Boogie Butts, the runaway chocolate lab who bandited the Evansville Half-Marathon last Saturday passed away just three days after the race. Boogie was ten years old and is survived by his owner, Jerry Butts.
“It is with great sadness that we inform you that Boogie passed away due to a heart attack on Tuesday, October 15,”
Boogie garnered national attention this week for setting an unofficial record in the half-marathon for unassisted dogs. Boogie reportedly broke free from his owner’s leash the night before the race and ran the majority of the half-marathon the next morning鈥攗nchaperoned and without his owner’s knowledge. Boogie finished in two hours and 15 minutes and bested 1,128 of the race’s registered, two-legged participants.
A veterinary technician at Cape Veterinary Clinic in South Portland, Maine, told that it is purely conjecture to say a half-marathon caused the dog’s heart attack without knowing the dog’s medical history.