{"id":11104,"date":"2021-06-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:35:09","slug":"trendsetter-to-know-laurie-michelle-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/entrepreneurs\/trendsetter-to-know-laurie-michelle-stephens","title":{"rendered":"Trendsetter to Know: Laurie Michelle Stephens of Love Dog Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110116\/123_1-e1600212032960-80x58.jpeg\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-image-11105 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/123_1-750x973.jpeg\" ><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Laurie Michelle Stephens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> I don\u2019t tweet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/love.dog.republic\/\">love.dog.republic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/lovedogrepublic.com\/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzIH7BRAbEiwAoDxxTuS_VSAZgeOAEtF437ZbzXiQeZ3htkiyK4eMS2FzsB2uFRDQ8FKpsBoCbHUQAvD_BwE\">lovedogrepublic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Owner\/Founder of Love Dog Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married\/Single: <\/strong>Together 15 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kids: <\/strong>Yes, they bark a lot and sniff each others butts &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>City you live in: <\/strong>Tempe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A typical day in my life includes\u2026<\/strong> Lots of ball throwing and snoot smooches! Long days at the computer working on love dog, Working out, riding my bike, hiking with friends, product photoshoots, lots of Instagram hours clocked in, and the occasional lunch with a friend when there isn\u2019t a life-altering pandemic going on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was born\u2026 <\/strong>Over the pond \u2026London England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My favorite thing about Arizona\u2026<\/strong>The smell of the rain. 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The ways you learned to survive may not be the ways you want to continue to live, heal and shift<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biggest Dream\u2026 <\/strong>love dog as a platform to help fund rescues and shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Pet Peeve(s)\u2026<\/strong>small talk, (let\u2019s get to the real good sh*t!) being treated unfairly, huge companies who have no phone number to call for customer service, people who talk at you and never manage to actually say anything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"750\"  height=\"367\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-80x39.jpg\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-image-11110 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-750x367.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-750x367.jpg 750w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-380x186.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-800x391.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-1160x568.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-80x39.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-620x303.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-850x416.jpg 850w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1-1140x560.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/24110147\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.18.19-PM-1.jpg 1500w\" ><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More About Laurie Michelle Stephens:<\/strong><br>I started Love Dog because I wanted to create something beautiful that would make people happy and in so doing would allow me a platform to help bring attention to shelters and rescues. 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