Dog enthusiasts take part in poker run fundraiser hosted by the Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon in the Chadburn Lake area on Sept. 17. The event raised over $600 for the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter. (Tom Patrick/ Yukon News) - Chadburn Lake, Whitehorse, YT, Canada 
Dog lovers turn out for DPSAY fundraiser
If you’ve ever seen one of Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s paintings of dogs playing poker, you might be interested to hear something similar happened over the weekend in Whitehorse. Well, sort of.
The Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon (DPSAY) hosted a poker run on the Chadburn Lake Recreational Trails on Sept. 17.
In the event people and their dogs ran or walked a course collecting playing cards and the winner was determined by who had the best poker hand at the end.
The fundraiser had 30 participants and their dogs — almost three times as many that attended DPSAY’s first such event two years ago. The event raised over $600 for Whitehorse’s Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.
“We wanted to have something dog related,” said DPSAY board member Adam Robinson. “We wanted to help out dogs. We’re quite pleased (with the turnout).”
Tonja Hinchey drew three kings to take home an Air North roundtrip for two worth $1,000.