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

Just before my recent trip to NYC, I got some not-great news. While the idea of a dog-centric memoir about Lilly and me perhaps has merit and while the book proposal draft I spent much of January writing is well done, it looks like our blog traffic isn’t yet in the zone to convince publishers to make a book deal. Our “platform” isn’t yet big enough. So, we need your help.

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Congratulations 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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In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Petfinder plans to Adopt the Internet (aka take it over) by swamping blogs, Facebook, and Twitter with adopt-a-pet enthusiasm on March 15, 2011. Want to take part? You’ll find all the details on the Petfinder.com site, but here are a few ideas.

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We have big plans, kids. Big plans for 2011. As first days after a holiday break go, Monday long Monday it has been. So, we’ll be brief and simply say that we’ll be talking herding all week. Goat herding that is … Stay tuned for videos, insights, and a few laughs.

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My BlogPaws box of schwag that I had my client from K9Cuisine.com ship to me arrived late last week. (That’s where my Dog Food Dish blog lives.) It’s kind of fun having a few new things.

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It’s official. I am now blogging for both fun and profit. OK, maybe not profit, profit, but for a client and for a fee. Each Wednesday, if you so choose, you can see my latest post on dog food and nutrition over at the newly launched Dog Food Dish Blog for K9Cuisine.com. There is a whole page in the sidebar that explains what’s what, but I wanted to post here as well.

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