Cardio For Canines

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Cardio For Canines

Cardio for Canines allows the community to get out, get active, and walk a VHS shelter dog who needs VHS shelter dogs spend about 22-23 hours a day in a kennel.

Cardio for Canines is designed to benefit both humans and homeless shelter dogs. Evansville has been criticized far too often for being an “obese” city with many programs & organizations devoted to helping people in the area stay healthy. Cardio for Canines is a great way to get active while helping a homeless dog at the same time! They can mentally and psychologically deteriorate from a lack of e

xercise and human interaction. Programs like this help the dogs get much-needed exercise, socialization, and good ol’ fashioned fresh air & sunshine. Cardio for Canines is the brainchild of VHS staff member Lauren Schmitt. An avid runner, Lauren is passionate about humans being healthy & active. But she is even more passionate about animals, particularly shelter dogs who often get overlooked for adoption because they are too high-energy or barking too much in their kennel. She and her friends and family are volunteering their time to make Cardio for Canines a success. The VHS wants to emphasize that people of all fitness levels are welcome at Cardio for Canines. From marathon runners to leisurely walkers, everyone is welcome! At the end of the day, the main goals are for people to get active and dogs to get much-needed exercise & enrichment. The dogs will love you whether or not you’ve done a 5K! Sessions are held every Saturday morning at the rear entrance of the Vanderburgh Humane Society. Dog checkout begins at 8:00 and the team takes off walking/running from 8:30-9:30 through Garvin Park! Water will be provided in Garvin Park for humans and dogs. Children, strollers, and wheelchairs are welcome, but participants actually walking dogs must be 18+ and sign a waiver.

06/14/2026

Not an occupied kennel in sight yesterday!👏🏼😌

Shoutout to our amazing community of volunteers & participants for a wonderful Saturday!

📸 - Megan Baggett

06/12/2026

Gather a couple of friends , and kick off your weekend by taking a shelter pup for a stroll in the park!

We can’t wait to see you on Saturday 👋🏼

06/05/2026

Long week? We’ve got the remedy: fresh air and adoptable dogs! 🐕 🍃

CFC will start at 8am tomorrow in the rear lobby of the shelter!

05/31/2026

We’d like to give a shoutout to Scooter’s Coffee for making yesterday even extra awesome! They set up shop and handed out pup cups to all of the shelter dogs returning from their walk!🍦

📸 Megan Baggett

05/29/2026

Run over to the shelter tomorrow morning and join us for a walk! 🐶

The rear lobby doors will open at 8am!

05/27/2026

5-23-26 🐕

📸 Madison Renee Photo

05/25/2026

🗣️ Shout out to two wonderful groups—Sterling United FCU and members from the Demolition City Roller Derby team—for attending cfc this past Saturday!

05/22/2026

Kickstart your long weekend with us! We have plenty of dogs that will be anxiously waiting to walk with you tomorrow 🙂 🐕

05/20/2026

5•16•26 🐶

📸 - Megan Baggett

05/15/2026

Ready, set, walk! 🚶🏻‍♀️ 🐶

Meet us tomorrow at 8am in the rear VHS lobby for a fun morning!

Address

400 Millner Industrial Drive
Evansville, IN
47710

Opening Hours

8am - 9:30am

Telephone

+18124262563

Website

http://www.vhslifesaver.org/

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