Champion of My HeartA real-time memoir about life with a fearful border collie, by Roxanne Hawn

Prop B, a voter-approved law requiring baseline humane conditions in Missouri puppy mills, is in danger of being overturned. Even if you don’t live in Missouri, this post from my friend Kerri Fivecoat Campbell explains how you can support animal welfare crusaders in Missouri because as she has outlined before What Happens in Missouri Doesn’t Stay in Missouri.

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A while back, Stephanie Feldstein, the animals editor for Change.org, contacted me about our Never Shock a Puppy efforts. She asked a bunch of questions via email. I answered, and the result is this blog post. Many thanks to her for the interest and enthusiasm.

[Speaking of news ... Humane Society of Boulder Valley is launching its No-Choke Challenge today. The graphics are to die for. I promise we'll write more about it in the coming days. Stay tuned!]

Now, Back to Our Scheduled Topic!

Lilly and I are so pleased that we can return the favor to Stephanie by asking those of you who agree with our very public stance against shock collars to sign this petition, asking Petsmart to stop selling shock collars. Please.

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Today is one of four Blog the Change Days each year, meant to inspire pet bloggers to Be the Change for Animals. Regular readers already know about our current Be the Change effort, called Never Shock a Puppy, so I thought I’d share some info and links about another Colorado girl with BIG ideas about taking a new kind of consciousness raising on the road.

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I’d already planned a post about Lilly’s coming-inside breakthrough, when pals reminded me that TODAY, July 15, is one of four BIG Be the Change for Animals days each year. I’ve been consumed with the fact that July 15 is another “hospital” day, so my whole week has been about that.

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