Success for the “Six-legged afternoon”: the initiative organized by the city councilor Alessandro Albani (the presentation HERE, photo at the bottom of the article) with Free Runners Team gathered a crowd of bipeds (about 250) And quadrupeds (170, tail plus tail minus). A moment of celebrationcomplete with a stroll through the city center, departure and arrival at the Cossetto park in via Ugo Foscolo, which offered an insight into the multi-faceted relationship between people and dogs. Rescue, help (with guide dogs), company, affection. Exchanges of glances, orders given and variously interpreted, caresses, games, tense leashes, lolling tongues, “pure breed” specimens and pure specimens of many breeds together.
Between public, participants and representatives of the institutions (there were the mayor, Emanuele Antonelli, the councilors Maurizio Artusa and Paola Reguzzoni, the councilor Marco Lanza, the MEP Isabella Tovaglieri, the regional councilor Emanuele Monti) two champions of laughter. Max Cavallari he showed off his expertise. To those who spoke to him about shih tzu dogs, he pointed out: “Then there are the shiatzu, who are very good at giving massages.” Stefano Chiodaroli he recalled that «…we are here for a just cause, those who love dogs love people».
Reference to the fundraising associated with the afternoon, the proceeds from the event will go to Casa di Chiaracommitted to supporting research on childhood diseases and children in need of treatment (very recent, and latest in a long series, are the initiatives for the Del Ponte hospital in Varese and the Paediatrics hospital in Busto, see HERE). «We are closing the two editions of the initiative in favor of this association on a high note – Albani summed up – and we are already looking to the future. Next time we will support The Colorful Headphones (see, among other things, HEREEd.).
Gathering call for the start of the entrusted walk to the howl of Chiodaroli and his four-legged friends.
