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Article: Reigning cats & dogs; Annual pet parade celebrates animal pride
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2001
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O.B., a 2-year-old bassett hound, marches with owner Will Swan in an earlier edition of the North Aurora Pet Parade, scheduled for Saturday.
It's probably difficult for Mike Brackett to choose his favorite entry from among the many he's had in the North Aurora Pet Parade.
But one of them would have to be when his dog, dressed as Cinderella, pulled a pumpkin coach.
Another entry had a "Wizard of Oz" theme.
"We probably get kind of elaborate," Brackett said.
"We generally go overboard on this because the kids really enjoy it."
Mike and Kim Brackett, owners of Pedal and Spoke bicycle shop in North Aurora, have been participating in the parade for 15 years, ever since their daughter, Allison, ...