Apollo Support & Rescue at 1170 Dove Hill, Justin

Reviews

• Tracey Hageny

  Oct 17, 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  I have adopted 2 dogs from Apollo (and will adopt more in the future). The first, quite by accident, but once she entered my house I had to keep her. The second was more intentional. I needed a rather specific dog - it needed to be a young adult male, beta personality but intelligent and easy to train. I sent my criteria forward and when I went to their facility, they had three dogs that fit what I was looking for. They took their time in thoughtfully answering my questions. Once I brought Henry home, there was no doubt he was the right dog for my family.
  I think this is an amazing organization, doing work for the most needy dogs and I am proud to say I helped them in a small way.
  Again, when the time comes for my family to have another, I will talk to Apollo first.
• Mark Matthews

  May 20, 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  We were considering adding a new dog to our house My daughter mentioned she might want to do a rescue adoption from a shelter Nevertheless, we had no clue about which shelters to visit. Luckily, a friend volunteered at Apollo for her school service project. Knowing Becca was interested in adopting, she text her picture after picture and also introduced us to the shelter. As we ventured into the world of rescuing dogs, we felt at least we had a place to start
  Being that this would be our first adopting a dog i would say everyone was between eager to anxious. I certainly was eagerly nervous.
  Apollo's staff could not have been more helpful, cooperative, and patient. On our first visit, we strolled through the kennel reading each dog's description looking for dogs that we thought could be a good match. We had a goldielocks dog in mind: female, not too old or young, not too big or too small, not too needy or too aloof, not too hyper or too docile. Finally, it was an absolute must they get along well with other, human and canine. Our home, has Sophie, our four-year-old lab mix raised from a pup and a neighborhood full of other dogs.
  We took a couple of candidates for walks around the grounds with the help of Apollo's great staff. We found one, Sansa, whom we liked (other than her name) quite a bit; nevertheless, we were still anxious about introducing Sansa to Sophie. Apollo let us bring Sophie on our next visit and we introduced the new potential "sisters". What I really like was Apollo certified animal trainer was there to observe, comment, and advise us during the entire introduction process. Which, by the way, took a lot longer than I expected. However, the results could not have been better. They slowly warmed up to each other and then towards the end began to play.
  We decided we all liked everything, except her name, and started to adopt Sansa, albeit as Luna. Fortunately, she arrived at the shelter nameless and had been given Sansa not long ago. Apollo has a generous policy allowing us to be Luna's "foster family" for two weeks before the full adoption would be completed
  Next, because Apollo is a bit of a drive for us, the owner actually delivered Luna to us at home and was able to help Luna transition those first few minutes in an entirely new place. In sum, Apollo did everything imaginable to help make the adoption a success. If you are interested in adopting and rescuing someone in need, I would definitely recommend Apollo on the short list of shelters to visit.

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