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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Love those matching smiles! The girls get playful during an appearance at New York's Trixie + Peanut this fall. Cookie, now 10, came into Frankel's life via a Chicago dog store. "She was ... not the ugly duckling, but the dog that was not the prettiest," Frankel recalled. "But I fell in love with her."