Hi - have been following your story and so pleased to read that Quincy is coming home!!! What a joyful meeting that is going to be, hope she is in your arms soon. "ugly dog":mad::mad: She is so NOT!! Sheesh, some people do not think sometimes!!!
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Hi - have been following your story and so pleased to read that Quincy is coming home!!! What a joyful meeting that is going to be, hope she is in your arms soon. "ugly dog":mad::mad: She is so NOT!! Sheesh, some people do not think sometimes!!!
Oh Sas, I am so happy for you and dear Quincy!!! YAAA!!!!
Wednesday, July the 2nd, Quincy will be brought here by her fosterfamily :)
Finally...
Saskia :)
OMGoodness, Sas, Congrats!!!!! I am so happy for you both, YAAA!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SasAndYunah
Love and hugs to you both, Lori
Yay!!! So glad to hear this wonderful news, Sas. I'm sure you are on pins and needles and the 2nd can't come soon enough. I am really looking forward to following Quincy's progress through your awesome videos.
(((Great big happy hugs)))
Glynda
Lalalalaaaaa...tomorrow, tomorrow, she'll be here tomorrow, it's only a day away...lalalaaaaaaa :D
Sas :)
Should be just about time now!!! :D :D :D :D :D
That's right, is Quincy Home yet? I can't wait to hear how she settles in. What a great new adventure you are starting together.
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
She's here, my girl is here :D Sleeping, all curled up against my leg as we speak :)
This morning around 11.15 she arrived with her fosterparents and 3 other dogs, 2 of their own and another foster that will go to his forever home this Sunday.
After coffee and something to eat (while the dogs were playing in my backyard) we went to the doggyplayground. Quincy had no problem blending in with all the other, to her unknown, dogs. She ran and played, big dogs, small dogs, didn't matter, she was having fun :)
After about 30 minutes, we returned to my home and after some more coffee, it was time for her fosters to say goodbye...:(
This was very hard on Quincy (being "shepard-like" she is very very loyal to her pack and wants to be with them) and for the first hour, after they left, she lay in front of the door and cried. Whenever I sat down, she cried...whenever I did a small chore, she came looking what it was I was doing. So for the nect hour I did all sorts of tasks, mostly unneccesary ones :) I ignored the whimpering and talked to her and petted her when she came looking what I was doing :) After an hour I went to lay on my bed, Quincy followed me and started whimpering in front of the door into the backyard. I started sinnging a song (to myself) and Quincy came looking what I was doing. She stood on the floor, looking up at me on the bed, and I said: It's okay, come here..." and voila, she jumped on the bed, laid down and fell asleep :)
After a 2 hour nap, she woke up and we then played some in the backyard. She was happy and having fun :) We went for a little walk, she ate and fell asleep again.
We now jusr returned from our last walk of today and Quincy is laying beside me, sound asleep. It's now 9 in the evening and around 11, I will wake her up and take her for a quick pee and then we will turn in for the night :)
I have started a website for Quincy and of course it is all in Dutch. But it does have a video (with pictures) shpwing how today went :)
http://quincyhulphond.blogspot.nl
And tomorrow's a brand new day with undoubtedly new adventures :)
Saskia and Quincy :)
Awww, she looks like she is having a lot of fun. I am sure once she settles in, determines that This is her pack and you her leader that she will be fine.
It's a grande journey that you are beginning and may it be a long one.
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
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 :)
Awww, such a smart girl she is. She learns very quickly. :)
It'll be interesting to hear what all breeds are a part of her.
I am sure that she will gain even more confidence and pack trust as the time goes on. It hasn't been so very long yet and who knows maybe she has had reason to distrust that her packs will be around long term.
What a sweetie she is and you sound Very happy too Sas!
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
I am very happy, Sharlene :) She's absolutely, totally, utterly "my kind of dog" :D
She has plenty of reason to distrust the stability of her pack, she lived in 3 different families in an 8 week period. But she's coming around... The first time in a shop, she peed on my pants, she was that scared, and look at her today.... :)
http://youtu.be/n4aQAlRjLdA
Sure, it was very quiet in that store but nevertheless...she walks with her ears up and tail wagging, she heels almost perfectly, she sits when asked, goes down when asked and continues to heel again.... Soon we will be truly "walzing" through stores :p
Sas and Quincy :)
Oh Sas! She is coming along beautifully! I love her looking at you after each nose touch. And those EARS! So expressive! You are doing a great job with her and soon all that fear will abate because she knows she is in the safest, most loving hands possible. Boy! Did she luck out!
So, time for an update about Quincy :) Healthwise we're struggling with infections...first she had an earinfection and once that had cleared, she developt a bladderinfection so now she is on anti-biotics. Apart from the infections, she has intestinal parasites which we can't seem to get rid of. She was given Milbemax 3 times in the past 6 weeks and today I received a call that the sample I had given them still was showing a lot of "eggs". I asked what kind of parasite it was, but the assistant didn't know :( Tomorrow I'll stop by the vetclinic and the vet will have told them what parasites and which medication should be used to finally get rid of them. Poor thing has been on so many meds in the past 6 weeks, prednison, anti-biotic, fleamedication, anti parasite medication, etc. And she has seborroe (not sure if this is the correct word in English) so she gets medicinal baths. I hope it's all mainly caused by stress...that it affected her immune system (and all the meds don't help of course) and that it will get better the longer she is here and the more she is used and feeling safe and and secure. She had a really bad case of Demodex which often indicates there's a problem with the immunesystem, or at least that it is not that strong. Combined with the stress, I hope it accounts for the current problems.
