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September 17, 2009

Huge walk for canine cancer in D.C. Friday

Who can resist this face?

Join Lexie, a rescued Maltese from Hampstead as she and other dogs meet Friday in D.C. for the Canine Cancer Caucus.

The event is designed to raise awareness of the disease in dogs and to memorialize pets lost to cancer.

Lexie, by the way, a 10-year-old rescued Maltese, was diagnosed with a malignant mammary in February.

Walkers should meet at Lady Bird Johnson park at 10 a.m. Organizers hope the event will set a record for the longest dog march.

The event is organized by Luke Robinson, who is walking his two dogs more than 2,000 miles to raise awarness of canine cancer. More information is available here.

Photo of Lexie courtesy of John and Bekye Eckert.

Posted by Jill Rosen at 8:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Assorted pet stuff, Dogs, dogs, dogs, Events, Health

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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