Petfinder Adopt the Internet Day 2011

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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Dog Brag, Dog Life, Dog Musings, Hot News, Social Media Blitz | Posted on 15-03-2011

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petfinder.com adopt the internet 2011 badgeCongratulations to Petfinder on CHANGING the pet adoption world forever 15 years ago. Truly. Both via online access and the popular app, people use Petfinder a LOT to search for adoptable pets. It was a terrific idea, then. It’s a terrific idea now. In celebration, here is our Adopt the Internet Day post.

Adopt. Don’t Buy … I’m Begging

While attending a local non-dog event recently, I realized just how much education is still required about the horrors of puppy mills and the pet store puppy sales that support them.

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

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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in BlogPaws: Be the Change, Dog Video, Dog Video Gallery, Social Media Blitz | Posted on 20-09-2010

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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 you about Charlie … a fearful border collie in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who needs a new, child-free home.

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Lots of Lookers, No Takers: Charlie Update

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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Dog Whine, Hot News, Social Media Blitz | Posted on 13-08-2010

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A month ago, we launched an Adopt Charlie Social Media Blitz. We succeeded in bringing attention to Charlie’s need for a new kid-free home. In fact, some 3,500 people clicked through to learn more about her, but her family received not a single phone call or email from anyone interested giving Charlie a more fear-free life in her later years.

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