SIT! STAY OVERNIGHT! Tito luxuriates in one of the D Pet Hotel’s luxe suites before trying out a treadmill at its fitness spa. (Photos: Dana Sauchelli)
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A posh hotel catering solely to pampered pups is set to open in Chelsea later this summer — complete with a fitness spa, gourmet meals prepared by a private chef, and suites with full-size beds and flat-screen TVs.
“We thought the concept was perfect for New York. It’s tough to find a home away from home for dogs,” said Kerry Brown, who co-owns the D Pet Hotel at 104 W. 27th St. with Christian Skowlund.
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The 10,000-square-foot pooch palace is no fleabag flophouse.
Its 40 standard suites will cost $79 a night but still offer designer Kuranda dog beds.
Eight “sensational suites” go for $110 each and feature flat-screen TVs with DVD players so homesick hounds can watch flicks such as “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” and “Fox and the Hound,” which the hotel stocks.
Its two $200-a-night “ubersuites” feature a queen-size bed, 19-foot ceilings and 42-inch TVs with cable.
Day care is also an option.
While pets can chow down on the house kibble, gourmet fare — brown rice with vegetables, lamb or chicken — is offered at $9 a meal.
The coddled canines can spend their days in three doggy parks on the hotel’s upper floors. For an extra $60 an hour, staffers will even walk them around the ’hood.
Then, it’s to the spa, where “we’ll take it one step further with ‘pawdicures’ and hot-oil treatments for dry skin or dry coats,” said in-house celebrity groomer Ali McLennan.
In the gym, “we have little doggy treadmills to keep the dogs fit,” Brown added.
And “we have an air-filtration system that changes the air every six to 10 minutes.”