of fall! Back to school and back to regular puppy classes for us! We didn’t really take a break over the summer, maybe just a few little breaks in classes here and there, but it’s nice to get back in the swing of things, and I love the cooler weather and...
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