Ultra-Marathon Leonard finally reunited with Gobi
Leonard flew back to China to look, launching a media and social media campaign and posters all over the city. Leon dread having to go back home without Gobi.
Volunteers helped him scour Urumqi, asking guards, taxi drivers, cleaners and fruit vendors; visiting parks and dog shelters; and talking to anyone who might have seen the dog. Local television interviewed Leonard, and residents stopped him in the street to say they were looking, crying about the story, he said. Phoenix media even launched a live blog to update people about the search.
Then, good news came, a Chinese man called: He and his son had seen a small dog in a local park while walking his own dog. They had brought here home and thought she could be the one.
Still, after a couple of false alarms, Leonard was skeptical. The man had sent pictures, but the lighting wasn’t good.
“Walking into the room, I was already thinking this isn’t going to be Gobi, and I’m a bit down about the last few days,” he told The Washington Post. “I walked into the room, and I didn’t say a word. There were actually about 10 people in the room at this stage.”
“Gobi spotted me as soon as I walked in, and she started running toward me. Literally, she was running up my leg and jumping all over me and squealing with delight.”
‘It was just mind-blowing to think that we had found her – it was a miracle‘
The page to help unite the pair can be found at Bring Gobi Home.