Toby is a medium-sized foundling dog with Turin autumn-colored fur. Always on the move, with small ears that reveal his joy when someone approaches him Kind. The little friend he lived in a kennel, locked in a boxwaiting for his daily walk to enjoy those few minutes of freedom and caresses.
Luigi, a thirty-year-old with a difficult life, suffers from depression. The mother Marina says that this illness seems to have been inherited from her ex-husband, manifesting itself as a constant fragility and inability to overcome daily difficulties. Despite After numerous treatments and medicines, Luigi’s situation did not improve.
Toby’s arrival
Marina, initially skeptical about animals, is advised by a friend to get a dog for Luigi. Asgoes to the kennel and adopts the little friend. Despite Luigi doesn’t try to caress him at first, just looking at Toby creates a small opening in his mind dark, allowing a faint ray of light to enter.
As the days pass, Toby and Luigi become inseparable. Toby lies down next to Luigi when he sees him feeling down, and daily walks with the dog push Luigi to leave the house and explore new streets and parks. The curiosity of Toby it becomes contagious, and little by little Luigi begins to recover, abandoning his mental “box” of bad thoughts.
An unexpected change
Marina, who didn’t like dogs, now can’t imagine life without Toby. “I was afraid that my son might end up doing something bad. No medicine has been able to give him so much serenity. The road is still long, but seeing the light in Luigi’s eyes is the most important gift Toby could do it. The dog he’s an angel with a tail, and I don’t care if he destroyed so many things at home. Luigi defends him and this is priceless.”
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