Quincy, from Polish straydog to Dutch service dog

Watched your video and enjoyed it greatly!! Quincy sure is lovely!!! So, so happy for you both!!!

Welcome home, Quincy!

Sas, I just viewed the video and got all choked up. Knowing that you have another sweetie to share your life and seeing you two together with made my heart soar. I am so happy for both of you!

She is so lovely!! Love, that music and the Star Wars too :D she has the most perfect jaunty ears, such a beautiful girl... so pleased it worked out! I hope you have many, many years of love and fun together! :) I could feel the happiness on that website even though I cannot read Dutch!!

It's three days since she came here and she already walks off-leash and comes running and jumping when called :D I can tell the changes in her life are tiring to her so she sleeps (and I let her) a lot :) Just to get used to my daily routine, to walk beside my wheelchair (something she has never done before), walk in traffic, learn some basic commands (she knows none), all that is for now more then enough for her. But she is doing very well :) She's a bit unsure, having to deal with everything without her pack, but comes running to me whenever she is unsure or uncertain of something. Eventhough I am not that familiar yet, I am all she knows and so she hangs on to me :) But she is not "clingy", she will go into the backyard by herself...but when she hears a strange noise, she comes running for me :) She gets along well with all dogs, and we go for daily plays to the dogpark where she can hang out and run and play with other dogs. She never slept on anyone's bed, she was always crated for the night ( which she had no problems with) but she sure loves sleeping on the bed with me. Whenever she is on the bed with me, she rolls over on her back and wants her tummy rubbed, very cute :) (also pretty "submissive")

It's just going wonderful and I could not be happier :D

Video's of her walking beside my chair, learning the routine of going into my house behind me, of her coming running to me when called, etc are on her website :)

Saskia and Quincy :)

Aww, she is so cute and so smart too. I'm sure she will learn everything very well.
I love the videos and picture, especially the ones of her on your lap. Those are priceless and you both look wonderful.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sas, I am just ecstatic for both you and Quincy!

WELCOME Quincy!!!! I am so happy for you both, Saskia. I love your videos and your choice of songs. My heart is full seeing that you have a doggie in your life to share your love with. You so deserve it. :)

Quincy looks so happy when she's walking off leash. Bailey wants her belly rubbed when she's on the bed as well. I'm most happy to oblige! :D

Hugs,
Susan

Hey Sas,

How are things going with Quincy? I hope you two are settling in and finding that magic.

Hugs,
Leslie

Hi Leslie :)

Don't know where to start in order to tell you everything that has happened, geezzzzzz, never a dull moment here :) Well, Quincy was attacked by a swarm of bees, that was horrible! She was terrified and stayed that way for several days but is now doing a lot better, thankfully :)

We saw the vet, and Quincy has a severe earinfection, poor thing. The vet is very worried it's chronic so we'll see what will happen there....

I also learned that Quincy suffered from severe Demodex and was treated for it....not nice I wasn't told about that.

And Quincy is extremely insecure....downright fearfull at times. So we have to take it very slow. For now I only have her on my lap and we drive everywhere to let her get accustomed to everyting :) She slowly, very slowly is starting to trust me but it will take at least 2 till 3 months before she will start placing her trust in me. Good thing, the trainer said, once she can make that "turn" in her mind, you'll have the most amazing dog in the world :D

So for now it's patience, building trust, gaining confidence and let her adjust in her own time :)

That's about it in a nutshell :)

Sas and Quincy :-)

Tomorrow it will be 4 weeks since Quincy arrived here :) She fully got over the bee-attack, her earinfection has cleared but we seem to be dealing with some sort of sensitivity/allergy issue so for now she's on a short Pred treatment to see how that works.

We have started training and she is doing very well. Apart from it being fun, it's also helping Quincy gaining more confidence about herself :)

The first thing I taught her was to touch the drawer with her nose (haven't got that on video)

The second step I taught her was to touch the drawer more firmely so the drawer would move a bit
http://youtu.be/Pz5Nv-TgbIc

The third step was that I taught her that the drawer had to be completely shut
http://youtu.be/8MuizzareLs

The fourth step was to add the "push" command to the action and to generalise it. Meaning, practising it with 2 drawers one after another and with entirely other drawers... Quincy generalizes so easily, it's just amazing :D
http://youtu.be/Ds44CckEN1E

More generalizing, "push" the door of the fridge
http://youtu.be/VQYfBcg208M

All this in less then 48 hours :) And also, if you watch the videos in order, you can actually see that her bodylanguage gets better and better, she actually grows from training :)

She's still pretty insecure and kind of "locked up inside herself" but training has given me an entrance to her. I bet she gets her training done in no-time, the insecurity part and placing her full trust in me will take (much) longer but that's okay, we have time :)

And oh yes, I have done a DNA test on her, to see if they can figure out what breeds are present in her...will know in about 3 till 4 weeks :D

So far on our latest developments,

Sas and Quincy :)