Shortly after our last post we received an email from our friend whose home Shiloh and Thor came from. from her we learned that a beautiful white collie she had sold she had found out had been rehoused to an abusive home. We won’t go over what happened to him, but it really made him scared of everyone and everything. No one would take hime for he was a wreck. Our friend was broken hearted and asked if we could try to help him and give him a good home. she gifted him to us and he arrived and he was frightened but the collies gathered around him and licked and showed affection and in a matter of minutes he had new friends.
That was the high point for the next several weeks as I spent every hour I had trying to get Apollo to come out of his shell. we would make some progress only to have him relapse the next day into a life of fear. It was heartbreaking, hard to see and it broke my heart. somedays at the end I would hold him as he shook in fear and weep for him.
However, a month and a half in he made progress everyday and each day he came to get over his fears and I became very hopeful for him. Two months and he has adopted me and was a bit tentative around our son, but was still scared of my wife. A note on this, the person who abused him was female.
Three months in and he was doing very well and I became very proud of him for he had grown so much. He was still scared of my wife, but becoming braver and bolder. Four months and he went up to my wife and accepted a treat from her. In his fifth month Apollo has become a collie with that is very happy, has a delightfully naughty streak and is very playful with a crazy sense of humor.
His favorite trick is when I will grab his toy to throw it, he grabs my shoelaces untying them, when I bend over to tie them he gently nips my backside then steals his toy back.
He still has a few issues to work through but he is doing great now. As you can see his eyes glow with joy as he plays. Our Apollo, the collie who has brought me so much joy as he has grown and overcome his past.
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What a wonderful home Apollo has found! He is a beautiful boy that deserves only the best particularly with such an unhappy beginning to his life
How fantastic!! What a LUCKY boy Apollo is to have joined your family!! Congratz to all of you. I know he will continue to thrive and you all will continue to love and cherish him. My and Miss Bella’s best wishes to all of you!!
God love you for what you’ve done for Apollo. I know the joy. I recently adopted a deaf while collie puppy, not because he was mistreated but he couldn’t be sold. His name is Zacchariah, (Zach) and he is the love of my life. The best to both of you,
Apollo is in the perfect place to recover and learn and grow. God bless.
Cupcake, I have so much fun here. I love it the old guy calls me his delightfully naughty collie. Well off to rampage across the backyard.
I am so happy that such a beautiful Collie for they are all beautiful inside and out has found someone who can love his pain away. When will people learn that physical punishment is not understood by our canine babies, and that the best way to treat them is how we are treated by them with unconditional love. Ignore bad behavior, and reward good behavior that you show unto them, is my training method I learned from them and it works. Give him love from me I adore and love the Rough Collie breed so much, and now old and retired disabled and poor I miss those gorgeous beauties so much! The breed with the pure heart for the pure of heart.
So gorgeous. Glad for his new happy home.
This story brought a smile to all of us. You are pawsome Chuck.