Marley chews on a stick from the stash supplied by owners Sandy and Derrick Jenner, who established a dog library outside their Lake Zurich home about three years ago. They’re among several suburban homeowners and municipal employees who’ve established the pit stops for pups. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com

Animal lovers Andy Lester and his wife Jeana Clark don't have dogs of their own, but they have kind hearts and an inclination to accommodate canine neighbors, as evidenced by the pup pit stop outside their Palatine home.

They aren’t the only dog lovers to indulge their four-legged neighbors. Sandy and Derrick Jenner in Lake Zurich and police officers in Buffalo Grove are among the suburbanites whose do-it-yourself rest stops cater to canines.

Several years ago, Lester and Clark

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