Great story, great dog

[Yurt]

Stray dog joins endurance racers on epic trek
After being tossed a meatball, 'Arthur' refuses to be left behind as Swedish team treks and kayaks in extreme conditions through Amazon jungle

That friend is Arthur, a remarkable dog who decided, after being fed a meatball, that he no longer wished to be a stray jungle mutt; that he’d stick with Lindnord and Team Peak Performance regardless of circumstances.

That friend is Arthur, a remarkable dog who decided, after being fed a meatball, that he no longer wished to be a stray jungle mutt; that he’d stick with Lindnord and Team Peak Performance regardless of circumstances.


But when Lindnord fed the dog, which would soon be named Arthur, and an unbreakable bond was formed.

Arthur embarked with the four-man team, and followed along as the racers trudged through and often became stuck in mud.

Stated Lindnord on the Peak Performance blog: “At one stage we had to take a break and the dog was totally wrecked. We opened two cans of food and let him eat, because he could find no food at all in the jungle.”

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Stray dog joins endurance racers on epic trek - GrindTV.com

 

[Iceweasel]

Dogs truly are man's best friend.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Yes, they are.

Heaven is a place where your dog is waiting to lick your face when you get there.

 

[Yurt]

Dogs truly are man's best friend.

indeed. he went the last grueling distance with them. i liked the part where he would occasionally get out of the kayak and swim alongside or get out and run on the banks besides them. but always staying with them. the bond goes deeper than a meatball. friends for life those two....

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

Cool story. This reminds me of a great book I read years ago called 'Magnetic North'. It was about these two adventurers who decided to trek across Canada, sticking mainly to the sparsely populated northern latitudes of the provinces. They'd talked National Geographic into a sponsorship. Way early in the west-to-east trek, they picked up a third party member in central British Columbia: a stray mutt they named "Coy". That dog's adventures in the 3000-mile trek could have made another great book all by themselves. The well-equipped doggie trekker, one of my best buddies ever, Sally:

 

[Yurt]

doggy tylenol, pressure bandage....i love it

 

[Judicial review]

Dogs are so much better than cats.

 

[Mr. H.]

Those Swedes cook up a bitchin' meatball.