Hugging dog is New York City's newest celebrity

even more than a taco truck; yes INDEED

I train my hundred pound Grand Bleu de Gascogne (big Bluetick) to "STAY DOWN!" Gotta be careful don't cha know, might spill your beer.

I have 2 Rotts. Big babies, but at 185+ and 105, no jumping up to hug. I've trained them to 1 paw hug folks who squat next to them.

But I'd be willing to bet that Louboutina gets more hugs than any of them...

moment with a cuddly dog.

I kid, I kid.

That's simply wonderful!

The couch set up in Central Park was oversize and lime green and crowded with Instagram celebrity dogs and cushions bearing the logo of Scotch-Brite lint rollers. It was a warm, sunny Wednesday in May. The dogs wore lime green and yellow Scotch-Brite bandannas and their owners wore expressions of strenuous amusement.

The event, Scotch-Brite said, featured some of New York City’s leading “pupfluencers”: Toast (@toastmeetsworld), a rescued spaniel with 377,000 Instagram followers, famous for her hanging tongue; Louboutina (@louboutinanyc), the “hugging dog” with 165,000 followers, and more.

Fans and passers-by waited in line to take selfies with the dogs. People magazine was doing a Facebook Live piece. “Guys,” the moderator asked, “how important are lint rollers to all of you in your day-to-day life?”

“They are very important for me, particularly when it comes to clothing,” said the owner of the up-and-coming Griffon, Sprout (@brussels.sprout, 63,000 followers).

To some, this scene may have seemed odd. In fact, given the rise of influencer marketing, in which people with big social-media followings are paid to promote products, and the hugeness of animal photos on Instagram, it was closer perhaps to inevitable.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/nyregion/instagram-dogs.html