Dog bandits the Maryland Half Marathon, subsequently raises money for cancer research

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2011-05-18 2:25 PM

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One of my friends ran this race -- how neat is this story?? Apparently the dog was so excited about all the runners that he broke through the electric fence.

 

http://www.ummsfoundation.org/dozer

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Wow...I just finished my very first Half Marathon! I was sitting in front of my house on Sunday morning when a bunch of runners came running by. They looked like they were having such fun so i decided to join them. I forgot to tell my Mom that I was leaving and she was really upset! Everyone was really nice to me so I just kept running passing first a sign that said Mile 3 then Mile 4 and so on until I saw this big sign that said Finish and everyone stopped running. Along the way i heard people talking about raising money for Cancer Research and I heard stories about people's loved ones. I was moved to take action so I set up this page to help out. I had to walk all the way home after the race and Mom didn't find me at home until the next morning.....boy was I sore!! I overheard my Mom talking to the people who put the race on and they are coming over to give me a medal! Now I am resting and looking back on the great journey. Please help by donating to my page..Dozer

2011-05-18 2:41 PM
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That is soooo cute!! 
2011-05-18 3:11 PM
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Trish,

Do you know if they actually found the dog?  I got an email from my HOA (the race started about 0.1 miles from my front door) that he was still missing. I hope he's OK. 

He was very very cute, some kind of golden / cockapoo thing.  I had already finished and was walking back home, and tried to catch him as he ran by me.  You could tell he was having a lot of fun.  I guess if he's getting a medal then I'm glad I missed!

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Awesome, thanks for sharing that!
2011-05-18 8:20 PM
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Josh, I'm pretty sure they did. They didn't find him until the morning after, though. How scary!!
2011-05-21 8:50 AM
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Here's a video of Dozer finishing the race - http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6567417

And race organizers are already planning on having him back for next year's race, he will be given his own bib number — K9.

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Trish,

Do you know if they actually found the dog?  I got an email from my HOA (the race started about 0.1 miles from my front door) that he was still missing. I hope he's OK. 

He was very very cute, some kind of golden / cockapoo thing.  I had already finished and was walking back home, and tried to catch him as he ran by me.  You could tell he was having a lot of fun.  I guess if he's getting a medal then I'm glad I missed!

I am pretty sure they did - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_294556&v=Uo4MPO0TmXU

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That's too cool.  I think Pepper could pull it off it he doesn't see another dog's butt on the course!
2011-05-22 2:53 PM
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I'm glad he made it back!  He was too cute.  I'm also glad I wasn't able to grab him at mile 12.8.  I see that he's raised over 4k for cancer so far.  :-)
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My parent's neighbor's dog liked to run alongside people running on the road near her house.  It's a good thing a race never went by there because she probably would have done the same thing.

What a great story!

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