Cookie Is New Providence's Pet Of The Week

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Meet Cookie! He has been chosen as New Providence-Berkeley Heights Patch's Pet Of The Week.

"Cookie is our beloved 1 year old Shih Tzu! He’s been with us for less than a year but he fits right in with the family. Cookie is very picky with food and we have to get it just right for him.

He loves meeting other dogs and is super friendly! He does, however, think that he’s so much older and bigger than everyone! Cookie also despised stairs and refuses to go down the stairs of our house and only our house! We always have to carry him!

Cookie is very very playful but when he’s tired, acts just like a human baby! He also gets super jealous when he sees other people talking and hates missing out. Whenever he’s left alone in the house he waits by the window for us until we come home and when we do, he looks like the happiest dog in the world!

He loves grooming too! (Just not on his tail)! Cookie hates car rides. He’s eager to get in the car with us but after it starts moving, all he wants to do it get out. Cookie is our little baby puppy. We love him so much and he just makes every day so much brighter and happier!"

— Shrestha Family of New Providence

Do you think your pet should be New Providence-Berkeley Heights' Pet of the Week?

Participating in the Pet of the Week happenings is simple: submit your nomination by emailing alexis.tarrazi@patch.com. Be sure to include a photograph or two of your pet, a paragraph about what makes him or her so great, and the part of town you're from. You can choose to include your name, but you don't need to. Then just keep an eye out for a photo of your pet on the Patch!

The photo can be of a present pet, or it can be a baby picture of the adult pet you're so proud of today.

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