it was a real yoga class for dogs. Now you may have to stretch your imagination a bit and use the term “yoga class” a bit loosely. But there was a real yoga instructor and a handful of people with their dogs and their mats. I knew this was going to be a challenge for me because my greyhound (Peanut) doesn’t know how to ’sit’ and is not very fond of obeying commands – unless the command is ‘lay there and don’t move.’ When I saw an ad in my local newspaper for this last month I just had to check it out. Was it a joke or was the studio really holding a yoga class . . . for dogs?

It was quite an interesting hour. Not sure either of us got much out of it, but it was certainly entertaining. Here’s the class in a nutshell - a Peanut shell . . .Looks like I’m the only one doing any yoga here. Peanut is just relaxing.

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Enjoy these two videos which offer additional insight and examples:

And for more downward facing doga:

If you practice yoga no doubt this will all make sense to you. If not, prepare for another eastern medicine practice making its way into protecting and enhancing our pet’s health and quality of life. Is this Zen and the art of Dog?

The theory is simple - take some yoga fundamentals and adapt them to the abilities and limitations of our canine companions.

It is suddenly very popular and getting lots of media buzz. Those trying it claim the dogs doing yoga seem to enjoy it and are more relaxed and stress free.