“They say it takes a village to raise a child. I think it takes almost half a planet to rescue a dog.”
– Dion Leonard in his book, Finding Gobi
Dion Leonard was competing in a 155-mile race through China’s Gobi Desert when he was befriended by a stray dog who ran with him. He worked to adopt the little girl, whom he named Gobi, but she went missing in China before formalities could be completed.
Read their story in Finding Gobi, one of my book recommendations for Christmas buying.
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The story of Dion Leonard and the dog who accompanied him through the Gobi Desert ultra marathon earlier this year has been making its rounds through the internet this week.
What dog lover could pass up the chance to hear about the dog who decided to bond with a man she had never met, through an grueling endurance event? It sounds very much the like the 2014 story of Arthur who adopted the Swedish Peak Performance team in the Amazon.
I suggest you listen to Dion Leonard himself in this interview on WBUR radio in Boston. There’s nothing like hearing the story first-hand!
(Dion Leonard is currently fundraising to adopt Gobi and bring her to Scotland to live with him. I hope he reaches his goal.)
Kathleen Crisley, specialist in dog massage, rehabilitation and nutrition/food therapy, The Balanced Dog, Christchurch, New Zealand
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