The coolest thing ever! The grandparents of Apollo, a dog that went missing from #Crete #IL, wrote and participated in the performing of a song dedicated to this search. We were given permission to use the song for the video. So great!
Apollo’s Journey by Prairie Ghosts, video by Smithicair
Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ehbu6lWDag
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7FmVVGUB1uYLVVeAQp9zfR…
Apollo’s Story:
6 month old Apollo jumped over a barricade on his deck when a random clap of thunder rang through the sky. He had only been at his new house for 5 days and ran to the fields. The owners searched and saw him in the fields daily but he ran from them when they would approach. Dogs in fight or flight mode will run and do not recognize the calls of their owners. It is super important to allow the dog to feel safe and not chased. They then went a whole day without seeing Apollo anywhere. They reached out to SmithicAir. We started giving advice and contacted a volunteer lost dog recovery expert in the area named Cathy Annwho we learned about through a different volunteer who we work with often. Cathi and the owners met SmithicAir on location late that night. We conducted a search and found Apollo sleeping in a field a little over 400 feet away from our launch point on the other side of the houses we were next to. Cathi’s advice was to allow him to feel safe and they would try to lure or trap in the morning.
Apollo had other plans and at 2AM, he wandered into a neighbor’s yard. The neighbor was letting their dog out and Apollo decided to use this opportunity to enter the neighbor’s house and eat some food! The neighbor secured the dog and most importantly posted online that they had secured a dog. The owners found the post and the reunion was made on the fourth day of Apollo’s adventure!
A short video will be out in the next couple of days. Great job goes out to Cathi Ann and to the owners who listened to her expert advice!”
-SmithicAir
Thank you to all that helped, and a special thanks, also, to the family that took Apollo in, fed him, let him rest there, and posted him to a neighborhood page! Glad you are home safe!