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Pet sitters can keep Fido comfy at home

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Pet sitters can keep Fido comfy at home

Originally published: May 17, 2011 1:21 PM
Updated: May 17, 2011 1:27 PM
By RUTH BASHINSKY. Special to Newsday

Mary Gnieser is the first to admit that taking a family vacation can be quite an ordeal. Last February, when the social worker and mother of two from Dix Hills learned that the kennel she normally uses had lost the reservation made months earlier for her family’s other five members — two dogs, two cats and a parrot — the stress ratcheted up. “We were leaving for our trip within a week,” says Gnieser, 47. “I was beside myself.”

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Their Special Pet Joins the Wedding

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Their Special Pet Joins the Wedding—GREAT NECK RECORD OCTOBER 4, 2007

When Jill and Ed Weinstock made final plans for their recent wedding, they decided to include a very important family member in the wedding party. Max, the couple’s 6 year old Jack Russell Terrier was given the honor of escorting Jill down the isle.  (more…)

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