Dear Agi,

excuse me please my late answer. But there are for a time so many things around to do and happened, so it was almost impossible for me to response earlier.


We think about you as well as often – and be sure: You WOULDN’T bother us - really!
The only problem is, as I mentioned before, that we aren’t able to answer very soon, but if you can accept this, you may write and phone every day with us!

With Apollo everything is ok!
Meanwhile we are sure that Apollo has reached now his home.
If you check his eyes you can read it in it.
It may sounds funny, but come in and check it by yourself.
You are always our guests and welcome!!!


Sorry – for the time being, we haven’t new photos, but I promise, that I will make some within the next weeks.
But therefor I will try to let you know about our life together with Apollo and his “new” way of life.
J

As you know is our smallest dog (Jana the Dobermann), based on her history, the “jumpiest of them all. If there is anything outside the house, Jana is barking and not only running, but rather sprinting to the door. That is only one reason, why people who want to visit us are not standing in front of the door after ringing, they are standing about 4 to 5 meters in front of it.
Apollo was at his “beginner phase” a very silent dog. But it seems to be, that he want to be as well alerting as Jana. That means the situation now is at follows:
Ria (the other great Dane) is barking at first (maybe she has the best ears). Than Apollo is starting to run to the door as a bloody young dog. Jana is trying to run as well (to continue in her position as the house guardian), but Apollo is now mostly faster. So Jana is indeed busy to do her “work”, but meanwhile more busy to rant & rave at Apollo, because he should be behind her – and by God, he don’t do it.
J
It’s all the time again a funny situation.

Believe us when we say, that he is so fit, that we sometimes could have the feeling, that he is only about 4-5 years old.
Unbelievable – but it is.

Yesterday we enjoyed a trip in the forest close to our house to collect mushrooms. After about 2 hours of very interesting fragrances and about 1,5 kilos mushrooms we started our way back home. In the surrounding of our house we have met a not running but rather fast jumping mouse. We saw it and Apollo caught it, much faster as we saw it.
J
Ingrid and I shouted: “Apollo – don’t do it!”
Apollo stopped immediately every movement (like frozen). He stands close beside my mum and was looking very very innocent. His mouth was closed and at the right side hung down out of the mouth the tail of the mouse. It looked very funny. Ingrid took the mouse out of his mouth and ... the mouse was running away and Apollo was going on with us.
No no – he don’t bit us, as you maybe think.
Meanwhile also I, a man, can Apollo really cuddle. And it seems to be, that he really like it. If I stop cuddle him, he pushes himself from behind between my legs (blessedly I have longer legs) and wait for more.

Do you remember the photos from Apollo with our black cat?
It is still no problem with them together. Meanwhile the grey cat is sometimes sleeping in Apollos “bed”. When this situation is prevalent and Apollo wants to sleep as well there, he is entering only with the front paws in his bed and is looking to one of us. In this situation it seems to be, that he wants to ask us:” What should I do now? There is a cat in my bed and I want to go to sleep but I can’t. Could you please call the cat, that she should give me please at least a little place additionally?”
It sounds almost impossible, but it is the truth.
But - in that case, that the cats are outside our house, for example in the garden and Jana is trying to play (catch) one of them, Apollo is sometimes thinking about whether he should help her, or be faster as Jana.
J

However – there are many funny and especially lovely situations here with all them together. I will write more in one of my further emails if you are interested in it.
But as well important according my opinion is the situation, that it seems to be, that Apollos warts diminish in size. The biggest at the breast was opening for a while itself and is now not away, but tinier. Also that one between the paws is almost away, so he don’t have anymore problems with this and it is not longer necessary to let remove it from a veterinarian.
We are really happy about that situation!
So we really get the feeling that he is really happy with us.

Wish you all the best, lovely greetings from our paradise, till ...