Quincy Loves

One of the things I miss is petting Quincy. He does not understand why I don't do anything when he is next to me on the bed. We have just found a way to satisfy both of us.

First I need to tell you how our day begins. Dave gets up first and showers and dresses. When he is finished he gets a "pretending to be asleep" Quincy off the bed. If Dave does not get him down Quincy will lay there and cry. Yes, I said lay there not sit there. Since his back trouble we are happy that he will not jump down on the hardwood floors.

The two of them head for the kitchen where Dave keeps track of me on the baby monitor and Quincy expects to be fed first. He eats his dry food while Dave fixes his own breakfast. Then Quincy gets very insterested in what Dave is doing. Quincy takes a pill every other day and hopes each day is pill day. At first he would eat it with his food but soon he was leaving it in his bowl. Dave tried various ways to get the pill in Quincy and each one worked for few days. Now Quincy waites for his scrambled egg with the hidden pill.

What does all this have to do with getting Quincy's loves? Hang in there, I am getting there. After all that one of my caregivers shows up. Please don't tell Quincy that they don't come just to see him. After they say a proper hello first to Quincy, then to Dave, she will come in to get me. But she does not come unescorted. Now while she doing some preparation to get me up Quincy has his time. He knows that I will have my leg out to rub his head with particular attention to his ears. He does return the love by licking my feet. Sometimes he a little scratching with his teeth. That really tickles. Now he will let me get close to him in my chair so I can give foot pets. That is a mixed blessing, I do like being able to pet him and he likes it too. Now there is a small problem, when am I getting close to him to pet him and when does he move to let me get by. Before I would say beep beep and he would move. Now I will have to get something programmed in my computer.

Both of us like the chance to get some loving so we will figure out how to tell the difference between loving time and get out of the way time. Now if you are wondering, Quincy is not spoiled. He is convinced he is a "people" and expects to be treated as such.