You Can Spend Your Next Spa Vacation Cuddling Puppies

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  A Santa Fe spa, Sunrise Springs, offers puppy cuddling as part of their package.

  

  Guests visiting the all-inclusive spa resort can get all of the normal spa luxuries, but what makes this spa standout is the access to animals.

  Via People
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  The Santa Fe destination spa’s snuggly services aren’t just about making humans happy, but about helping the puppies learn, too.

  

  Sunrise Springs partnered with Assistance Dogs of the West (ADW) — a non-profit organization dedicated to training service dogs for those in need — to create the on-site Puppy Enrichment Center, currently home to eight puppies training to be service dogs, reports USA Today. Puppies training to be service dogs require lots of socialization, so they are prepared to calmly handle any situation when they are older. This is where Sunrise Springs steps in. The spa resort uses its puppy play and cuddling packages as a way to help humans and dogs.

  Via Dogs of the west
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  Obviously, Sunrise Springs’ puppy activities are the resort’s most popular features.

  

  According ADW executive director Linda Milanesi, humans get a chance to lower their blood pressure, heart rate and cortisol levels, while increasing oxytocin levels by interacting with the puppies through spa programs like Upbeat Canine Play and Puppy Preschool. And the service dog students get the opportunity to socialize and learn basic commands from a variety of friendly faces.

  
  

  
  

  Via Santa Fe Spa
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  All of the little dogs’ activities are supervised by trained ADW professionals, and when the canines aren’t learning from guests, the puppies can often be found eating, playing on the resort’s property or resting in their luxurious accommodations.

  
  Via Sunrise Springs
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  You can see more of the adorable puppies available to cuddle at Sunrise Springs in the video below:

  Via Sunrise Spa
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  For those who prefer feathers over fur, Sunrise Springs also offers animal interactions with Silkie chickens — a truly unique-looking breed of bird.

  Via Sunrise Spa

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