Quincy, from Polish straydog to Dutch service dog

Oh she is SO HAPPY, Sas! That posture of a lowered front end with splayed front legs is one I love to see in any dog. You just have to giggle! Squirt would slap the ground with both front feet and it would tickle me every time. :p Everything about them then says, "Come on! Let's play, let's wrestle, let's chase that squirrel, let's dig, let's find some TROUBLE!" :D

She has come so far but that's not in the least surprising considering whose hand has been guiding her and loving her. You are amazing, Sas.

Hi Susan :)

Yes, she has come a long way in the past 4 months...I am so proud of her. And yes, she is becoming more and more beautiful, the shine of her coat, the shine in her eyes, her gait, her posture... She turned 2 last June so she's almost 2.5 years old now :)

The treats I use(d)...the treat in the small can was liverpaste but she cannot have that anymore since she is, for now, on an elimination diet. So now she gets hydrolysed kibble, it's all she can have for now (as a treat). Her meals consist of boiled patatoes and deer in the hope she can support the deer proteins. If she can, there are more possibilities for treats and chewies (out of 100% deer)

Once her allergy issues are sorted out (hopefully ít's "only" a food allergy) I'm thinking of taking in a foster. I kind of had forgotten how much I love training dogs (not neccesarily as a service dog but building their confidence, their self esteem, teaching them to trust and how the world works) and Quincy has reminded me of that again :D And Quincy now is stable enough to be an example to more insecure dogs :) As a service dog, we have finished training, she can do whatever I need her to do. So now we have started to do some "fun training" where I am teaching her to do some "moves", kind of like doggy dance :D And of course, we are still waiting to see if I can enter Quincy in a man-trailing course, just for fun. So we are keeping busy but enjoying it so incredably much. We have just one time left of our sports course and then we will have finished our 12 lessons.

I'll be anxiously awaiting Bailey's arrival, hahahaha...should be a lot of fun :p

Hugs,

Saskia and Quincy :)

Leslie, yes...she is. She is truly and utterly HAPPY :D :D :D And so am I :) She has a "naughty" side to her that makes me laugh so often and so much...she has changed my life profoundly and all for the better :) She does this "crawling backwards" thing with her butt up on a daily base, many, many times a day even today in the pouring rain. How can anyone mind getting wet when you see that little but go up in the air and move backwards :D

She's so funny and so eager to "work" that it will get us sometimes in funny situations ;) Here's a link to a video I made at the pharmacy. When Quins got me the first box of medications from the desk, I noticed it wasn't enough, I had ordered more medications and so the assistant went to check. And yes, there were two more packages with medications. So Quincy had to get 2 more boxes from the desk... After she got the second one, I sent her back for the third and last package and then she sees a flyer :D She will get me anything, whether I need it or not :p
http://youtu.be/WpjL7fg3Huo

Here we are doing a fun training. When I raise a hand, Quins has to raise a paw. Something we had never ever tried before... You'll see how she looks at me, looks...and then copies my move :D And how to make a circle...
http://youtu.be/SkbTEpazT_E

Quincy going through a tunnel
http://youtu.be/cmWqoi6keEQ

And Quincy getting me my Tena
http://youtu.be/q1uSoeCT5S4

And Quincy having fun during one of our walks
http://youtu.be/6E1BgxUIiP8


Hugs,

Saskia and Quincy :)

Quins has always been "leaking" a tiny bit of urine. Nothing to get upset about till one day, the leaking became a lot worse. I brought an urinesample to the vetclinic and sure thing, she had a blladderinfection. No big deal, it was treated with anti biotics and that was that. She merily kept leaking a little bit but hey...I have hard floors, a mop and well, that's all it takes, right? :D Till this weekend, she again started leaking more and this morning, I again went with an urinesample to the vetclinic. No bladderinfection but they did find a christal in her urine (just this one), the PH was too high and the urine wasn't concentrated enough. So the next step was to draw blood for an extended kidney (and other stuff) panel. The bloodsample is sent to the lab of the Veterinary University so I expect the results back in a couple of days. And no, I didn't ask for the exact PH number or the concentration number... I figured I'll get them all at once when the bloodtest result come back :) Please keep your fingers crossed it's nothing special...

Sas :)

I simply cannot bear to think anything else!

Fingers crossed.....looking forward to your good news.
-Hugs,
Susan

Me too! All fingers and paws crossed here!!!

Fingers and paws crossed here too. Come on Quincy girl.

hugs

My vet just called with the result of the bloodtest...Quins is in perfect health! :D All results were right where they should be...nothing out of the ordinary. Kidneys, liver, thyroid, you name it, it was perfect :)

So now we're going to try some medication to see if that helps with her leaking urine. For me, personally, I don't mind, not with the amount she is leaking at this point. Like I said, I have hard floors and a mop...and for the night, when she sleeps in my bed, she wears SnuggEase so she won't leak in the bed. For me, that's good enough but she has to accompany me to hospitals and such and that's why I have to treat it. Can't have her leaking urine in stores and hospitals, that's unacceptable. But bottomline, I have a perfectly healthy, happy, playfull dog who just leaks a bit of urine... Guess what? So do I and Quincy already knows how to get the Tena :p

Sas :D

Whew, what a relief, Sas! Thank goodness!!!! :) :) :)

Marianne