Thank you for visiting my (and Enzo & Otto's) Strutt fundraising page and supporting me in my race to reach my goal! I sincerely hope you will come out and join our team for the event! Strutt with Your Mutt has been a favorite event of mine since I moved back to Kansas City. We are dog people through and through, and love bringing our furry friends to this event in Brookside every Fall.
We adopted Otto during COVID when we learned of the MASSIVE influx of German Shepherds into shelters throughout the course of the pandemic... We originally planned to foster Otto, but fell in love instantly and changed our foster contract to an adoption contract!
Jacquelyn and I had been trying to get pregnant for a LONG time, and Otto was our good luck charm (and welcome distraction from the stress of trying month after month).
We both believe in sharing our story and struggle with infertility because we know there are so many people struggling to start a family and want those people to know they are not alone. To anyone reading this that may be struggling to get pregnant, keep going, put your love for your partner first, and know that your little miracle will be worth the wait! We also want to thank Dr. Casey Tramp and the University of Kansas Infertility Clinic for their support through this trying time in our lives. Our journey was complicated by COVID and the impact on “elective procedures”, i.e., the closure of infertility clinics in the Midwest.
So, back to Otto…challenging at first, he provided us with a welcome distraction! Even though he had some quirks from living the first part of his life on the street and in a shelter, you could see how grateful he was for our love. Otto changed our lives for the better and we are so grateful for him - our experience has made us firm believers that you should ADOPT before you SHOP! And what do you know… just a few short months later, we were pregnant!
Strutt With Your Mutt is an annual fundraiser for Wayside Waifs, KC's largest and most comprehensive no-kill pet adoption campus. Wayside cares for more than 6,000 abandoned, abused and homeless animals every year. Its mission is to prepare people and pets for the bond of their lives.
Funds raised from Strutt With Your Mutt supports Wayside's life saving mission by providing care for homeless animals year round.
Please consider making a donation today or even better joining our team to support me in my race to help homeless animals!