Champion of My Heart

An Award-Winning Dog Site by Roxanne Hawn


Champion of My Heart launched in April 2007. 

Forget DOG YEARS. That's an EON AGO in publishing.

Welcome! People from all over the world continue to access our important resources. And for that, we're so very grateful.

We're kinda famous for 2 things: 

  1. FREE Canine Relaxation Protocol Audio Files
  2. Adverse vaccine reaction killed our original canine heroine

The Story Behind Champion of My Heart

Backstory here.

TL/DR version: Dogs often earn "championships" of all kinds in a variety of dog sports and other competitive venues. For many, including probably my dogs, that's unlikely ... and yet ... they remain the champions of my heart. 

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New Colorado Vaccination Rules and Fallout from Rescue Group Rabies Scandal

A while back I wrote a Q & A about that puppy

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Book Review of The Hill by Leif Lathrop

Needed to do something different for about 1,000 reasons this week, so

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How Much Do Dogs Cost Over a Lifetime ?

Some new data from Synchrony / Care Credit sheds light on how

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Hypothyroidism in Dogs and False-Positive Tests

A study published in 2024 set up blind, independent case reviews with

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Study into Common Tummy Meds for Puppies

A study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

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Dog Urinalysis

Especially as dogs get older, I’ve always been in the camp that

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Who lives here now?

Clover, Tori, and Mr. Stix + occasional foster puppies & foster dogs

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