Canine Advocate
Melanie Coy has been a pit bull fancier for 29 years. She's also been involved in obedience and other training and showing animals. Coy became involved in animal legislative issues in the mid-80s to dispel myths about the pit bull breed and fight against breed-specific laws. She advocates responsible dog ownership through training and educational programs, and helps shelters make dogs more adoptable.
Archives
- Year End 2017 (12/31/17)
- What Do We Do About Irresponsible Owners? (9/24/17)8
- Wisdom by Nita (8/26/17)1
- Springfield & Outright Liars (8/21/17)2
- The Immorality of Breed Bans (8/13/17)3
- Drake (8/6/17)
- No Forgiveness-No Quarter (7/30/17)
- A Super Hero Runs Free (7/15/17)
- The Missouri 500 (7/7/17)
- Ownership vs Guardianship (7/2/17)
- Jasper Tennessee (5/21/17)
- Macpuppywrangler (4/29/17)
- Baby Zayda (4/23/17)
- Springfield Missouri (4/1/17)
- The Honor System (3/18/17)2
- No Satisfaction (2/26/17)
- How Sad (2/18/17)17
- Targeting (2/11/17)
- Raven, The Oppressed (2/4/17)10
- One More Time, Please Pay Attention (1/28/17)
- Getting Our Mojo Back (1/21/17)
- Purpose Bred Dogs (1/14/17)2
- Business & the ADA (1/7/17)3
- What We Allow (1/1/17)
- With a Twist (12/22/16)
- Giving (12/11/16)
- The Coming Together (12/4/16)
- Blind Stupidity (11/25/16)2
- Let the Miracles Begin (11/19/16)2
- Why It Matters (11/13/16)
- Liars, Haters & Animal Rights (11/6/16)5
- A New Day Dawns (10/30/16)
- Let’s Review (10/24/16)
- When Arrogance Rules (10/16/16)2
- Coalitions (10/9/16)2
- Montreal (10/2/16)
- It’s Official (9/25/16)
- Kill Shelter (9/18/16)
- Fate (9/4/16)
- Just Ignore It (8/27/16)9
- Obedience vs Tee Ball (8/14/16)
- Marking Anniversaries (7/9/16)
- Libby (6/25/16)1
- Things Which Make You Scratch Your Head (5/22/16)
- A Rose by Any Other Name (5/14/16)4
- Betrayal & Shame (4/30/16)2
- Empathy (4/26/16)
- Reason to Celebrate (2/25/16)
- The Champions (2/17/16)
- Holding Our Breath (2/8/16)
- HB1811 Anti-BSL (2/1/16)2
- Abuser Registry (1/25/16)
- For The Love of a Dog (1/17/16)
- Double Standards (1/11/16)2
- What I Will Fight to Save (1/3/16)6
- What You Would Destroy (12/27/15)3
- What You Would Destroy (12/20/15)
- What You Would Destroy (12/13/15)57
- Wake Up People (12/6/15)3
- Will You Stand? (11/29/15)35
- Reality vs Hollywood (11/22/15)
- Adventure in Photography (1/28/15)
- Pay It Forward (9/13/14)
- Cincinnati's Security Blankie (9/5/14)2
- Statistics (8/23/14)5
- Being Human (8/16/14)3
- Another Step Forward (8/10/14)
- The Wasted Vote (8/3/14)
- The Future-Karsyn Connell (7/26/14)2
- Warriors-The Dragon Slayers (7/19/14)
- Strength-Ledy VanKavage (7/11/14)
- Heart-Rochelle Steffen (7/4/14)2
- Soul-The Soldiers (6/27/14)2
- Courage-Bless the Bullys (6/21/14)
- Tenacity-Hearts of Gold (6/15/14)
- Integrity-Mutts N Stuff (6/7/14)3
- Profiting From Emotion (6/1/14)
- In Memoriam.... (5/26/14)3
- Hope Dies in 2014 (5/17/14)
