“What’s more relaxing than a healthy dose of pilates … and puppies? A pilates studio in upstate New York is now offering ‘Puppy Pilates,’ a class where for $25, you can do pilates while playing with puppies.”
“While exercising with furry friends should be enough for most animal lovers, this unique pilates class comes with a good cause. All of the proceeds will be going to Clear Path for Veterans’ Canine Program. The program train dogs to become service animals for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”
“Woodruff, an infantry rifleman who was deployed to Iraq twice before being honorably discharged in 2009, said his program’s focus is training service dogs. These dogs are trained to aid veterans with PTSD, traumatic brain injuries or military sexual trauma.”
View the whole story here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/us/puppy-pilates-for-veterans-trnd/index.html