This Dog Proves She’s A True Champion By Accidentally Running A Half Marathon

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/ludivine-marathon/?

Ludivine is your normal, healthy bloodhound. Her owner, April Hamlin, let her out for a bathroom break one Saturday morning in January 2016. About 90 minutes later, the active pup had run an entire half-marathon in her hometown. Even more spectacular is what Ludivine accomplished along the way.



SNEAKY DOG
Ludivine loves to sneak out of her yard all of the time. Neighbors know she sniffs around and explores the woods near her home. Ludivine got out of her back yard and found the starting line of the Trackless Train Trek Half Marathon in Elkmont, Alabama. Once the starting gun fired, Ludivine followed the humans towards the front of the race.

FRIENDS FOLLOWED HER
Hamlin wondered where her bloodhound ran off to, but friends kept Hamlin in touch with texts and photos on her phone. Everyone in town knows who the dog is because she has wandered into other parts of Elkmont before this. This sleepy town has about 400 people, so Ludivine was never in any danger.

The dog occasionally left the race to cavort with other dogs, and she even went into some fields with cows and mules. However, Ludivine always stayed within a couple hundred feet of the race leaders.

FULL story at link.