Luxury dog hotels give paws for thought

Cape Town: Three dachshunds lay claim to a big bed, while an agitated mongrel yaps constantly and a miniature schnauzer appears disgruntled despite soothing Bob Marley tunes playing over the stereo.

It’s just another morning at SuperWoof, a luxury dog hotel in South Africa’s city of Cape Town, where the wealthy check in their canines for some serious pampering.

Should the dogs feel like a sundowner later, drinks are available in little bottles of ChamPaws — a cocktail of water with a dash of rose petal and South Africa’s famous rooibos tea.

Opposite the dog hotel is a night shelter for Cape Town’s many homeless — a pervasive legacy of apartheid. And a short…