It's kinda ironic that my race series is called the "Mad Trapper" because I would never trap an animal in my life!

I'm a huge animal lover and an even bigger dog lover.

For the past few years, Monique and I have been rescuing, fostering and adopting dogs.

I adopted/rescued my first dog ever, "Grandpa Fred" back in 1995, from the Frisco Animal Shelter in Colorado.

Once we had all this land here in Quebec, and such a big home here at The Ark, the floodgates started to open when Willy, the bicycle-hating Labradane made his appearance.

And now... we have 5 dogs here!

Fred (grandson of Grandpa Fred), Willy ("2 days from euthanization" Labradane), Charlie ("lost my home in a tornado" Basset Hound), Buddy ('pulled my previous owner off her feet" Basset Hound) and Roxy (the super insecure and neurotic Great Pyrenese).

I have been working closely with a local animal rescue, Les Anges Gardiens des Animaux and through them learning just how many dogs locally need our help every day.

The Ark is pretty much "at capacity" when it comes to dogs and although we are still here for "emergency fosters", the most help I can provide now is financial assistance to Les Anges Gardiens and other organizations like them.

Sadly we lost the namesake of this race, Mica, to cancer on May 10, 2019.... that was a super tough loss for me.

So to keep her memory alive and to potentially help other dogs like Mica, the "Mica Run" is born.