- Stupidity is a Social Disease (5/10/14)
- End BSL (3/1/14)
- Legacy (8/29/13)
- The Gift of Heart (8/17/13)1
- MsCoys Victorious Angel (8/14/13)3
- How Do We Live... (8/7/13)31
- Mac the Super Hero (8/4/13)
- What Will It Take?! (7/28/13)
- It's Okay to Fly Off the Contacts in Heaven (7/24/13)2
- The Rainbow Bridge (7/9/13)3
- Imagination & Heart (6/30/13)1
- Fixation & Catch 22-Pt.2 (6/17/13)
- Fixation & Catch 22-Pt 1 (6/10/13)
- The Political Process (6/1/13)7
- I Am Pit Bull Strong (5/25/13)
- Hear the Thunder (5/18/13)5
- Roman (5/11/13)1
- Trinity (5/3/13)2
- Bella (4/27/13)1
- Butters (4/20/13)3
- Evolution of the Canine Advocate (4/13/13)3
- IF YOU COULD SEE THROUGH MY EYES (4/6/13)9
- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (3/30/13)2
- I ADOPTED YOUR DOG TODAY (3/23/13)
- UPDATES & NEW BEGINNINGS (3/18/13)3
- FOSTERING IMAGE (1/13/13)
- THE YEAR OF THE PIT (1/6/13)4
- NO REGARD FOR LIFE (12/30/12)8
- SIKESTON (12/11/12)
- Wanna Be's (12/4/12)
- TEACHING THEM HOW TO LIVE (11/14/12)4
- Why You Need to Vote (11/1/12)
- Drawing the Line (8/11/12)2
- Caruthersville Humane Society Seeking Assistance (7/26/12)
- The Storm is Raging (7/12/12)1
- Let's Ban Men (6/23/12)
- Dark Days (6/12/12)8
- Lightening Crashes (5/12/12)2
- Rendering Me Speechless (2/26/12)2
- And the Rain Came Falling Down...... (2/22/12)1
- What are Prison Dogs? (2/10/12)4
- The Winds of Change are Blowing (2/6/12)
- Working Pit Bulls (1/28/12)
- The Sky is Darkening (1/21/12)1
- Socialization of Mavis (1/15/12)3
- Clouds on the Horizon (1/3/12)
- Season of Miracles (12/23/11)2
- They Are Not People (12/18/11)2
- Let's Ban 'Em by Weight (12/10/11)8
- Because They're Terriers (12/5/11)1
- Heretics of the World Unite (11/28/11)10
- Sometimes We Just Have Fun (11/19/11)2
- Preserving a Legacy & Anniversaries (11/12/11)2
- What We See (11/7/11)1
- Out of the Darkness (10/29/11)2
- Presentation (10/23/11)1
- Time To let Go (10/16/11)2
- Drawing the Line (10/8/11)5
- The Power In Our Hands (10/2/11)
- Possibilities (9/29/11)2
- Rescue & BSL (9/24/11)4
- Give & Take (9/17/11)1
- Razzle (9/9/11)1
- What Else to Say (9/7/11)3
- Patrick Now (9/2/11)1
- Butler (8/25/11)1
- Man's Best Friend (8/23/11)
- Stella (8/20/11)2
- Unsay This (8/16/11)3
- It Can't Be Un-said (8/13/11)16
- From The Inside (8/6/11)2
- Stage 2 (7/30/11)
- Stages (7/24/11)
- Thank You Michael Vick (7/20/11)2
- A Change is Gonna Come (7/17/11)1
- Hatred Burns White Hot (7/8/11)3
- Monumental (7/2/11)
- Another Innocent Lost (6/25/11)3
- On the Legislative Front (6/18/11)2
- Tulla (6/14/11)1
- Before I Go to Heaven (6/4/11)2
- The Things Which Have Passed (5/30/11)1
- Small World (5/23/11)1
- News From the World Around Us (5/22/11)
- The Human Condition (5/15/11)1
- The Danger of Doing Nothing (5/8/11)2
- Need Another Reason to Adopt (5/5/11)
- It Just Never Stops (5/1/11)5
- Are You Kidding Me? (4/23/11)2
- Open Letter to Alice (4/9/11)2
