WALKING AUSTIN TO BOSTON FOR CANINE CANCER AWARENESS
June 22nd, 2009 by Diane Herbst
Imagine quitting your job, packing up your belongings and walking from Austin to Boston with your two Great Pyrenees.
That 2,400-mile trek is exactly what Luke Robinson is doing with his “boys” Murphy and Hudson to raise awareness of canine cancer.
The trio left Texas in March, 2008 and are now in Ohio.
The inspiration for this journey began in 2006, when Robinson’s Great Pyrenees Malcolm died of osteosarcoma. Robinson, who worked in technology, was so shaken by Malcolm’s death and what he found was a lack of treatment for and research of canine cancer, that he quit his job and hit the road.
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shaken by Malcolm’s death and…a lack of treatment…he quit his job and hit the road.
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Click here to check out the boys’ website and follow them on Twitter — Murphy and Hudson have their own account, as does Robinson — or click here to check out their blog.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Nice work. We too, have lost 3 dogs to osteosarcoma. Keep up the great work
July 30th, 2009 at 10:01 am
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September 1st, 2009 at 10:00 am
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December 17th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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December 22nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I’m so proud of you! I just lost my Maggie to cancer. I didn’t know she had it until it was too late. Thank you for helping raise awareness of canine cancer. God bless you on your journey.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Our Golden Molly was treated for Lymphoma for 2 years. Now our Golden Sandy is being treated for Lymphoma. Friends lost their Golden to cancer after having been treated for bone cancer he died of another type. Nasty disease that needs to be dealt with on many levels.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
sorry to hear about your losses. I too lost my golden retriever to cancer, histiocytic sarcoma, it certainly is such a nasty disease.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:03 am
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