Horse riders from across the UK will be getting the wind in their manes to raise money for life-saving dogs this summer, by taking part in Canter for a Cure in aid of Medical Detection Dogs.
The popular event will take place on Saturday, June 29 with the course starting at the Milton Keynes Eventing Centre in Buckinghamshire.
Runners and riders will enjoy a beautiful 12-mile cross country ride with optional jumps at the end. All sponsorship money raised will go to Medical Detection Dogs.
For more than 10 years the charity has been training Medical Alert Assistance Dogs and Bio- Detection Dogs to save lives using their amazing sense of smell.
Bio-Detection Dogs are trained to detect smells associated with cancers and many other life-threatening diseases such as; Parkinson’s, malaria and bacterial infections. They are able to detect these diseases even in their very early stages, which means they can make a significant impact on saving lives.
This pioneering research could help scientists and medics develop faster, cheaper, non-invasive methods of diagnosis.
Medical Alert Assistance Dogs support people with complex health conditions when they are in danger of having a potentially life-threatening medical emergency, so they can take the necessary action and prevent hospital admission.
Using the power of their nose, these assistance dogs can be trained to detect even the faintest changes in the odour of their human partner.
Conditions such as diabetes, severe nut allergies, PoTs, unexplained hypoglycaemia and blackouts are among those that the dogs can be trained to detect and alert for, before their human partner is aware that an episode is about to occur.
Canter for a Cure started supporting Medical Detection Dogs five years ago. In addition to her great love of dogs Claire Guest (CEO) is a keen rider and knew that the riding community would get behind the cause as horses and dogs go well together.
Claire says: “We are thankful to the company Equetech for first introducing us to Canter for a Cure and allowing Medical Detection Dogs to now run the event.. We are thrilled with the number of people that take part and we are thankful for their support.
“The money raised makes a real difference to our world-leading research and allows us to continue training dogs to use their wonderful noses to detect a range of conditions and diseases.
“We love watching people have a great time and are very much looking forward to the novel costumes that are worn by rider and sometimes horse in support of the event. “
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