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From the first doggie spa story you read to the forty-first doggie spa story you read<\/a>, it never ceases to amaze me how decadent this culture is:<\/p>\n

Virgil lives the good life.<\/p>\n

He likes to begin his weekdays with breakfast in bed. Then it’s on to lounging with friends and watching daytime talk shows; Maury Povich is his favorite. Later, he jogs a few laps at the indoor gym, followed by a warm bath and strawberry hair conditioning at the spa. While he’s at it, he may opt for a pedicure. Then he naps.<\/p>\n

It sounds like the diary of a hotel heir, but it’s all in a pampered pooch’s day at WoofSpa and Resort, a 3-year-old doggie day care center appropriately located on a trendy strip of Hudson Street bordering Chelsea and the West Village.<\/p>\n

“Pets have become more like family members,” said WoofSpa owner Keith Acker, a proud parent of two Wheaten Terriers. “Pet owners, more than anything, want an environment for them that offers good quality and care.”<\/p>\n

Price is not an issue. A single day at WoofSpa costs $43.50. Unlimited monthly visits run $500. The business also offers dog walking, overnight care, grooming and a personal driver who can take dogs to and from home.<\/p>\n

“The dog’s happiness comes first,” WoofSpa manager Greg Forte said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But now there’s a twist — dog spa client lists are getting more selective:<\/p>\n

About half a dozen similar pet centers sit within a 10-block radius of Woofspa.<\/p>\n

To keep up, Acker plans to remodel the 7,000-square-foot space this summer to make it more “luxurious and interactive.” The walls, for example, will be replaced with glass.<\/p>\n

The competition has WoofSpa shifting the way it does business by choosing its clients more carefully.<\/p>\n

“We’re fine-tuning our client base,” Acker said. “There’ll be much more scrutiny of a dog’s personality.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the first doggie spa story you read to the forty-first doggie spa story you read, it never ceases to amaze me how decadent this culture is: Virgil lives the good life. He likes to begin his weekdays with breakfast in bed. Then it’s on to lounging with friends and watching daytime talk shows; Maury […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class_war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}