• Subscribe to Newsday
• My Newsday
  • Manage my account» | What's this?
  • Subscribe to TV Weekly »

  • Subscribe to Newsday» | Benefits
  • Manage my account» | What's this?
  • Subscribe to TV Weekly »

• Traffic alerts4

  • 17 m ago In BAY SHORE accident. shoulder blocked on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB at 5TH AVE/X43. Slow traffic from MANOR LN/X42

    In BAY SHORE accident. shoulder blocked on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 EB at 5TH AVE/X43. Slow traffic from MANOR LN/X42

  • 28 m ago blocks one lane through to sunnyside blvd...

    In NASSAU construction work on OLD WESTBURY RD/POWERHOUSE RD/SERVICE RD/STORE HILL RD EB after HWY 106/HWY 107/BROADWAY and after OYSTER BAY RD

  • 28 m ago blocks one lane beginning at sunnyside blvd

    In NASSAU construction work on OLD WESTBURY RD/POWERHOUSE RD/SERVICE RD/STORE HILL RD WB before OYSTER BAY RD and before HWY 106/HWY 107/BROADWAY

  • 28 m ago In MELVILLE road construction. right lane closed on RT-110 SB between OLD COUNTRY RD and CR-3/PINELAWN RD

    In MELVILLE road construction. right lane closed on RT-110 SB between OLD COUNTRY RD and CR-3/PINELAWN RD

  view traffic »
• Register Log in
• Hi  
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Log out

May 21, 2012

All

All Venues Events Guides

• Restaurants
• Bars & clubs
• Entertainment
• Recreation
• Getaways
• Kids
• Shopping
• Events
• Beaches

Getaways on Long Island

Guides Hotels Wineries Hamptons Montauk North Fork Fire Island

• myFavs
• myFavs
• Email
• Tweet

Pet sitters can keep Fido comfy at home

Published: May 17, 2011 1:27 PM
By RUTH BASHINSKY. Special to Newsday

Photo credit: Michael E. Ach | After a walk James Garfinkel gets a kiss from GiGi. (May 6, 2011)

Mary Gnieser is the first to admit that taking a family vacation can be quite an ordeal.

Last February, when the social worker and mother of two from Dix Hills learned that the kennel she normally uses had lost the reservation made months earlier for her family's other five members -- two dogs, two cats and a parrot -- the stress ratcheted up.

"We were leaving for our trip within...