All Pupdates

Sylvan II | September 2024

Sylvan continues to grow and learn.   She has spent a lot of time in the mountains over the summer.    Her first trip to DisneyWorld is coming up in October.    We have always found that they grow up dramatically with the planes, rides, hotels and restaurants for two...

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Nevada | September 2024

This month, Nevada joined Jade’s string and has been spending some time off-site and on-site. While off-site, he gets some very nice walks while also enjoying snoozing with his friend VIP Dot. While on-site, Nevada continues to work on his retrieve and...

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Waffle | September 2024

This month, Waffle joined Jade’s string and turned 2 years old. What an exciting month for him! Waffle celebrated his birthday with some of his littermates, Texas II, Jelly II, and Toast. Waffle spent some of his month off-site with his sitters, where he went to...

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Tope | September 2024

This month, Tope has been continuing to work on her PTSD skills and really enjoys it. We have been working on Tope’s appropriate play and recall in the play yard, which has been challenging, but she has improved. Tope still sometimes struggles to keep her beans...

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Texas II | September 2024

This month, Texas II turned 2 years old and had a party with a few of his littermates Waffle, Toast and Jelly II. Texas continues to work on his mobility skills. He loves to retrieve items, and we have been working on adding simple items to his skills. Texas sometimes...

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Sprinter | September 2024

This month, Sprinter joined Jade’s string. She spends some days on-site training and some days off-site with her sitter. When on-site, she hits the trails with her friends and brushes up on her skills. When she is with her sitter, she gets to go on lots of walks...

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Sokka | September 2024

Sokka continues to do well in the office and at home.  I take him everywhere, and he continues to be calm in all situations.   He has become very good at waiting to go through doors and riding the elevator.  During the days at the office, I have noticed he needs to be...

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Picard | September 2024

Picard showed off his cuteness while receiving a PADS check from OpenRoad with his good friend Marsh and then checked out being a tourist. He visited the Surrey Museum, took a long bus ride and ferry to Victoria, and visited the famous, Empress hotel, checked out many...

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Zuko | September 2024

Zuko has been working on his off-leash training, his perch cue and his sit/down duration. Those blowing leaves are a real distraction for Zuko. They’re so much fun to chase! A highlight for Zuko this month was the Terry Fox Run. Zuko enjoyed seeing all the...

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Ellis | September 2024

Ellis has been visiting various shopping venues and rode on the sky train. Ellis is doing well with the different tasks that she is introduced to daily and is advancing at a steady pace. Submitted by:...

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Sesame | September 2024

Well, school has started for the little hoomans that live at home. Even mom is refining my skills and getting me ready for my next step in my journey…wherever that will be. Mom has been busy with kid’s stuff and her own stuff, and it has been a pretty...

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Aang | September 2024

I travelled to Osoyoos and Whistler this month. Car rides aren’t my favourite, but I’m getting better at getting in the car myself, and I’m always an excellent boy for the entire ride. I visited lots of public spaces like pools, coffee shops,...

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Yarrow | September 2024

Yarrow had a lot of yellow vest activities in September. Twice a week he went to the Long Term Care floor at Langley Gardens to hang out with the residents and bring smiles to a lot of faces. Also, this month, Yarrow has been spending some time visiting his new...

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Olé | September 2024

The days were not quite as long, and the nights were just a little cooler, but that didn’t stop Olé and I from going on adventures and training. We trained with other raisers and dogs and worked on one of Olé’s biggest distractions…other dogs! We also...

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Astro II | September 2024

Well, friends, I had a very busy month. I’ve been meeting up with my buddies PADS Morley, Shah and Blazer for some training, as Jen says I really need to learn to be calm and focused around other dogs. Easier said than done! I want to play! We went to Walmart and the...

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Buzz |September 2024

At the start of September, I got to hang out with one of our amazing Okanagan puppy sitters. Fun fact, they are actually the family that gave me and my brother a ride from Burnaby when we started our Puppy Raising Adventure (apparently, I’m a little bigger than...

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Orbit | September 2024

Hello! I have had a lovely mix of everything this month, including a trip to the airport for the first time! It was super busy, and we had to move quickly, but I am getting better and better and staying in sync with my raiser, and so I handled it beautifully. I also...

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Roku | September 2024

September has been a month of maturity for Roku. Some of the more difficult cues and lessons have moved into “easy”, with Roku smiling like, “Why did I ever think that was so hard?” Roku has had two occasions, a restaurant and a church service,...

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Huckle | September 2024

This month involved a lot of laughs – I went to two comedy events! The first was outdoors in a big field, and I was very lucky as Brad from Accessible by Design was there to make sure the event helped to accommodate special visitors such as myself – a service dog in...

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Falkor | September 2024

Hi, Everyone! I’m Falkor, and this is my first ever PupDate. I moved in with my Raisers only 18 days ago. I’m named after the Luckdragon Falkor from The NeverEnding Story. He’s famous for being wise, optimistic, dignified, friendly, and full-of-heart and for giving...

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Brava | September 2024

Brava continues to amaze me!! This month, I started a new job where I have to work in person 3 times a week. I used to be fully remote, so I was worried about how Brava would adapt to this change, but she handled it perfectly! Now we bus to and from work, 3 times a...

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Perry | September 2024

It has been quiet this month. I did get to go to a new sitter for a week and had fun, then I got home and that very same night, I went into heat. There goes all my fun and outings! I did get lots of relaxation and time with my buddy Dean. I am not sure I like to wear...

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Blazer II | September 2024

We were away for the first couple of weeks of September, which gave Blazer the opportunity to stay with a sitter. He had a great time experiencing new things with a new person and adapted to the changes very well. Blazer had a few outings with a couple of his PADS...

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Bee | September 2024

Bee has been making great progress as a working dog! She’s been accompanying her raiser to university and attending classes, where she’s been well-behaved and received lots of love from the students. Although she’s not quite ready to be in class...

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