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

Through work connections, I meet and know many, many terrific writers. That means I often get to read advance copies of new books. So, imagine my surprise when a book about marriage included some VERY telling experiences with DOGS.

So, here is a book review and my commentary about what we can all learn from the dogs in the family.

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Congratulations to Murphy’s mom from over at Murphy’s Law (a blog about a young Great Dane). She won my review copy of Canine Colors, that new dog matching system I blogged about last week. It’s an especially happy thing because this header photo is enough to improve even the WORST Monday.

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So, you know those management training seminars and tools that try to help people understand each other and communicate more clearly on the job and in life? A fan of Myers Briggs, am I. But there are others, like DISC and even True Colors. It’s this last one that has been adapted for use in better matching people and dogs. They call it Canine Colors.

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