Stray dog joined extreme runner during China race - BBC News

An extreme marathon runner hopes to be reunited with a stray dog he befriended during a gruelling race in China, thanks to a crowdfunding appeal. Dion Leonard was taking part in the 4 Desert Race when he met Gobi in the Tian Shan mountain range.

[ellydavis]

She probably ran away in Beijing trying to find Dion as he wasn't there at the time. So happy he found her again, she clearly adores him. Hope they're very happy in Edinburgh, lots of lovely parks and hills round there for them to go running.

[patriciaTHX]

Dogs are the best friend ever....💕💕💕Beautiful story👍

[isabellaivey]

Dion is actually my dads friend. We live in Australia and he lives in Scotland. His nickname is sugar😂

[Genkuro]

Good to know that Gobi the dog will soon be in a forever home.

[omegaman]

What a beautiful and inspiring story with a true fairy tale ending. I am so inspired that I need to write this poem. I hope that this story will inspire people to adopt an animal from the S.P.C.A.
"RUN GOBI RUN
RUN LITTLE ONE WITH A BIG HEART
7 DAYS WITH THE ONE YOU FOUND
RUN GOBI RUN.
MAY YOU RUN FOREVER, TOGETHER
WITH THE TRUE LOVE YOU HAVE FOUND
RUN GOBI RUN,
STRAY NO MORE LITTLE ONE
A HOME YOU HAVE FOUND
RUN GOBI RUN"

[Schauindieroehre]

Great story! Great run, great dog! Great performance of both!!I hope the dog can cope up with the Scottish weather conditions.

[najedzonykot]

Przepiękna historia ! Beautiful story !
Pozdrowienia z Polski. Greetings from Poland.

[kerriegrant]

would like to know what happens to her now!

[lyrcmgr]

Dear westerners, I'm telling u that only small group of people (less than in china actually eat dog meat. Thats their tradition for thousands of years. Please dont think all chinese eat dog. we love dog as our friends too.

[bretttarzy]

If this isn't the plot for the next Disney movie I don't know what is

[saltymonke]

he wants you to save him from dog chop festival

[dorothylim]

Sometimes the dog or cat choose their owner. Animals can sense if the human kind heart if they want or love pets.

[skylight]

this kind of story just tug my heartstrings 😭🩵😍

[silverbells]

i really hope the dog is in safe hands...or he wld hv alrdy been a cruel....

[chadrushing]

The dog wasn't following him, it was a Chinese Dingo and was waiting to see if he had any babies it could eat.

[yzjstc]

Good protein source in case of lost in desert. Brilliant man!

[johntatum]

Great; story wish the media would do real stories like this instead of false drama for some political agenda.

[SupDave]

too humanized to be a stray.. its a lost pet..