You can not only check into Lowes' Hotels with your pet these days, you can offer him/her some hand-made meals with veterinarian approved recipes.

The chain of 18 hotels in the US and Canada says it is the first national hotel brand to welcome pets this way with a "Loews Loves Pets" program.

The new menu items were developed by Loews' Hotels Executive Chef Marc Ehrler. They include Bow Wow Tenderloin of Beef and Chow Hound Chicken for dogs, as well as Whisker Licking Liver and Kitty's Salmon Supreme for cats.

There's even a dish especially designed to help with jet lag for traveling pets -- Great Vegetable Feast, which the hotel says is appropriate for both cats and dogs

Report by David Wilkening