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the dog concierge

Where should I eat? How do I get show tickets? Can you hail me a cab? These are questions a New York City hotel concierge is used to answering. But when 3,000 canine competitors and their owners and handlers come to town for the famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (on February 11 and 12 this year), the Hotel Pennsylvania’s dog concierge has a vastly different set of needs to address. Luckily, Jerry Grymek laps it all up.

Did you grow up with pets?

Yes—we had guinea pigs, fish, cats and dogs. I’d be an all-animal concierge if I could. I haven’t had a dog recently because I travel so much and

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