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For about two years Gina Swickard had one Christmas wish she thought would never come true — she wanted to see her dog Quincy again.
This year she got her wish — she and her beloved standard poodle were reunited.
“He is a happy Christmas miracle,” Swickard said.
How the pair were separated, and then reunited, is quite a story.
Swickard had fallen on hard times — and needed to move out of her home in Hesston. Where she went, she couldn’t take Quincy along.
“I got kicked out and I couldn’t take Quincy with me,” Swickard said.
She moved from Hesston to Newton, and took a job at Jimini’s Pampered Pets on Meridian, and missed her dog dearly.
Then, just a few weeks ago, came a call from Caring Hands Humane Society. They had received a standard poodle, one in pretty bad shape, and were looking for some help in finding the dog a new home.
“They call us often to see if we know people who are interested in
certain breeds,” said Diedra Carson, owner of Jimini’s.
The business puts out feelers with their customer base, and started doing so for the standard poodle.
With one look, she knew. Despite being thin and having matted, unkempt hair, Quincy’s distinctive white spot on his chest was like a homing beacon.
“They said I looked like I saw a ghost,” Swickard said.
She called him by a nickname — Quigly — and in return he started kissing her face, just like old times at home.
Swickard immediately started the adoption process, and pieced together small details of what had happened to Quincy.
He remembers nearly all the commands, tricks and hand signals she taught him two years ago
For about two years Gina Swickard had one Christmas wish she thought would never come true — she wanted to see her dog Quincy again.
This year she got her wish — she and her beloved standard poodle were reunited.
“He is a happy Christmas miracle,” Swickard said.
How the pair were separated, and then reunited, is quite a story.
Swickard had fallen on hard times — and needed to move out of her home in Hesston. Where she went, she couldn’t take Quincy along.
“I got kicked out and I couldn’t take Quincy with me,” Swickard said.
She moved from Hesston to Newton, and took a job at Jimini’s Pampered Pets on Meridian, and missed her dog dearly.
Then, just a few weeks ago, came a call from Caring Hands Humane Society. They had received a standard poodle, one in pretty bad shape, and were looking for some help in finding the dog a new home.
“They call us often to see if we know people who are interested in
certain breeds,” said Diedra Carson, owner of Jimini’s.
The business puts out feelers with their customer base, and started doing so for the standard poodle.
With one look, she knew. Despite being thin and having matted, unkempt hair, Quincy’s distinctive white spot on his chest was like a homing beacon.
“They said I looked like I saw a ghost,” Swickard said.
She called him by a nickname — Quigly — and in return he started kissing her face, just like old times at home.
Swickard immediately started the adoption process, and pieced together small details of what had happened to Quincy.
He remembers nearly all the commands, tricks and hand signals she taught him two years ago
