A member of the Dog Writers Association of America, Cat Writers, the Association of Journalists and Authors, and other writing organizations, Liz Palika is a profile writer who has won numerous awards. Save That Dog! won a Maxwell Award from Dog Writers and the first ASPCA Pet Overpopulation Answers Award presented by Roger Caras. Her dog-training book, All Dogs Need Some Training was listed in Pet Life magazine as one of the ten best dog-training books available today. Her magazine articles have been published in Dog Fancy, Dog World, AKC Gazette, Pet Business, Newsweek, and The Saturday Evening Post as well as many other magazines.