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Images: Chicagoland Family Pet Expo

  Maureen OÂ’Connor of Danville, right, gets fitted with a snake necklace by Rachel Fessler of the Chicago Herpetological Society. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Paying a dollar to get kissed by Isabella the Boxing Terrier is Kelly Steele of Hanover Park controlled by Cheryl Eitz of Schaumburg. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  This breed therapy dog has a face only a mother could love. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Italia Perrone of the Greater Chicago Rescue shows off a new way to walk or hold your dog, such as demonstrated with this Cavalier named Atticus. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Blue Tongue Skink Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tracie Nauertz,23, of Carol Stream gets hands-on experience with a Mexican Black King snake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Vera Perekoteyeva,24, of Palatine hangs with a few friends handled by Herb Schmitz of the Avicultural Society of Chicago. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lauren Kelliher of Buffalo Grove talks to people about her two-legged Pit Bill named Fifty. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Norman is a champagne-colored German Shepard owned by Lou Basgall of Rolling Meadows. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Brittany Habbick,26, of Schaumburg and her Dachshund Marley. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Labrador-Pointer mix puppies. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Ashleigh Roese,14, of Schaumburg holds a White Texan Rat snake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Hayley Heier,5, of Romeoville pets a donkey. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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