Marathon dog helps raise money for cancer
Countless volunteers give their time and money to help fight deadly diseases, but now there’s a new philanthropist on the scene in Florida, taking part in some long distance running to support a good cause. What makes this big heartened soul even more unique? He’s got four legs.
Think running 12 miles is difficult? Then you’ve never tried to get this black lab to stop. Mike Pemberton, Bailey’s owner, says, “We’ll go in the car on McGregor and we’ll see people running so she wants to run and she starts crying.”
That would be three-year-old Bailey, a dog who’s at her best when she’s running. When owner Mike Pemberton first bought her, he had no idea what he was in for, “I didn’t buy her for that reason, but since I’m a runner, we started to run together and it just evolved.”
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