(EX DAVIS)
Feb. 11 1988 —– Nov. 12 1999
Bull Terrier
PET OBITUARY/MEMORIUM
IT IS WITH PROFOUND SADNESS AND BROKEN HEARTS
THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR BEST FRIEND
BELOVED COMPANION AND “ADOPTED SON & BROTHER”
APOLLO CREED OF KOKUSH C.D. FbDCh ON FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 12,1999 IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOM AND DAD AT
THE AGE OF 12 YEARS.
APOLLO CHOSE HIS MOM AT 7 WEEKS WHEN HE RACED ACROSS
THE FLOOR AND JUMPED INTO HER LAP WITH PLENTY OF KISSES
TO SPARE. THAT WAS TO BE THE BEGINNING OF A LONG AND
REWARDING COMPANIONSHIP. WE WILL REMEMBER HIS
FREQUENT RIPS AROUND THE HOUSE IN TANDEM WITH HIS
THEN TEACHER RACHEL A BOSTON TERRIER.
APOLLO LOVED TO DANCE ESPECIALLY TO CALYPSO MUSIC
AND PULLING ROPE WITH HIS FAVORITE BLUE BOMBER
#52 MICHAEL GRAY. VISITS TO OUR HAIRDRESSER DONNA,
AND HIS MONTHLY MASSAGES FROM ELDA WERE ALSO
HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS LIFE.
AT THE CIA OBEDIENCE SCHOOL HE WAS A KEEN LEARNER
AND THANKS TO TEACHERS LAURIE THOMPSON GORD ROBERTS
AND VAL REITH AND JUDGES GAIL CARROLL (BRANDON)
AND PAT SCULLY (NEW YORK) HE ACHIEVED HIS CKC COMPANION
DOG DESIGNATION IN JUNE OF 1990.
FOR HIS EFFORTS HE RECEIVED HIS C.D. CERTIFICATE FROM
THE CKC AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE BULL TERRIER CLUB
OF AMERICA WITH A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE MEDALLION AND
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.
APOLLO ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TEAM OBEDIENCE
WITH THREE OTHER DOGS AND HIS ANTICS ALTHOUGH
THE TEAM ALWAYS PASSED OFTEN BROUGHT A CHUCKLE
FROM THE CROWD FROM TIME TO TIME.
ALTHOUGH AT AN EARLY AGE HE SUFFERED A SPIRAL FRACTURE
OF ONE OF HIS BACK LEGS THANKS TO THE CARE OF
DR. RON WORB AND HIS STAFF AT ANDERSON ANIMAL HOSPITAL,
APOLLO WAS ABLE TO TRAIN IN THE SPORT OF FLYBALL.
WITH THE DEDICATION OF KEVIN HUGHES OF ALLSORTS
DOGSPORTS APOLLO SET THE RECORD OF BEING THE FIRST
FLYBALL BULL TERRIER CHAMPION IN NORTH AMERICA IN
1992 DURING A TOURNAMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
HE APPEARED IN TWO HALF TIME BOMBER SHOWS AS WELL AS
NUMEROUS SHOWS AT THE FORKS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
HE WAS THE LAST REMAINING MEMBER OF THE ALLSORTS
DOGSPORTS BOYZ TEAM. IN LATER YEARS WITH THE CAN DO
OBEDIENCE CLUB HE APPEARED AS AN OLD TIMER IN FLYBALL
WHICH SAW HIM GO DOWN OVER THE JUMPS GET THE
BALL AND RUN BACK AROUND THE JUMPS MUCH TO THE
CROWD’S DELIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY ALTHOUGH READY TO COMPETE
FOR HIS 2ND OBEDIENCE DEGREE A FLYBALL INJURY
SIDELINED HIM IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE.
OUR THANKS TO DR. MOFFATT AND DR. JOHN WIENS FOR
GETTING HIS SHOULDER BACK TO AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE.
APOLLO ALSO LOVED AGILITY AND THE 6′ WALL WAS HIS FAVORITE.
IN THE DAYS OF THE PIT-BULL SCARE APOLLO WAS FEATURED
IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS LOOKING OVER HIS
SHOULDER AT HIS SHIRT WHICH READ “I AM NOT A PIT BULL”!
WHEREVER HE WENT AT ANY DEMONSTRATIONS HE WAS MUCH
SOUGHT AFTER FOR PHOTO SHOOTS WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
AND HE DELIGHTED IN ALL THE ATTENTION.
APOLLO WAS TRULY ONE OF A KIND AND HIS ABSENCE
LEAVES A LARGE GAP IN OUR HEARTS AND FAMILY.
OUR PROFOUND THANKS GOES OUT TO DR. MURRAY MOFFAT
AND HIS WONDERFUL COMPASSIONATE STAFF AT TRANSCONA
VETERINARY HOSPITAL WHO TRIED IN VAIN TO EXTEND HIS LIFE
BUT NATURE UNFORTUNATELY WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS
TO HAPPEN. IF YOU EVER HEAR THE SONGS
“HAVE I EVER TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU” BY ROD
STEWART AND “UNFORGETTABLE” BY NAT KING COLE
THINK OF APOLLO BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE MEANT TO US.
ANYONE WISHING TO PRESERVE HIS MEMORY MAY MAKE A
DONATION IN HIS NAME TO THE WINNIPEG HUMANE SOCIETY.
REST IN PEACE POOKIE TIL WE MEET AGAIN.
MOM DAD SARA ZYGGEE
AND BANDIT
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