Leah found my forever home

12/01/2021

Spot Leah........perfectly camouflaged!

16/10/2020

16/10/2020

Me and my hooman have a morning routine. Get up, go out, bite to eat, then I insist he pampers me. Sometimes I even let hi. Drink his tea, but that's his second priority. Clearly!

29/09/2020

Every bed is mine......I will get into it.....does my bum look big in this?

26/07/2020

On Friday we accepted Leah into our family.

We received Leah from her foster parents, Sue and Darren. They stayed a short while to make sure she was ok and then made the heartbreaking decision to leave.

This was the beginning of Leah's forever home, however it was the end of our journey to adopt.

The journey to adopt wasn't without its ups and downs. At times it felt that we wouldn't have a new addition.

I was cautious. There has been talk about the unscrupulous taking advantage of people's desire to give a home to a dog.

I also experienced, what I thought of as over caution and a "holier than thou" approach to re-homing rescue's. To the point I had almost given up.

By sheer chance, and I am not sure exactly how it happened I received an email from Lena saying Leah was available for adoption, with a questionnaire attached. I responded within an hour, giving all the details of my family, both two legged and four!

The next day Janice contacted me and asked a few more clarifying questions. At first I thought here we go again......Loads of questions, only to be given an obscure reason for not being suitable. But no. It was all done very professionally. The questions were completely reasonable, with an obvious link to the dog's welfare. A relatively short conversation and Janice put me in touch with Sue.

Again some questions but it was all very well done, and professional. To the point that I went to Sue's house later that day to see if Leah was for us.

I have had dogs all my life, both rescue and from breeders, but never owned a GSP before, which wasn't a problem for any one I spoke to at Apollo's - an absolute breath of fresh air, compared to some interactions I previously had! But meeting Leah was confirmation that the breed is a delight. All the dogs at Sue's home were a credit to her and the breed. Calm, gentle, gracious dogs. There was no aggression, they were just a pleasure to be around.

We drove away from Sue and Leah and had a discussion in the car. The decision pretty much made itself. We would like to adopt. So we made the call in the car 10 minutes after leaving. We also then made arrangements for the next stage.

Friday 24th July came and Sue and Darren made the journey to us with Leah. There was a home check and an introduction to go through. The introduction was to our two cockapoo's. Everything went swimmingly, and Sue and Darren made the decision to leave Leah with us. There were tears. Of course there were. But ultimately Leah was left with us, as was food, collar, bed, remnants of medication, and all the paperwork.

Leah has now been with us for almost 48 hours. And as you can see she is very comfortable. She has settled incredibly quickly.

Having Leah from Apollo's Angels I cannot recommend enough the charity, and the dogs. Despite being abandoned and mistreated Leah is a gem. The work that Lena, Janice and Sue (I am sure there are more, but I only interacted with them) do is extremely professional. If you are looking for a dog, GSP's should be top of your list, and if you are looking for a genuine, well meaning organisation that has the best interest of the dogs at their core, then look no further than Apollo's Angels.

24/07/2020

We welcomed Leah to the family........I think she is settling well

23/07/2020

Well it’s the last full day with our gorgeous foster Leah. Tomorrow we are taking her to her forever home, whilst we will miss her terribly we know she is going to have a wonderful life. There will definitely be tears 😥

20/07/2020

Leah had such fun with one of my gardening gloves yesterday! Such a lovely girl ❤️❤️❤️

18/07/2020

Reserved

15/07/2020

My foster mummy says excuse the vocals but wanted to show everyone what a good girl I am. I have been let off the lead in a secure field and whilst I love running around I have been coming back when foster mummy blows the whistle and calls my name

04/07/2020

Just had a walk in the field and now having a mooch about the garden

04/07/2020

Foster daddy says I have one of the waggiest tails he has ever seen ❤️ I have been a very good girl, slept through the night without a peep, had my breakfast and then went back to bed. Mind you I decided to jump on the humans bed, all their four were in there so I joined in. Been for a walk in the field and now snoozing again

03/07/2020

Well I am in my foster home for a few weeks until I go to my forever home but guess what, I have two Cyprus foster brothers. I have had a good sniff around, had dinner and now having a snooze, it’s been a long journey and it’s raining!!!!

09/06/2020

22/05/2020

22/05/2020

22/05/2020

New stunning 4-5 yr old GSP girl in this week