I am so passionate about keeping people and pets fit! As both human and pet obesity continue to rise my quest seems never ending. I make it a priority each day to get my dogs some exercise. Some days between work and school I am busy 14 hours so I find myself walking them in the dark of the morning or evening. I find ways to get it done I wear reflective gear I carry pepper spray and we manage to walk or run each day.
I have dedicated a few days a week to running dogs at the local dog shelter. The dogs I choose to run are high energy and dogs that need to be outside running. When I take them out to run I can tell they are so happy its as if they are smiling the entire time we are running. The weekly visits to the local Nevada SPCA have put me on a path to help any way I can. I have decided to participate in a 6-hour run called the Jackpot Ultra here in Vegas. I will run for 6-hours continuous and hope to run about 35 miles in 6-hours. Part of my training is going to the shelter and running with the dogs. I have set up a donations page and pledge page and people can sponsor me per mile for this run. All the money will go to the Nevada SPCA. The shelter is a no-kill non-profit shelter that helps find homes for so many animals. They get hard to adopt animals from the local kill shelter and try to find these dogs home. I hope to raise $3,000 for the shelter.
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I hope to raise the money to help the shelter but I also hope to bring awareness to some of the higher energy dogs that have been at the shelter for a long time. These are dogs that need a home with active owners. They love to run, hike, swim and play. They are energetic, funny, goofy, balls of fur. I have become so fond of many of them and wonder why they have not gotten adopted. When people come to meet them they are often overly excited and interested in anything but the people there to see them, but that doesn't mean they won't make a great pet. They have just not gotten to the the person but unfortunately people need to feel an immediate connection with a dog. Sometimes a dog with a lot of energy this might not happen immediately. I hope to have some of the dogs shown here at my run for people to see them in a new light.
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You can donate by going to my website at www.coachcyndee.com and go to the Run For Fido tab. You can either sign up to sponsor me or just donate a flat amount.
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