For the second time in just over a year, we had to say goodbye to another family member/pet, Apollo. Apollo was 15.5 when we had to say goodye, which was a good number of years for a large Chihauha/Pug mix.
Just like his brother Zeus, Apollo was a rescue that we adopted from a foster home, instead of a local humane society. Apollo was actually named Rudy when we got him, but we disliked that name, so we took the time to wean him off the old name and onto the new one. 
He was a skinny little boy almost 2 years old, rescued originally from a puppy mill, so he had trust issues, especially with men. He took to Lorie and Jenna much quicker than Matthew or myself, but we eventually got him comfortable with us picking him up. Having Zeus around was a great help as Apollo would cling to him if he got a bit stressed out. Zeus tolorated him but you coudl tell someimes that Zeus was anoyned when Apollo would get into bed with him instead of using his own bed.
We will mis the walks to the dog park with both pups and the happy dance that Apollo woudl do each time we came home, even if we were gone for only an hour or so.
