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Dogs With Jobs

Meet local pups who are more than just pets. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy Ella, aka @elladaberner Age: 5 Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog Job: Therapy Dog Ella’s owner Sarah Greve had always wanted a dog as a child, but her siblings had severe allergies to pet dander. So when she met her now-husband, who had grown up with Bernese Mountain Dogs, they quickly decided the breed would be their first shared pet. They got Ella five years ago, though Sarah didn’t have plans to pursue the...

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Animals & Asanas

For yoga classes with kittens, bunnies, and puppies, look no further than Breathe2Flow. Article and Photography by Animal lovers know what a relaxing effect a furry friend can have. It’s exactly why Lindsay Riley created Breathe2Flow last year, a Connecticut-based pop-up yoga series that features animal companions. “After COVID, when I started teaching [in-person] again, I just thought I want animals, ” Lindsay, who has been teaching since 2019, tells Westport Lifestyle . She partnered with...

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Inside Jay Manuel’s Connecticut Haven

The TV personality opens up to Westport Lifestyle about leaving Fairfield County after 15 wonderful years. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy “The idea, really, was to have a place for my whole family to get together,” Jay Manuel, the television personality, best known as the creative director on 18 seasons of America’s Next Top Model , tells Westport Lifestyle of his decision to purchase a home in Wilton nearly 15 years ago. “My sister lives on the West Coast, my parents lived in Toronto [his...

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Welcome to Dogport

Article and Photography by Last year, 17-year-old Staples student Emme Dorfman wrote a speech for a “local persuasion” unit in her rhetoric and persuasion class about an idea for a fenced-in dog run somewhere in Westport. “I have two dogs, Bode and Ozzie, and they love to run around and play, but it’s hard to let them off leash,” she tells Westport Lifestyle about the inspiration for her speech. Her teacher loved the idea, as did her parents. “We thought, why don’t we see what it would take...