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Duke_McDreamy, Orlando, FL (2026)

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Today I celebrate your 6th birthday without you. It takes my breath away to say those words aloud. There isn’t a day that goes by that my heart doesn’t scream out for you.

Many of you know the work I did with Duke and that Cancer took my angel at only 5 years old! It has been 6 months since he crossed the 🌈 bridge and I still am so raw with grief. I cry every time someone reaches out to me with a similar story. I know their journey and feel their pain as it is my own all over again.

I learned so much about this disease and the importance of research and the funding needed to help prevent Dukes ending for others. For Duke’s birthday it seems only fitting for a dog that loved to help others in their darkest hours to continue to help even from heaven. If Duke touched your life or if you just want to help make a difference with canine cancer please consider making a donation to AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION. This organization funds canine cancer research like the Vaccine that Duke received at UF. These vaccines have proven to be effective in many cases. It was doing its job preventing metastasizing to his lungs unfortunately for Duke it was his leg breaking due to the tumor that took his life.

So many of you have reached out to me with your heartbreaking canine cancer stories. I cry with every one of you and deeply feel the heartbreak this disease causes. My goal is to hear more stories of beating this horrible disease like the one with Rooster a hound only 2 years old diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (the same bone cancer Duke lost his life to). Thanks to Roosters amazing dog parents and the UF Oncology Team Rooster is done with treatment and thriving! Doctors/Scientist depend on research funding to create medical advances like the vaccine used to treat canine cancer.

I would love to hear more Rooster stories than Dukes ending. https://www.akcchf.org/