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Pet of the Week: Lily and Elvis

John Cocchiola's Staffordshire Bull Terriers the first Glen Cove Patch "Pets of the Week."

Meet Lily and her pup Elvis, Glen Cove Patch's first "Pets of the Week."

These two Staffordshire Bull Terriers belong to John Cocchiola of Glen Cove.

Lily will be eight on July 4. Her Kennel name is "Kaboom Lady Liberty," and Elvis turned five on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Elvis is a show champion and his Kennel name is "Champion Cold Coast Mystery Train." 

Lily received an award from the Glen Cove Animal Lover's League about six or seven years ago, Cocchiola said.

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"We lived in Glenwood Landing, next door (about a foot away from) to Duffy's bait shop. The bait shop caught fire in the middle of the night. Lily woke the house up, we called it in. So she might have saved us; she certainly saved the Bait shop," he said.

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