Ultramarathon Runner Rescues Running Dog 

What a touching story.

And a bigger heart!

Definitely and God bless both of them 😇💓

Great ❤

Absolutely , this is kinda how I got my Cat. My family and I love animals but my youngest Son would bring home every one of them he sees that doesn't have a home and that didn't change after he grew up . We started rescue after he found a tiny kitten that was being chased by a pit bull and had already ran off the mother cat. He waited to see if she came back but after a couple of days , he brought him to the house , he works out of town , she Mom to the rescue and that was how We got Ricky and that started it all. We rescue kittens and cats that r let alone r have lived outside with no one looking after them. One day I got a call about a newborn kitten someone found and even though I had never raised a newborn , I said Yes , I had to r he wouldn't make it but I was still afraid he wouldn't. I watched a bunch of videos by the Kitten Lady and now he's 3 and I do completely adore him and he's a big beautiful Fluffy Darling I couldn't live without , that's just the cat distribution system at work lol

So true LOL

But she's a terrier...they don't give up!

She must've been exhausted! Those little short legs having to keep up with this long-legged guy!

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No kidding he crossed the continent for her❤

Animals r very good judges of character and usually pick the very best people , this is proof of that and look what he did to have her , she picked very well lol I love all animals but I adore Cats and dogs so much , I'd have a pet cheetah and giraffe if I could lol

Nothing better than connecting with dog that changes your life...ALWAYS for the better❣❣❣

@@teeniequeenie8369 Very similar true story of ‘Arthur, the King,’ that was out earlier this year. Mark Wahlberg plays the adventure runner who was chosen to save Arthur, too. Looks like a large version of Gobi. Almost mirrored stories! Incredible! Get the book, or see the flick.💜🐾👍 Maybe a movie will be made about this couple, too.👍🐾♥

I'm so happy for Gobi. She finally found the love and happiness that she truly deserves. Thank you, Leonard, for your compassion and kindness ❤

Fr!? No way! This needs to be a movie!

Awesome!

@@Megan_Fiorillathat would be one boring movie

​@@rosestorms5396that's your opinion and it's not a popular óne

This sounds like the mark Wahlberg movie "Arthur the King"

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’m just good at it

Maybe he doesnt like it but the experience of seeing places while doing that.

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I get it though. I can draw pretty well (well enough to make a living off it anyways) yet I don't particularly like drawing. It's an odd thing. You can do it, you feel the need to do it, but it's not something I necessarily enjoy.

Yes, I agree. I think it also goes to show that this kind of magic in life can happen anywhere, anytime...you just have to be ready for it with the right mindset. It would have been so easy for Leonard to ignore the dog and push on, focusing on the race. Yet something in him sensed that what was happening with the dog was bigger than the race. Who would've thought that in the process of running to prove that he was "good enough" to himself and his friends that he'd fall in love with a stray dog in a desert in China, and that this happenstance would not only change his life but allow him to reconcile his past? An absolutely amazing story!

So true. Life is more than a prize. I’m sure little Gobi has no idea how famous she is and what she has accomplished just by being herself. A lesson humans could live by.

And no one mentions this, but seems like a caring understanding wife.

I read the book several years back. It’s a great story. Even better because it’s true.

@@counterculture10 it is. And I appreciate the word Happenstance

True

Its crazy dog didn’t end up on someones plate in china

@@Masticas.It’s actually been banned and is illegal now. Has been forever more or less a decade. Plus a dog that small is less attractive for the meat market, but yeah she got lucky with that

Thank you gor rescuing this sweet little furbaby! ❤

​@BellaKarim23 ...but it IS still going on...now today...and l no doubt tomorrow.....

Correct. So great ❤

@jdmarr - 👍🤩💝Yes he does realize that. He said so @ 5:55 - 6:12

Exactly what I was thinking! That person won't his friend 😒.

NOT a friend.

Yeah, I thought maybe that "friend" sold the dog cuz she was so popular. Turns out he was just an irresponsible, selfish person.

That is not a friend.....

I was thinking something similar. Not a friend I would trust again. I think she also, was running off to find her friend. So happy they were eventually reunited.

I keep thinking how she must have felt, wondering where he was. Then going out to look for him. What a dog!!

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Tear breaking really. I love that fur ball. 🥰💕

No it was the wrong person who wasn't careful enough to keep Gobi safe during that time apart.

Good for her! I'm glad that she found her self an have a better life!

Congratulations!

Oh wow, a big run on her 5 years! What a beautiful way to celebrate. I love that. Take care, both mom and baby girl ❤😊

@@FullFrontalFromage Thank you, I am one proud Mama over here! 🥰

He might do it for health

Didn't you watch the rest of the video after that?

@@cynthiaholland13 "Might"? Did you not watch the rest of the video?

So true especially since she came out of nowhere. What a story

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That's why I am a vegetarian. I can not fathom the thought of any animal suffering.

The “friend” most likely abandoned the dog.

Running on pavement = bloody paws. Running on trails…not so much. Also, if the dog spent enough time running about on rough surfaces, the pads would toughen just as your feet would develop callouses.

Stop blaspheming.

Sooo true

Have you heard of a lemon rinse? (Cert. Dog behaviourist here)

God bless you, not everyone will take dogs with medical needs!!!

Thank you for rescuing two beautiful dogs that many others would have ignored. I pray you will be richly blessed for your selfless care and love.

You should get his book finding Gobi

Me with 4 rehomes and a rescue cat. Wish I could have 4 more.

Greetings from Florida

Amen

So thankful Gobi was not eaten. I believe I heard the Chinese people eat dogs and cats. So sad I hope it is not so.😢😮😮😮

There is a movie with mark walhberg called arthur came out a couple years ago about this story

The book is called finding Gobi it one of my favorite, didn't know where was a movie

​@NotoriousJeffy I believe the Mark Walberg movie is based on a similar story but not this one. It was a dog who found Mikael Lindnord during an adventure race in Ecuador. Sadly that dog got spine cancer and has passed 😔 Gobi has been made into a cartoon movie "Gobi: A Little Dog with a Big Heart" ❤

Love conquers all. He gave more than was expected. His whole heart. Lucky little girl dog. And lucky him too.

She probably wasn’t abandoned; she probably was born a stray dog in the first place.

Or maybe someone helped her get out of a meat farm, but couldn't keep her. Money is tight for most people in China.

no one “went into the desert” to abandon a dog. 😑Gobi is a DESERT. People live there.

@@Thepc425 so he "ran" off with someone's dog? There's a problem with people rescuing livestock guardians in the western USA

Yikes. That is kind of sad to hear you say that. I’m so sorry.

He have a girlfriend