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Watchdog Nation proudly sponsors Summer Santa children’s charity

Dave Lieber's Watchdog Nation is a proud sponsor of Summer Santa, one of North Texas' largest children's charities. The donation goes to the charity which sends several hundred children to summer camp each year. Summer Santa has no physical office and no paid staff. All of its work is done by volunteers. Summer Santa was co-founded by Dave Lieber... [ Read More ]

Book Review: 2012 Edition of Watchdog Nation “shows you how to win the war.”

Dave Lieber's Watchdog Nation: Bite Back When Businesses and Scammers Do You Wrong by Dave Lieber Yankee Cowboy Publishing Non-fiction (New 2012 edition just released and only available here) By Marianne Flanders Dave Lieber has avenues of thought, no, more like 8-lane freeways, on the subject of consumer justice. He has founded a new country:... [ Read More ]

Who is American Water Resources, and do you need their water and sewer pipe warranty?

Homeowners in some of North Texas' biggest cities -- Fort Worth, Arlington and North Richland Hills -- contacted Dave Lieber's Watchdog Nation to ask about a mailing they received advertising a new company selling repair protection for water and sewer lines. They wonder whether it's legitimate. As readers of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dave Liebe... [ Read More ]

Fight Back!

DAVE LIEBER is the ultimate authority on fighting back. As THE WATCHDOG columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he knows tips, tools and strategies to help you get your way.

The consumer advocate and investigator shows you how to fight scams.

Learn how to bite back when businesses and scammers do you wrong. You will discover how to become part of the consumer-rights revolution. Save hundreds, even thousands of dollars, by learning how you can overcome the pickpockets that call themselves the electric company, the phone company, debt collectors, banks, scammers, door-to-door salesmen, identity thieves and countless other sharks who want to make you miserable.

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Awards

2009 Winner of two top awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. "Every city needs a Dave Lieber," one judge said. "Dave Lieber's columns quickly and easily create a sense of outrage in a reader. He writes about rip-offs, scams and jerks who take advantage of the most vulnerable people in society."


2009 Winner of Defending the Disadvantaged/First Amendment Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.


Winner of Two National Book Awards in 2009. - The Next Generation Indie Book Award for Social Change and The National Best Books Award for Social Change. The book was also named one of the top 10 consumer books of 2009.

Judges in the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Awards call Dave Lieber's Watchdog Nation "A really useful book! ... I just kept flipping from page to page, case to case; laughing and learning from the lead watchdog." A second judge: “I loved this book! It addresses, in a very clear fashion, how to stop scammers, as well as how to resolve bill disputes with AT&T, the electric company, etc. … Highly recommended.”