USA : Friday, 3 December 2010 (Local Time)
Luke Robinson and the Fuzzybutts left Austin, Texas, in March 2008. They’re been walking ever since.
Robinson, a 39-years-old business consultant, lost his beloved Great Pyrenees, Malcolm, to bone cancer in 2006. He grieved, he sold his truck, and he started walking.
He hopes his 2,300-mile, 16-state journey, which ends Saturday,19 Jun. in Boston, will raise awareness about canine, which affects one in three dogs.
The Fuzzybutts, aka two Great Pyrenees named Murphy and Hudson, haven’t to the press about their motivations, but it might be the grub.
California’s Honest Kitchen has been feeding the boys during their trek. And the treats supplied by Vermont-based Wagatha’s have proved a little too popular. “More than once I’ve had my fingers almost taken off at the knuckle for them,” Robinson writes on his blog, 2 Dogs 2000 Miles.
For Murphy and Hudson, the eats may well be the high point of the trip. Dogs are all about the food.
For Robinson, high points include crossing the Potomac, walking acroos the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati, and singing Christmas carols in Manhattan’s Park last December.
Robinson chose Boston as end point because that’s where Malcolm was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer. When Robinson started heading northeast in 2008, he expected to reach Beantown by the following March.
Robinson’s new nonprofit, 2 Million Dogs, supports comparative oncology research. Researchers in the field conduct studies based on the similarities among cancers in dogs and cats and people. Robinson raised roughly $15,000 in pledges for the organization during his trek.
“I belive that dogs hold the key to eradicating cancer in people, “Robinson said. And so as soon as he’s done with his book, hopefully later this summer, Robinson and the Fuzzybutts are hitting the road again, promoting the new organization and its big walk.
Story from : www.aolnews.com (reported by Susanna Baird)
Foto from : www.boston.com
