Cheyenne resident Lily de Fluer Denker lives a life of firm routine.

Mornings begin listening to National Public Radio in bed. Then she eats a breakfast bar and settles into a recliner for an hour of network television.

After that she’s on a walk to get the mail, visit the neighbors, and back home for a short nap before heading to town on essential errands.

Her habits, though, are not without some indulgence, including her monthly haircut and massage at the Nirvana Spa – which is a dog grooming business, because that’s where you go when you’re a seven-pound toy poodle like Lily.

If Lily’s routines seem humanlike, it's because she’s never not at the side of her mamma, Susan Denker, for whom this poodle is as dependable and necessary as an appendage.

“She sleeps on my pillow. I listen t

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