Tony, a 1-year-old English Bulldog, gets a pre-race cool down Sunday prior to the start of the first Toronto Running of the Bulldogs competition. It’s the same with bully owners.”During the race, Wettlaufer used Otis’s much-loved chew toy — a dried bull’s penis — to urge him forward. Owners exhort their dogs during one of the many heats on the beach near Silver Birch Park during the first Toronto Running of the Bulldogs competition. The race was held on the beach just south of Silver Birch Park, in the city’s east end. Tootsie, the winner of the inaugural Running of the Bulldogs, sniffs her trophy on the beach.

Source: thestar June 12, 2016 21:22 UTC