Search Results for: Natalie Parletta

Refresh Rewind: Our furry friends

By: The Refresh Editors If you’ve ever gotten one of our email newsletters or glimpsed our Twitter feed, you’ll have gathered that we at The Refresh are animal lovers. Lauren has written with love about her cat, Jelli, and Andrea’s starting the journey to fur-parent-dom with visits to animal shelters and cat cafes. We purr with delight whenever a pitch about pets hits our inbox. (By the way, if you’ve got one, sent it to rfrshmail (at) gmail (dot) com. Although this list is…

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Human Training for Happier Dogs

by: Natalie Parletta Dogs are loyal, devoted companions. Yet even with training, so many problematic dog behaviors puzzle and frustrate their owners, often resulting in abandonment and neglect. A new breed of dog trainers and scientists say it doesn’t have to be like this—we can educate ourselves to better understand our canine buddies. I should have known when she yanked me off of my feet, face first into the mud as we walked to the car. I was leaving a…

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