The star of "Surfing 121" is Toby. He is over 17 years old and due to his age he was walking down on his hocks like John Wayne. Now, after laser treament and participating in the "121 Small Dog Surfing Programme", his condition is steadily improving. Surfing activates his "forgotten" muscles as he adjusts the distribution of his weight with each slight movement of the board.

Tony's progress proves that surfing is great for restoring key synaptic pathways when the dog has proprieoception problems or ataxia. The 121 team plans to set up a similar facility for larger dogs.