the cause of death for Julianne Hoff's two dogs who passed away unexpectedly in 2019 regarding the passing of her two cherished Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Julianne Hoff is opening up the 36-year-old Dancing with the Stars contestant initially disclosed that her dogs Lexi and Harley whom she had for 11 and 8 years respectively had passed away unexpectedly in 2019 but she didn't reveal the dog's cause of death until she made an appearance on the Jamie Kar Lima show on Tuesday August 27 Hoff said before Lexi and Harley's deaths she never had coyotes in her yard and even had a fence during the podcast Hoff said the loss came at a particularly rough time in her life as she was not only dealing with the unraveling of her eight-year friendship with her longtime assistant while launching a new company kegi but she was also going through a separation from her now former husband Brooks Lake