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April 16, 2013

Parker’s Remarkable Progress: Week Two

“Parker is doing remarkably well!” — Monica Body, Urban Tails Head Trainer. In his second week, Parker is learning to stay calm and focused

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April 10, 2013

Parker and His Pawportunity

If you joined us on our first Second Pawportunity partnership with Urban Tails, you followed adoptable Andi from wild and discourteous to tame and

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March 3, 2013

Andi’s Final Week: Leaps and Bounds

As Urban Tails’ Senior Trainer Monica Body walked with Andi into the lobby of Friends For Life, our staff held their breath in anticipation. We’d been

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February 28, 2013

Week 3: Andi improves with help from friends

It’s safe to say neither the Friends For Life staff nor the trainers at Urban Tails would have been comfortable with Andi around children prior to the

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February 22, 2013

Week 2: Hooray for Halfway!

Wag your tail for Andi! She’s made it to the halfway point of the four-week Second Pawportunity Program. Through a curriculum created by Urban Tails,

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February 15, 2013

Week 1: Andi’s Extreme Makeover Takes Shape

Andi’s first week of behavioral training proved to be a success. Her canine makeover is beginning to take shape, showing that a vast transformation

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February 12, 2013

Andi Gets a Second Pawportunity

If you’ve ever been to the shelter, you know that “Every Animal Matters” is our motto. Painted on a prominent blue wall in bold letters, the phrase

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