<![CDATA[The Pet Table with Rafa Medeiros]]>The Fargo-Moorhead pet community is full of extraordinary people doing extraordinary things for animals and with animals, and I want you to meet them.

The Pet Table is a conversation series hosted by Rafa Medeiros – Fargo pet photographer and founder of Dorm Studio Pet Photography – where real stories behind the animals get told.

Each episode, Rafa pulls up a seat with the people who make the Fargo-Moorhead pet community what it is: shelter workers, foster families, rescuers, and local pet business owners who have built their lives around animals. No scripts, no fluff. Just honest conversations about what it looks like to be in the pet world, what it takes, and what it gives back.

The Fargo-Moorhead pet community has stories worth telling. The Pet Table is where they get told.

Consider this your seat at the table.

]]>https://thedormstudio.com/Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:05:00 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2026 19:16:00 GMT60Dorm Studio Pet Photography<p>The Fargo-Moorhead pet community is full of extraordinary people doing extraordinary things <i>for</i> animals and <i>with</i> animals, and I want you to meet them.</p><p></p><p>The Pet Table is a conversation series hosted by Rafa Medeiros – Fargo pet photographer and founder of Dorm Studio Pet Photography – where real stories behind the animals get told.</p><p></p><p>Each episode, Rafa pulls up a seat with the people who make the Fargo-Moorhead pet community what it is: shelter workers, foster families, rescuers, and local pet business owners who have built their lives around animals. No scripts, no fluff. Just honest conversations about what it looks like to be in the pet world, what it takes, and what it gives back.</p><p></p><p>The Fargo-Moorhead pet community has stories worth telling. The Pet Table is where they get told.</p><p></p><p>Consider this your seat at the table.</p>episodicDorm Studio Pet Photographydormstudio@gmail.comno<![CDATA["It's Not About Me" – Natalie Perhus on Fostering, Homeward, and Showing Up for Animals]]>Natalie Perhus has fostered 24 dogs. After each one gets adopted, she hangs a framed photo on the wall above her foster kennel. That wall tells you everything you need to know about her.

In this first episode of The Pet Table, Rafa sits down with Natalie, owner of NP Creative Consulting and Special Events Coordinator at Homeward Animal Shelter, for a conversation about what it actually takes to show up for animals in this community. They talk about fostering (and why "I could never do it, I'd get too attached" isn't the whole story), the events that bring hundreds of people out to meet shelter animals, and the one dog Natalie couldn't let go – Tackle Box, a 10-week-old puppy found in a shed with 14 other dogs, covered in mange, who is now living very comfortably on her couch.

Plus: the overpopulation statistic that will stop you in your tracks, what 24 foster dogs taught Natalie about resilience, and the three words she hopes they'd use to describe her.

If you've ever thought about fostering but talked yourself out of it – this one's for you.

]]>b91d1298-5de7-4126-a3b9-431604b97b5fFri, 20 Mar 2026 22:04:15 GMT<p>Natalie Perhus has fostered 24 dogs. After each one gets adopted, she hangs a framed photo on the wall above her foster kennel. That wall tells you everything you need to know about her. </p><p></p><p>In this first episode of The Pet Table, Rafa sits down with Natalie, owner of NP Creative Consulting and Special Events Coordinator at Homeward Animal Shelter, for a conversation about what it actually takes to show up for animals in this community. They talk about fostering (and why "I could never do it, I'd get too attached" isn't the whole story), the events that bring hundreds of people out to meet shelter animals, and the one dog Natalie couldn't let go – Tackle Box, a 10-week-old puppy found in a shed with 14 other dogs, covered in mange, who is now living very comfortably on her couch. </p><p></p><p>Plus: the overpopulation statistic that will stop you in your tracks, what 24 foster dogs taught Natalie about resilience, and the three words she hopes they'd use to describe her. </p><p></p><p>If you've ever thought about fostering but talked yourself out of it – this one's for you.</p>no00:37:281"It's Not About Me" – Natalie Perhus on Fostering, Homeward, and Showing Up for Animalsfull