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Hotel Chain Offers Massages for Dogs
Topic Started: Jan 4 2007, 12:30 AM (109 Views)
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Hotel Chain Offers Massages for Dogs
By PHIL DAVIS

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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Austin ricochets around the Ritz-Carlton hotel room, bouncing from bed to chair and leaping high to lick the face of his personal masseuse. He's an energetic 4-year-old pug, so there is a lot of wriggling as his "privileged pup" pet massage begins. But soon his eyelids droop and his tiny muscles relax under the soothing touch of Darlene Davison, the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota's spa director.

"OK, sweetheart, OK. There you go," coos Davison, creator of the luxury hotel chain's latest indulgence - the $130 dog massage.

Figure in the hotel's 20-pound weight limit and the additional $125 nonrefundable pet fee and the "privileged pup" plan comes out to a minimum of $12.75 a pound. And that's the basic package.

For another $220, the Ritz throws in gourmet dog biscuits, an in-room pet massage, a choice of nail buffing or nail polish, a souvenir photo, a brisk walk over Sarasota's scenic Ringling Bridge and a gourmet meal of organic stew and designer water served on a silver tray.

Americans spend about $38.4 billion on their pets annually, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturer's Association. Spending on pets increased an average of $2.3 billion a year since the association started tracking numbers in 1997.

"The trend, in the last year especially, is people enjoying things they can do with their pet," said Charlotte Reed, the New York-based author of the upcoming book "Miss Fido Manners Complete Book of Dog Etiquette." Reed has four dogs, three cats and several birds.

"People take their dogs to baseball games," Reed said. "People are going to fashion shows with their pets. People are going to benefits and art shows with their pets. You all dress nicely, put on your big diamonds and put on your pet's boa, or tuxedo shirt if it's a boy."

The platinum and pocket pup set are defintely the Ritz's target demographic.

http://story.news.ask.com//article/20070103/D8MDH5900.html
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Hi jezzie and Pete:

Gracie loves to louge so a massage would put her on cloud nine........ "If I Had A Million Dollars" (Bare Naked Ladies)...........Gracie and I might just check in. :love:

MC & Gracie.......

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if i had a pet,
i would spend all that money for me
and give he/she/it a massage myself.

did i tell you i took a cosmetology course and I
give great scalp massages.

Elk
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elkouri
Jan 3 2007, 03:38 PM
if i had a pet,
i would spend all that money for me
and give he/she/it a massage myself.

did i tell you i took a cosmetology course and I
give great scalp massages.

Elk

:kitti: :kitti:

Elk..........I did not know that.........would y'all like to come to my house, I'd love a massage too. :circle of love:
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mamacarol
Jan 3 2007, 04:09 PM
elkouri
Jan 3 2007, 03:38 PM
if i had a pet,
i would spend all that money for me
and give he/she/it a massage myself.

did i tell you i took a cosmetology course and  I
give great scalp massages.

Elk

:kitti: :kitti:

Elk..........I did not know that.........would y'all like to come to my house, I'd love a massage too. :circle of love:

:big laugh: sure mc, ill be right over.
when i got my divorce and my son was going to med school, i was bored, thus i took the course.
i was excited.
leaarned how to cut hair color hair,
pedicure, manicure, and those dang scalp massages. the works.
wasnt interested in a career, just loved another learnng experience

even i went to rancho los amigos and cut hair for the guys.

one of the most rewarding things i ever did in my lfe.
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