See Team Rufus' Story here: https://app.memoryfox.io/story/shade-out-dm-foundation-inc/team-rufus---australia
Team Rufus is excited to participate in the 2025 RACE to #ShadeOutDM to help raise awareness about Degenerative Myelopathy (the canine version of ALS). More info about this disease can be found on www.shadeoutdm.org
Let's put our paws together for the pups!
Team Rufus
We are their voice! There is no need for these pups to suffer senselessly and for pawrents to have to see their beloved pet go downhill by way of Degenerative Myelopathy. We are in this fight together and we need your help to shout from the rooftops and help us SHADE OUT DM.
Our mission is to Raise Awareness for Degenerative Myelopathy ... This will be our 6th Annual RACE and our third year as an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Our goals are:
To honor our pups that are currently taking this journey or in memory of a warrior pup.
To help other owners become aware that we can offer them support by sharing our #ShadeOutDM member support group on facebook.
To educate people that this horrible disease CAN be prevented with careful educated breeding and the proper health testing PRIOR to breeding.
To raise funds to help support our Loaner Cart program as well as our mission by attending events, veterinary conferences and shipping materials across the globe all in an effort to "bark out loud" for the pups.
We're so excited you are joining us & can't wait to see how far & wide our message will go this year!
#ShadeOutDM
www.shadeoutdm.org
As our 2020-2023 WINNER, Rufus has been honored with his own ShadeOutDM Awareness pin! You can adopt yours here: Rufus Awareness pin
