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P-E-T-S. Pets! Pets! Pets!

When they are not on the field, the New York Jets’ doting dog dads are playing catch with their canines.

“We haven’t had a big meeting of the pups yet,” wide receiver Braxton Berrios — who shares a toy goldendoodle with model girlfriend Sophia Culpo — told The Post of his dogged teammates.

“It’s just been so busy,” added tight end Tyler Conklin, owner of a pair of Siberian huskies. “But I’m sure we’ll get together … especially as the wives and girlfriends get closer.”

Berrios’ pup made his debut on the team’s TikTok page in July 2021 after the couple got the dog using the same breeder as Sophia’s famous sister Olivia.

Berrios used the same dog breeder as Culpo's famous sister Olivia.
Berrios used the same dog breeder as Culpo’s famous sister Olivia.
Player Tyler Conklin is the proud "dog dad" of two huskies.
Player Tyler Conklin is the proud “dog dad” of two huskies.
Berrios said there had not been a "meeting of the pups" yet.
Berrios said there had not been a “meeting of the pups” yet.

“We call them cousins, they technically could be brother and sister,” Berrios said.

The hunky North Carolina native, 27, gave the little guy, who is full grown at six pounds, an appropriate moniker: “His name’s technically Charlie, but I nicknamed him Bear, so we call him Bear. It just fits him; he looks like a teddy bear.”

And Charlie Bear dons team merch to cheer on the speedy WR and his up-and-coming, 5-3 team. “His favorite is a little bowtie that he wears sometimes on gamedays,” Berrios said.

Cornerback D.J. Reed has a French bulldog named Simba.
Cornerback D.J. Reed has a French bulldog named Simba.
Reed said he and Simba stay away from dog parks.

Gang Green center Connor McGovern and his wife Devin Dilling’s two labs, a black rescue named Bailey and a red one named Ginger, don’t like dressing up. But they do like their new human sister, Dillon, who was born in April.

“They always come over and smell her and want to kind of play with her,” the 29-year-old North Dakotan, said.

Cornerback D.J. Reed, 25, has a French bulldog named Simba, and they stay away from dog parks.

Conklin said he will get his two dogs Jets gear.
Conklin said he will get his two dogs Jets gear.
Tyler Conklin speaks with the media after practice at training camp.
Tyler Conklin speaks with the media after practice at training camp.Bill Kostroun/New York Post

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