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10th Dec 2019

A special Santa’s grotto has opened just for dogs, and it’s the purest thing we’ve ever seen

Rebecca O'Keeffe

santa's grotto

How amazing?

Ah lads, how class is this?

A Santa’s grotto for dogs has opened in Manchester, so our favourite furry pals can meet the man himself.

Unreal.

The special grotto opened in 2016 in the K9 Swim dog hydrotherapy centre in the city.

Owner and genius among men, Marti Wood, 30, said:

“A lot of people try to involve their pets during Christmas by buying gifts for them, so I think the dog grotto ties in with that. We just wanted to do something a bit different.”

“We were unable to run it for a few years because we were renovating our building and didn’t have space for the grotto, but we’re bringing it back this year because we got a lot of calls from customers asking about it.”

 

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Santa Paws 2019 is almost here! Our elves have been very busy working on the new Grotto & Mr paws has hidden the 12 golden tickets. Who will be the lucky winners? Last few slots remaining if you wish to book to bring your dog to meet Santa please call 01616810096

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“We’re very excited to have it back and have made the grotto from scratch and have gone with a Santa’s house theme.”

He added:

“Santa gets very into it all – in 2016 a Great Dane came into the grotto and he said to the owner ‘wow I’ve got a reindeer smaller than that!'”

Every doggo that meets Santa gets some delicious treats, a picture opportunity, and of course, a present at the end.

This is the best thing we have ever seen.