A Dog Is Their Copilot

Pancho, one lucky dog               from Follow the Frontier

This is the story of Pancho, a rescue dog from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and the amazing men he's met. Of course, no one really knows how Pancho's life began or what it was like before he was found starving on the streets and taken in by a local animal rescue group. What we do know is that, one day, he was adopted by a free-thinking, free-wheeling Brit named Tom Fremantle, and that is where this particular chapter of his life begins. Together with his new friend, Pancho walked 1,000 miles along the Mexico-U.S. border to raise money for charities and to show that the area is safer than many think: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/27/a-1000-mile-walk-from-el-paso-to-tijuana/
   Nov. 23, 2012 ~ Agua Prieta, Sonora: Pancho is faring better than all of us, especially me. After two weeks on the road he has a glistening coat like something out of a Winalot advert, while I have ruined soles, smarting shins and three cacti thorns in my left buttock. He is still prancing along like a Springbok in love while my gait is more Quasimodo on Red Bull.
   The rest of Tom's journal: http://followthefrontier.fcfn.org/index.php/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/12-where-are-tom-and-pancho?fb_action_ids=10151108526620940&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366
    Their journey over, Tom returned to England while Pancho remained in Mexico. One can only guess how painful that parting must have been. But fear not: Pancho has already embarked on his next chapter, this one with Richard Kiy, president of International Community Foundation, and his family. He will be working with Kiy to raise awareness of and donations for border charities: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/mexican-street-dog-assumes-new-role-as-border-good/