But having said all this, she is otherwise doing wonderfully :D
http://youtu.be/egT_A7xbpMU
http://youtu.be/dWNiO4VeKsM
http://youtu.be/TYyjPJFOIdY
http://youtu.be/S4QNWlBRvS8
http://youtu.be/M7PmGT3auZY
So, that will give you all something to watch ;) In some of the video's we're still in the training-phase...like with taking of my coat. In others you can see certain things she already completely masters, like closing the curtain :D
But thankfully it's not all work and no play...at the contrary :)
http://youtu.be/Zw2OB3SsA2Q
So all in all we are doing great :) Quins is a fantastic dog and I am thrilled to have her :D I am so glad that I got to choose my own dog cause now I have a dog that fits me like an old, comfortable shoe :p
Sas and Quincy :)
The results of the DNA test I have done on Quincy came back :D And the results blew me away :p Quins is predominantly a Giantschnauzer x Dachshund mix :eek::eek::eek:
I'll post her "pedigree" in her photoalbum...it's truly amazing ;)
I suppose I now have a "Giant Dachshund" on my hands :p
Sas and Quincy :)
That is really amazing and not at all what I would have thought!
Hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin.
WOW! Wouldn't have guessed that mix at all from looking at her pics! A Giant Wienerdog! :D
http://youtu.be/KFceWrq5DbA
(taking off my (rain)pants, my longsocks and my coat)
http://youtu.be/v2kIN0DZglw
(getting and handing me a banana)
http://youtu.be/te4P6alZ2qU
(helping me in the kitchen)
http://youtu.be/_ADXvSSKmo4
(in the supermarket with tail wagging and picking up and handing me my hankerchief)
http://youtu.be/tHPlghiRvRg
(a walk through the forrrest)
Tomorrow it will be exactly 4 weeks since I started training Quincy. And look at her, she is fully working as a service dog, capable and knowing all the tasks she has to do. Four weeks! Must be a new record :D Smart doesn't even begin to describe her...:eek: But apart from being smart, she's a joy to have around, she's cudly, gentle, kind, calm, playful...in one word, she's perfect :D
It's kind of the "from rags to riches" story :) From a stray pup, covered in mange and all kinds of parasites, wandering the streets of Poland...to now a well loved and well cared for service dog in The Netherlands :D Who at this hour, is sleeping on my bed beside me covered with a soft fleece blanket, she loves to be covered up with a blanket...so she gets a blanket of course :p
Sas and Quincy :)
p.s. I added some new pictures to her album
She is just amazingly smart and quick to learn anything new. Seems to really love it too. Just think how safe she must feel now and finally at home with her pack. I don't think she would take so well if she didn't feel that safety was there.
I just love her and I can tell you two are a perfect fit together
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
Truly wonderful, Sas. But there was never any doubt that Quincy would absolutely blossom and flourish under your tender loving care. ;)
Sas, thanks so much for your updates and new visuals. It warms my heart to see you girls together. What a gift Quincy is to us all!! ;) :) :) :)
Marianne
Thanks girls :D I am truly very happy with Quincy. The first weeks were rather difficult since I guess I've lost some of my confidence (menopause...gotta loved it :p) But when the trainer reminded me that I was fully able and capable of giving Quincy what it was she needed, we turned the corner pretty quickly :D And gosh, I love seeing her doing this well, in all ways but mentally the most. Today we went for a nice long walk through the fields and to, what we call here, the "frogpool", for obvious reasons ;) The frogs certainly caught Quincy's attention and she even went into the water :eek:
http://youtu.be/w4a5Hk7Da78
That makes my heart sing, to see her like this... for her to discover the world, for her to discover she is NOT afraid of going into the water (even if it takes a few frogs :D ) and then to come home and how she curls up beside me, with her fleece blanket wrapped around her...to watch her sleep so sound and deep....that is what makes my heart sing :)
Sas and Quincy :)
p.s. Could one of the moderators change the thread title to: "Quincy, from Polish straydog to Dutch service dog". Thanks :)
Sas, it is with utmost pleasure that I have revised your thread title. :) :) :)
Thank you, Marianne:)
Very nice! :cool::cool::cool:
She looks so happy and relaxed. Love it! Nice thread title too
Hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin
Here's a new video :)
http://youtu.be/bl7L3cuURNs
She's the best :p
Sas and Quincy :)
She is such a smart girl. I can't believe how quickly she is understanding everything!
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin
I just love that look in her eyes after she has done a job! How you keep from grabbing her up in a big ole bear hug every time I'll never know. :D
I love every video you post and yes Quincy is one smart girl but her mom is pretty darn smart too. I think you are amazing, Sas. Few people can do what you do with your pups. You truly are a dog whisperer.