Buen Camino, Rio! is a true story about being thrown away and being found. About a road that brings the whole world together, one pilgrim at a time. About a dog who discovered — somewhere between the Pyrenees and the sea — exactly what he was made for.

What followed was 33 days on the most famous road in the world with yellow arrows, ancient stones, strangers becoming friends, and three unlikely travelers becoming, by the act of staying, a family.

And it's only the beginning...🐾🐾🐾 🚲 ✈️ 🚘 🚆

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3️⃣ Choose the paperback — the 7 x 10 full-colour edition English Only now, Spanish, German and Dutch coming soon.

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Every Rescue Has a Rio

Rio was thrown away before he was ever found. On the Camino, he learned what it means to be chosen — and now it's his turn to point the way home for others.

Behind every "Buen Camino" is a rescue that made it possible. Meet the people driving into the dark for abandoned Podencos and galgos, nursing them back to health, and waiting — sometimes for years — for the right family to say yes

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