Pupdates Archive - Page 39 of 205

Valentino | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

We are thrilled to introduce Valentino to our Calgary Advanced Training Crew! Tino is a fun-loving, goofy guy who likes his routine. His raisers have done an amazing job with Tino, and they should be very proud of him, as he is a true credit to their love and...

Falkor | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Hi, Everyone, Is August over already?! Darn. I was really liking the summer routine of busy mornings and lazy afternoons. But I do NOT like the late-season wasps. They’ve gone all dopey and, if I hold too still, they think I’m a fluffy white flower – a sure...

Jonsie | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates

On arrival at Calgary airport to collect Jonsie from George, it was instant. This is one huge bundle of rolls and fur and a face to squidge and adore. With an overlap of two weeks with Valentino, I had my hands full, but Tino loved having a puppy and vice versa....

Bowden | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

Bowden got to celebrate his birthday this month along with the rest of the Alberta Towns Litter. Bowden is working hard on perfecting his alerting skills and starting to generalize them to new places and positions. We are also working hard on his movement skills for...

Sylvan II | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

Sylvan got to celebrate her birthday this month along with the rest of the Alberta Towns Litter. She is also working hard on her productive play skills to help her with her retrieval. She has had lots of opportunities to practice obedience in public settings on...

Max | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Max is now 6 months old! He had a very fun and exciting month of August, visiting lots of new places and having lots of new experiences. He had a very fun outing with his brother, Blanco, and friend PADS Donner to go get Pirate Paks, and then had so much fun getting...

Rimbey | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

We kicked off this month by doing all things retrieving foundations. She is learning to pick up and hold objects and generalize different materials, textures, shapes, sizes, etc! Although new things can sometimes be hard for Rimbey, she is always there to try again...

Elora | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Elora turned one year old at the beginning of August! She had a fun birthday party with her siblings and ate a pupcake! She enjoyed spending time with lovely sitters for a few short sits this month. She interacted very well with children and began attending her...

Fawn | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Well, that’s a wrap on summer break! The human surprised me with not one but two PADS puppies to mentor for quick visits towards the end of summer. First, PADS Lylie came, and this was my first time sharing my human with a little pup. I will admit, I was super jealous...

Petra | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

Petra made her departure this month from Calgary to move out to the Lower Mainland to join Margaret’s string to be placed with her client. We can’t wait to see Miss Petra finish her journey! • Skills being learned: Body target, chin to couch, shake• Recent field...

Minnie II | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

– PADS Myra visited Minnie for some cardboard chaos and other “freework”- worked on settling indoors and outside (from scratch, i.e. collar/leash pressure down), at different locations (out of cape)- had fun with judgement bias test (always...

Juno II | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Juno II had a great August. She spent time with some amazing sitters, had some fun adventures, and experienced many firsts – pup cup, Grouse Mountain hike, paddle boarding, and swimming. She continues to love her dog park playdates and car rides anywhere and...

Tetris | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

Tetris has spent this month polishing her skills and learning some new tricks she will be able to show off in her career. We are also starting to practice some skills for the pre-placement test, as Tetris is getting close to the finish line of her journey as an...

Furrow | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

August has been another fantastic and exciting month for me and Furrow. He turned 17 months old on August 9th, 2025, and continues to be an amazing dog and makes me proud of him everyday. Furrow has become an expert swimmer. He prefers the fresh water at the creeks...

Donora | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Okanagan, Pupdates

Donora has certainly been growing… is now 45 lbs. She is able to greet humans quietly most times, but is still overenthusiastic when greeting other dogs and often misses or ignores cues from other dogs who are not as enthusiastic about greeting her! She is...

Bentley II | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

We started the month by volunteering at the Vancouver Police Museum. Lots of people wanted to pet me. I turned 1 year old on August 3. I had a birthday party with a lot of my puppy friends. Then later in the month, I got to see most of my brothers and sisters. We...

Major | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

Hi everyone !! I hope you all had a lovely end of summer August 🙂 Mine was quite busy, with a handful of weekends out to amazing sitters, and fun outings on weekday evenings. A couple of highlights from my training were that I started to learn my tuck-sits, chin, and...

Bingo | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

Bingo got to attend the Rogers Charity Golf Classic this month. He got to show off his skills and greet people to educate them all about PADS. His wonderful long-term advanced sitters are doing great with him and say he’s doing awesome with his skills. • Skills...

Puzzle | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

What a busy month! After a quiet July when Puzzle was under house arrest (ahem, home with kennel cough), it was back to work and play. We looked for cool spaces on hot days: libraries and liquor stores (thank you to Rascal for supporting PADS), shaded trails, BC Place...

Sokka | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Advanced Dogs, Calgary, Pupdates

We are thrilled to introduce Sokka to our Calgary Advanced Training Crew! Sokka is a sweet and sensitive guy who also likes doing Sokka things to fill his bucket. His raisers have done an amazing job with Sokka, and they should be very proud of him as he is a true...

Chet | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates

August has meant lots of walks. The weather has improved, so we are spending lots of time in Fish Creek Provincial Park. I live right off of it, so I get to enjoy over 100KM of trails and SMELLS! Oh, how I love the smells. Here are a couple of pics of me on some...

Mabel II | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Calgary, Pupdates

Hi again, friends! Welcome to our monthly assembly! My heat has ended, and I have started walking around stores and settling in cafes and restaurants again! It’s been really hot or really rainy, but I have really enjoyed my outdoor practice on the nicer days. I also...

Picard | August 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

I didn’t see too much of Picard since he was at a babysitter’s for 3 of those weeks in August. He had a great time, and I heard good things about how he did. It was so nice to see him back again, and I was so very proud of how he did with a new trainer....

Ripto | July 2025

Friday, August 1, 2025 | Lower Mainland, Pupdates

I turned 11 months old in July and had to do the kibble challenge – I rocked it! I attended a Rascal tasting event with some fellow PADS dogs, and, again, I rocked it! Are you sensing a theme?! I’ve been working on not annoying the senior cat (I just want...