A Spooktacular Success: The 2025 Dog Walking Dead Challenge Raises Spirits (and Funds!)
🐾 2025 Dog Walking Dead Challenge Recap 🐾
Despite the cold and wind and misty drizzle, the undead (and their dogs!) rose again for our 2025 0.5K Dog Walking Dead Challenge at the Lost Cabin Beer Garden in Hill City — and what a frightfully fun day it was!
We had the best track yet — exactly three laps around the beer garden to hit a perfect 0.5K! Nearly 70 participants braved the chill to walk, wag, and raise a spooktacular $2,348 to help local families and pets in need.
We would like to give a VERY special and heartfelt thank you to our Official Photographer, Erica Harvey of Erica Lane Photography. Erica donates her time and extreme talent to photograph ever race in the 0.5K Trifecta Challenge! For all the photos from the 0.5K Dog Walking Dead, please visit our Facebook Page!
🎭 Costume Contest Winners:
💀 Best Single: Fiona, though her little Shrek sidekick absolutely stole the show!
🕰️ Best Couple: Our amazing Steampunk duo — creativity on full display!
🌭 Best Team: The hilarious Chefs and their Hot Dogs — talk about a recipe for fun!
🎟️ Prizes & More:
Huge thanks to Karen and The Buffalo Jump Steakhouse for donating incredible prizes, along with everyone who contributed door prizes and silent auction items. And yes — that baklava was to DIE for, Bobbi!
🎶 Music & Memories:
We were thrilled to have Brad Johnson back again, filling the beer garden with great tunes and even better vibes.
Brad Johnson Playing some tunes.
🐕🦺 Heartfelt Thanks:
A special thank you to Kevin Dorsman for sharing his moving testimony and Panda’s story — a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do. Kevin and Panda are one of our Hobo’s Healing Heart grant recipients.
Kevin Dorsman, 2022 Emergency Grant Recipient for his pup, Panda shares his story.
💙 Spirit of Giving:
This year’s Mike’s Hobinator Spirit Award went to Tony Silvernagel, whose dedication, heart, and helping hands truly embody the spirit of Hobo’s Healing Heart.
Mike’s Hobinator Spirit Award Recipient, Tony Silvernagel and Founder & President Kelly Harnett.
🩵 A Huge Thank You to Our Sponsors!
We couldn’t make this happen without you!
Be sure to support the businesses that support the causes you believe in.
🐾 Gold Level Sponsors:
Crow Peak Brewing | Action Mechanical | Badlands Security | Belle Fourche Veterinary Clinic | The Day Family | Erica Lane Photography | Iron Side Fabrication | KOTA | Lost Cabin (adult beverage) Company Rapid City and Hill City | Munro Earthmoving
🐾 Silver Level Sponsors:
1880 Train | Animal Care Center of Spearfish | Animal Clinic of Rapid City | BankWest | Black Hills Running Co. | Captain Clean | Great Western Tire of Rapid City | Highmark Federal Credit Union | The Junk Drawer | Resting Pawz Pet Cremation | Signature Auto | Thompson & Co. Wealth Management
🐾 Bronze Level Sponsors:
Belle Chiropractic | Happy Tails Dog Training Center | Nooney-Soley LLP | Servall | ShopDog Boutique | Walk-n-Wash | Western Mailers | White's Canyon Motors | Wilde Law Offices
Together, we’re making a pawsitive difference — one wag, one laugh, and one lifesaving grant at a time.
Thank you for keeping tails wagging and hearts healing! 🐶💖
