At the start of this year my family and I adopted a tiny doberman puppy called Meeko (now called Toby) from Many Tears Rescue in Wales. Taken from a puppy faem, Toby had a terrible start to his life. Starved and in very poor health, Toby arrived to Many Tears Rescue with his head three times the size of his body and numerous injection marks on his head. From what the team could see, Toby either had something smashed across his head or something dropped, causing swelling on the brain.

To remove the fluid on the brain, Toby's previous "owners" attempted to withdraw the fluid with unsterilised needles, and as you can imagine, had a significant impact on his health. Along with being malnourished and fluid on the brain, Toby also had a hernia on his stomach which urgently needed removing.

Thanks to Many Tears Rescue, Toby was rescued and was given all the treatments and medication needed to help put him on the mend. The team had numerous scares with his health, and at some points thought he wouldn't pull through, but luckily is now with us today!

Toby is now living a very pampered life with us with plenty of treats, love and cuddles! We can't thank Many Tears enough for what they did for Toby, and not only that, what they do on a continuous basis for dogs that need rehoming.

So to help give something back to Many Tears Rescue, I am running the 10K in Bristol on the 13th May and the Bradley Stoke 10K on June 10th. I'm hoping to raise at least £200 but would be wonderful to get as much as we can for this amazing charity. Toby's treatment was in the regions of a £1000 so would be fantastic to help give that back and help save other vulnerable dogs in similar situations.

Thank you so much. Wish me luck!!