Quincy, from Polish straydog to Dutch service dog

Quincy is such a treasure and seeing the two of you together just does the heart good. :)

Absolutely yes to what Sharlene just wrote above!! :) :) :)

Hi! I watched your latest videos this weekend and enjoyed them so much, I went back to the beginning of the thread and watched some of those, too! I am so thoroughly impressed by Quincy's progress... and yours with her.

I hope to finish going through the thread this weekend, but didn't want to wait until then to comment. You two are such a joy to watch. :)

Shana

Oh Sas, the allergy shot video brought tears to my eyes. The stillness that can only come from a complete trust while she is being poked with a big needle, not a peep out of her and we are talking about a dog here. There are no words that can express what I feel of her. No wonder your life with Quins is wonderful. She's absolutely the best! Sending you both hugs. Song

Yes, she's something else indeed :) It's not even 2 years ago she came to live with me, not knowing anything at all, not even the word "sit" :) So scared, she would pee on my pants, laying on my lap in my wheelchair... :D Afraid to open a drawer because ewwwwwww...it moved :p Or to close a curtain because again ewwwww...it moved :D Our first course we took, she was scared of everything, the tunnel, the cavaletti...and look at her now :)

Can't say it any better than with this song...
https://youtu.be/UFF1wJN75Z0

And I DO tell her, every day.... :)

Saskia and Quincy :)

In the past month, we've had 2 celebrations :) First Quincy's 4th birthday on June 17th and secondly, on July the 2nd, she was here exactly 2 years :) And not a day goes by that I am not incredably grateful for having her in my life :D

I clearly remember how that little black girl, stepped into my backyard, my home, my life and my heart...and how she, after an initial shy and fearfull start, put on her seven-league-boots and changed herself around and learned everything she needed to know to become a certified service dog, in just a little under 6 weeks time :D

And look at us now, 2 years later, many hospital visits later, many trips to stores and pharmacies later, countless times of undressing later, countless times of closing the curtains later..., 5 certificates later in obedience, trafic safety and sports and play and now hoopers, she is thriving and loving every minute of her life, every aspect of it :)

Here's a video of an ordinary walk, something we do several times a day:
https://youtu.be/KdK5KjSNFiQ

Here's our first introduction to Hoopers :
https://youtu.be/V3KqbdvkqW0

Here she is in the shoe store with me:
https://youtu.be/6khXghqiIqE

Here she gets me a drying cloth after I did the dishes:
https://youtu.be/BqlKW9ofsWw

Here it was extremely hot, too hot to go for a walk, so we went for a ride instead :D :
https://youtu.be/e-nuFoS1Tkw

Here she gets me the old dishbrush I use to clean the snail traps:
https://youtu.be/UzuV-Y8J4j4

Here she gets me the remote... :) :
https://youtu.be/HnsxrTRq6X8

And she has a special harness when we go to our hoopers course...she knows where it's at:
https://youtu.be/bFa09RbC_vE

Hard to imagine now that she used to chase every duck or goose she saw... :
https://youtu.be/tYr6EZrqxI8

Hoopers training, gets more difficult every time ;) :
https://youtu.be/24RZabfXRwQ

Well, that should keep you all busy for some time... :p

Saskia and Quincy :)

Hey Saskia,

It may be the computer I'm using but besides the first video all the others are the same, with the hoopers.

Happy belated Birthday, Quincy!!!!!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY QUINCY!!!!:D

We are extremely grateful that both of you are in our lives and vital part of our K9C family.

Hugs,
Kathy

Oh my... :D I will change that right away, sorry folks ;)

And thank you for the birthday wishes... :)

Saskia and Quincy :)

Changed it, should be all differant videos now :)

I'm at work so don't have time to watch these now (but oh how I want to!!)

Happy belated birthday, Quincy!!