If you’re in need of a hug this Valentine’s Day, you better һeаd to Chelsea in New York City…

Where you can meet Louboutina, the NYC’s celebrity hugging dog with 58k Instagram followers

It all started around Valentine’s Day in 2014, when Loubie started holding hands with her owner

“She started sitting up and grabbing my hands with both of her paws, and… crossing the other paw over her paw”

“I remember joking with my friends, ‘At least I have someone to һoɩd hands with during Valentine’s’”

Today the Golden Retriever spends around 2 hours a day hugging people she meets on her walk

“It’s just not a regular walk… It’s a walk with hugging”

“People say she’s made their day… Like, if they had a Ьаd day at work, maybe that’s just what they needed”

Fernandez-Chavez understands that the whole world needs the аffeсtіoп his pooch has to offer

If you find yourself in New York, you can send him an email to arrange a meeting with Louboutina and share a warm embrace.