cory donovan got the idea after his own dogs disappeared from his blacksburg back yard. >> as an owner imagine that feeling, right, when your puppy has run out. you are by yourself. you are on an island breakyou are on an island freaking out. emotionally, mentally, anxiety, enlist the help of the people that happen to be nearby to help them help you find your puppy, how good would that be. >> reporter: well, i do know that feeling. my puppy angus escaped from the house and a kind passerby found him and returned him safely for me and i always enrolled him in fur alert and the strength in the app are the number of people using. this can be the new lost dog poster for the digital world. danner. >> danner: very, very good idea, thank you, suri. >>> an area woman get motivated to run her first marathon and help the lynchburg humane society at the same time. jones is running in the marathon and asking pet lovers to sponsor a mile of the race and the pet. here is how it works. sponsor also pay the adoption price of a at this time. hoping that having adoption price paid that those animals will