Quincy, from Polish straydog to Dutch service dog

Some Quincy "at work" :) Getting her harness, getting me a chocolatemilk and putting away her harness...still so happy with her "work"

https://youtu.be/m-fOd01NHdE


Sas :)

I continue to be amazed at the skills that you have taught Quincy -- you are both remarkable! :D

Wow! Quincy is lucky to have you.
Love Sonja and Apollo

You are both amazing!

She is the light of my life... :)

Saskia :)

There are many times when I can't sleep and my heart is heavy that I go to YouTube to watch your videos.....they always lift my spirits. You and your babies are oh so special, Sas.

Awwww Leslie... :)

We've entered november already, can you believe it? :) Time goes by so quickly...but it is time well spend with Quincy at my side :D She's doing extremely well, in every way possible. Even her atopy is quite well under control for the past couple of months :D And things can change in a heartbeat but for now, I'm really and truly happy how well she is doing :) It's "hard work" the implement everything needed to make sure she stays the best possible, but well worth it :)

As far as I am concerned, I am deteriating slowly and live becomes increasingly harder. The Oxycodon had to be stopped because it made me very ill. Under the supervision of a specialist, I have tried every painkiller available and they all made me very, very sick. But without painkillers, I cannot function anymore so I had to do something. Finally I said, give me some cortisones because I cannot go through one more day in the state that I am in.... And so they did :) Thankfully, I deal very well with the cortisones, they do not make me sick (or hungry, or thirsty... :D ) and I feel sooooo much better. So, since about 2 months now, I am on a daily dose of Prednison :) Of course, they come with a whole bunch of other pills (calcium, potassium and then some) but I can live again...and make it through the day :) Of course it's not a first choice drug but if everything else fails, it's all there is left. And my life is now... right here and right now :) For now I am happy with my Pred...and if and when the side effects start popping up and become bottersome... Well, I'll cross that bridge when I get there :) (I feel like I am in the lion's den with my Pred use :p )

Our Hoopers teacher made a video of Quincy, last saturday during training and I am sooo proud of my little black beauty :D She can now go through 4 Hoopers and around a barrel on just my voice :D Normally in Hoopers, you use arms for directions and you can even walk along a bit in a 3 x 3 meters handler area. I cannot do all those things, so no gestures, no walking along, just my voice....and Quincy is the only one who can do what she does :D All other still struggle with going through 2 Hoopers, let alone go around a barrel ;) And we all started our Hoopers training at the same time... Miss Quincy is amazing ;)

https://www.facebook.com/Mascha1975/...3934588964994/

There hardly is time to film it, she's that fast ;)

All our best to all my friends here...

Saskia and Quincy :)

Sweet Sas, I am so so glad you finally decided to try the pred. Steroids are tough, no question, but they are also life-savers. I saw my dad come back to life on pred and over time he was able to cut his dose back to the barest minimum that still worked so he missed a lot of the side effects for quite some time yet still got the benefit of the drug. Whatever it takes, I am happy to hear you feel better and stronger today. YAY!!!

I tried to watch the link but it says it's not available at the moment so I will try again later. I am sure it is precious, and amazing, as always!

I tried to Saskia, same thing. I am glad you are feeling better!