- More Changes in the Air (4/4/11)
- Patrick (3/27/11)1
- Our Greatest Shame (3/20/11)1
- Windsor (3/13/11)1
- Beyond Sit, Stay, Come (3/6/11)
- The New Face of Canine Advocacy (2/27/11)1
- Kill The Messenger (2/20/11)5
- I Guess I'm Just Mean (2/13/11)5
- How Do You Spell Responsibility? (2/9/11)
- What's It Worth To You? (1/30/11)7
- No More Red Ink (1/1/11)2
- The Power of the Human Spirit (11/20/10)3
- Who'd A Thought (11/14/10)
- Profound Observation (11/7/10)5
- And So It Begins (11/3/10)3
- Kiss A Bull For A Buck (10/24/10)1
- Something's Happening Here (10/17/10)1
- Fear Breeding Fear (10/10/10)1
- Crossroads (10/5/10)3
- Public Notice (10/2/10)
- Somewhere Between Right & Wrong (9/26/10)2
- Animal Welfare VS Animal Rights (9/19/10)
- Power of Your Convictions (9/14/10)2
- FYI- Prop B (9/11/10)13
- Puppies For Parole (9/5/10)
- A Service Dog by Any Name (8/29/10)2
- For Me and Mine (8/26/10)2
- Frozen In My Tracks (8/23/10)3
- Could The Tide Be Turning? (8/19/10)4
- I Couldn't Have Said It Better (8/15/10)1
- Search and Seizure (8/8/10)2
- Updates and Words From Uncle Matty (8/1/10)1
- Where Does Responsibility Begin? (7/25/10)2
- I Have A Polar Bear In My Basement (7/18/10)5
- The Heart Does Go On (7/11/10)4
- Always Room For One More (7/4/10)5
- Bullet Points & CGC (6/27/10)2
- Caly Came Home (6/20/10)7
- They Convicted Al Capone of Tax Evasion (6/13/10)2
- What Is So Hard To Understand? (6/6/10)9
- In Memory Of....... (5/30/10)10
- Legalities, Updates and Just Plain Stupid (5/23/10)6
- Ricky and the Girls (5/16/10)4
- No Blind Followers (5/9/10)12
- Dear Diary....... (5/2/10)1
- Ok, Here's the Deal (4/25/10)8
- Are You Calling Me A Wolf? (4/18/10)8
- Walking Cerberus (4/11/10)3
- WOW, What a Week! (4/4/10)
- There's A Storm Brewing (3/28/10)15
- Spork: The Attack Dog Case (3/21/10)
- Beware of False Prophets (3/14/10)5
- This Is What Happens Part 2 (3/11/10)2
- Twenty Two More Reasons to Outlaw Stupid (3/8/10)2
- This is What Happens (2/28/10)2
- Mid Week Clarification (2/24/10)
- The Killing of a Legacy (2/21/10)8
- Reckless Owner Laws (2/15/10)1
- The Other Side of Banning (2/7/10)
- It's Not Fair. It's Just the Way It Is (1/31/10)4
- Hero of the Day (1/28/10)2
- Makes You Shake Your Head (1/24/10)
- Caruthersville, Petco, Fostering Hope & Axl (1/16/10)
- Just in Case You Ever Wondered (1/13/10)3
- Pit Bulls in the River (1/10/10)3
- How Do We Do It (1/3/10)2
- A Sad Update (12/30/09)3
- A New Year for the Pit Bull (12/27/09)4
- Holiday Reality Check (12/21/09)2
- I'll Take That Bet, You're Gonna Regret (12/14/09)
- Rescue Responsibility (12/7/09)3
- Time Magazine Essay (11/29/09)2
- Tough Decisions and Facts of Life (11/21/09)3
- Society's Dehumanization (11/13/09)3
- Axlisms (10/30/09)2
- A Week in the Life (10/16/09)5
- What's happening now?! (10/7/09)2
- When bad is bad! (9/25/09)2
- CGC & BSL (9/19/09)1
- What is a Canine Advocate? (9/10/09)6