Day 5: Never Shock a Puppy

In week 5 of the 2010 Never Shock a Puppy dog blog campaign, we offer a few ideas on how to get your dog to COME when you

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Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable Pet Week: Charlie!

Our friends at PetFinder.com chose this week to promote “less adoptable” pets. So, the girls of Champion of My Heart will take this opportunity, once again, to tell

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Our Winning Moment

The experience of winning the DogTime 2010 Best Dog Blog Award at BlogPaws West this weekend still astounds me. I may have managed NOT to cry on the

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Weekly Dog Training Update (Sept 3)

Imagine my excitement to learn that someone is offering Treibball classes at the county fairgrounds, not hideously far from us. We mentioned this new ball herding sport briefly

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Reinvention and Bravery

Whether it’s because of the economy, reaching a certain age, or other even-less-pleasant circumstances, many people now seek some sort of reinvention in their lives. Yes, I’m talking

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Product Review: Ruff Rider Roadie

Dear Sam: This is sort of a Weekly Dog Training Update, so please stay tuned … because Lilly is learning to ride in Tom’s truck while wearing the

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Dogs Helping Kids Prep for Kindergarten

Longtime readers might recall that my pal Karen Quinn is a wildly popular author, with best-selling books that get movie deals, etc. Well, her latest book (Testing for

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Product Review: SweetSpots

So, it turns out that July is National Ice Cream Month, and we had the chance to include the dogs in a little celebration at Champion of My

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New Service Puppies

I learned about these new service puppies via Twitter last week. Never one to turn down a little awww factor. I thought I’d share. These little stinkers will

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Dog Athleticism on Display

Last week, we got about 5 feet of total snow from three different storms, spaced 2-3 days apart. Tom plowed some pretty big snowbanks after the third blast,

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