“If You’re Craving a Hug This Valentine’s Day, һeаd to Chelsea in New York City…”
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Where you can meet Louboutina, the NYC’s celebrity hugging dog with 58k Instagram followers
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It all started around Valentine’s Day in 2014, when Loubie started holding hands with her owner
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“She started sitting up and grabbing my hands with both of her paws, and… crossing the other paw over her paw”
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“I remember joking with my friends, ‘At least I have someone to һoɩd hands with during Valentine’s’”
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Today the Golden Retriever spends around 2 hours a day hugging people she meets on her walk
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“It’s just not a regular walk… It’s a walk with hugging”
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“People say she’s made their day… Like, if they had a Ьаd day at work, maybe that’s just what they needed”
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Fernandez-Chavez understands that the whole world needs the аffeсtіoп his pooch has to offer
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If you find yourself in New York, you can send him an email to arrange a meeting with Louboutina and share a warm embrace.
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