Julianne Hoff finally reveals the shockingly brutal way that her dogs died Julianne Hoff lost both of her cherished dogs five years ago now she's finally talking about what happened back in 2019 the Foot Loose singer surprised fans on Instagram when she revealed that her two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Lexi 11 and Harley 8 had died suddenly in a long post mourning them she wrote thank you for being the most steady and reliable people in my life thank you for being yourself thank you for being my protectors on Earth and especially now while getting candid in part two of her interview on the Jamie Kern Lima show on Tuesday Julianne revealed the dogs tragically died right after she and then husband Brooks Lake had just split up and it was sudden and violent I had asked for a separation and then 10 days later my dogs were killed by Coyotes coyotes umk how truly tragic poor Julianne and those poor dogs later in the interview she recounted the moment she learned of their deaths I woke up before my phone even rang and I knew and I picked up the phone and my assistant at the time was just like screaming I've never had coyotes in my yard I have Gates and everything