Berlin: Jet-setting German dog owners who can't bear to be separated from their pets a moment longer than necessary can now use a luxury pet lodging near Munich airport.
Sabine Gerteis, a managing director of the ''Canis-Resort'' that charges 80 euros (107.7 dollars) a night, said the facility is intended to cater to well-heeled business people who are close to their pets.
A special touch -- at extra cost -- is a gate-to-gate service which takes dogs to the airport to greet their owners upon their return.
''There's nothing better than when I come back from Hamburg in the evening and my dog is there, waiting for me at the gate with his tail wagging,'' Gerteis, a dog owner herself, told Reuters Television.
She said dogs are assigned their own individual dog sitter -- one per pooch -- and stay in comfortable ''Dog-Lodges'' which have resin floors usually found on yachts.
Also on tap are designer grooming and gourmet dog-food -- in short, everything to make it feel like anything but a kennel.
''Dog owners often have a bad conscience when they leave their dogs to be looked after because the places feel like kennels,'' Thomas Gerteis, the co-managing director, said.
There is occupancy for 40 dogs, plus a day-care service for travelers who aren't away overnight.
''We have a 24-hour, seven-day check-in service,'' Sabine Gerteis said. ''If the dog wants to be petted, the dog-sitter is right there for him.''
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