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May 2022
The quirky new Harrogate café where customers can cuddle chihuahuas
A quirky café where you can grab a slice of cake and cuddle a chihuahua is set to open in Harrogate this month.
Billed as 'England's first interactive chihuahua experience', The Chihuahua Lounge is aimed at boosting mental health with pet assisted therapy.
The venue, on Knaresborough Road, is expected to open on weekends from Saturday, May 14.
Customers will be able to book a 50-minute session at the café, on Knaresborough Road, and chill out with a coffee in the company of six cute long-haired chihuahuas.
Picnic and her puppies Badger, Lambie, Potter, Peony and Lucy, all bred and raised by café founder Caroline Leather, will roam free within the building.
Ms Leather said she wanted to share the benefits that she gains from her own affectionate pack of chihuahuas.
She explained that this is how the concept of a 'home-from-home interactive chihuahua experience' with lounge seating, coffee, cakes and cuddles was born.
Ms Leather said:
The experience costs £10 per person. This contributes towards the cost of the specific qualifications needed to exhibit the animals, as well as the strict animal welfare and licensing laws.
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For the safety of the dogs, only children over the age of six are permitted.
Ms Leather said:
Ms Leather explained that the dogs also have weekly health checks and behavioural studies are conducted on each animal regularly to ensure their behaviour in the café demonstrates that of a happy and relaxed dog.
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