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A Place Where Dogging It Is the Company Policy

TOP DOGS Founder Mychele Lord says she works her employees hard, but “I also take care of them.” Her papillon, Megan, had no comment.

When Mychele Lord was looking for a new headquarters for Lord Green, her Dallas-based, sustainable-building consultancy, one determining factor was finding a spot that would accommodate seven of her most important team members. Not the 17 humans, but the seven canines that report to work with them regularly. Lord Green had outgrown its previous space in

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