>> reporter: coordinator stacy silva came up with a plan that cross country coach louis escobar couldn't refuse. >> you got a bunch of dogs that are in cages and want to be outside and want to run and i have a group of high school students who want to run. >> reporter: perfect match. >> perfect match. >> he is excited to go. >> the dogs realized they were getting out of those kennels and to go outside as a group, it was just happy chaos. >> reporter: who does most of the running and who does the pulling? >> she does the pulling. ride. >> reporter: when the kids of st. joseph high first ran with the kids, escobar posted a video. and? >> it was millions and millions of views and shares. >> reporter: at the end of that viral video, 16-year-old josh manussa holds a tired terrier named fred. >> fred has had it! >> reporter: a week later, he returned to the shelter. >> the moment he saw me, he starts crying! i'm like, oh, my goodness, he just needs to come with us! >> reporter: they are inseparable. the st the ultimate goal says is to raise awareness about the plight of shelter animals, but th

. >> reporter: coordinator stacy silva came up with a plan that cross-country coach luis escobar couldn't refuse. >> you've got a bunch of dogs that are in cages and want to be outside running, and i've got a group of high school students that love to run. >> reporter: a perfect match. >> when the dogs realized that they were getting out of those kennels and to go outside as a group, it was just happy chaos. >> reporter: who does most of the running? who does the pulling? >> she does the pulling. i'm just kind of along for the ride. >> reporter: when the kids from st. joseph high first ran with the shelter dogs in august, escobar posted a 60-second video. then all of a sudden -- >> there was millions and millions of views and shares. >> reporter: at the end of that viral video 16-year-old josh menusa holds a tired carrier named fred. >> fred's had it. >> reporter: a week later he returned to the shelter. >> and the moment he saw me he starts crying. just needs to come with us. >> reporter: they are now inseparable. the new menusa family dog. the ultimate goal, says junior sequioa chumpita

>> reporter: coordinator stacy silva came up with a plan that crosscountry coach luis escobar couldn't. >> you've got a bunch of dogs that are in cages and want to be outside running, and i've got a group of high school students that love to run. >> reporter: a perfect match. >> perfect match. >> he's excited to go. >> when the dogs realized they were getting out of those kennels and to go outside as a group, it was just happy chaos. >> reporter: who does most of the running? who does the pulling? >> she does the pulling. i'm just kind of along for the ride. >> reporter: when the kids from st. joseph high first ran with the shelter dogs in august, escobar posted a 60-second video. then all of a sudden-- >> there was millions and millions of views and shares. >> reporter: at the end of that viral video, 16-year-old josh menusa holds a tired terrier named fred. >> fred's had it! >> reporter: a week later he returned to the shelter. >> and the moment he saw me, oh, he starts crying. i'm like, "oh, my goodness. he just needs to come with us." in reporter: they are now inseparable, the new

>> reporter: ...coordinator stacy silva came up with a plan that crosscountry coach luis escobar couldn't refuse. >> you've knot a bunch of dogs that are in cages and want to be outside running, and i've got a group of high school students that love to run. >> reporter: a perfect match. >> perfect match. >> he's excited to go. >> when the dogs realized they were getting out of those kennels and to go outside as a friewp, it was just happy chaos. >> reporter: who does most of who does the pulling? >> she does the pulling. i'm just kind of along for the ride. >> reporter: when the kids from st. joseph high first ran with the shelter dogs in august, escobar posted a 60-second video. and all of a sudden. >> there was millions and millions of views and shares. >> reporter: at the end of that viral video, 16-year-old josh menusa holds a tired terrier named fred. >> fred's had it! >> reporter: a week later he returned to the shelter. >> and the moment he saw me, oh, he starts crying. he just needs to come with us." >> reporter: they are now inseparable, the new menusa family dog. the ultimate jo

. >> reporter: coordinator stacy silva came up with a plan that cross-country coach luis escobar couldn't refuse. >> you've got a bunch of dogs that are in cages and want to be outside running, and i've got a group of high school students that love to run. >> perfect match. >> he's excited to go. >> when the dogs realized that they were getting out of those kennels and to go outside as a group, it was just happy chaos. >> reporter: who does most of the rubbinnning? who does the pulling? >> she does the pulling. i'm just kind avenue long for the ride. >> reporter: when the kids from st. joseph high first ran with the shelter dogs in august, escobar posted a 60-second video. then all of a sudden -- >> there was millions and millions of views and shares. >> reporter: at the end o menusa holds a tired carrier named fred. >> fred's had it. >> reporter: a week later he returned to the shelter. >> and the moment he saw me he starts crying. i'm like, oh, my goodness, he just needs to come with us. >> reporter: they are now inseparable. the new menusa family dog. the ultimate goal, says junior seq