A fad that will end with a lot of unwanted pets.
Via Fox News:
Yoga is not everyone’s cup of tea.
The emphasis on stillness and maintaining a correct posture could come off as complicated and unappealing.
That seems to change when you add a few dozen puppies to the mix.
At Jersey Girl Brewery in suburban Hackettstown, N.J., participants hauled in their yoga mats and plopped them down on the cold concrete brewery warehouse floor. Dozens of puppies ran around, penned in by a network of flipped-over folding tables.
It is one of countless traveling yoga lessons Doggy Noses and Puppy Poses organizes. During the one-hour class, the puppies roam from mat to mat, leaping on participants, tussling with one another, and leaving behind presents for disinfectant-wielding staffers to quickly clean up.
Not too much contemplative stillness takes place during a puppy yoga class. Laughter echoed across the room as the dumbfounded mutts try to figure out what exactly all of the spandex-clad humans are doing.
My heart is so full right now with such cuteness,” participant Verena Fisher said, cradling a 10-pound golden retriever pup named Scout.
Scout, along with dozens of other puppies there, is up for adoption. The for-profit organization partners with local animal rescue centers for the classes, which receives a portion of the classes’ proceeds.