Apollo Hoel

(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

 

Apollo Hoel