Bethenny & Cookie: Two of a KindBefore baby Bryn, Real Housewives and Skating with the Stars, the skinny girl's life was all about her adoring pooch

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Updated: Monday Dec 06, 2010 | 06:00 AM EST

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Party on, girls! Then-budding reality star Frankel chooses Lhasa mix Cookie as her plus-one for Animal Fair's Halloween bash in New York City in October 2008.