THE RUFF GUIDE TO YOGA

What do Fido and his friends get up to when you’re out playing bridge? According to two new books, practising their poses…

By Katy Pearson

Like many new crazes, it started out in the USA, but now, unbelievably, yoga classes for pets (and their owners) look set to spread across the pond and soon no self-respecting pooch will be without his own personalised workout mat.

Yoga dogs

As you can see from our keen participants here, some of the poses, with the help of computer wizardry, are easier than others.

Yoga dogs

But who could deny that Lilly has mastered the very best Full Boat Pose a pooch could deliver… Take a bow-wow-wow everyone!

Yoga Dogs and Yoga Puppies, £4.99 each, are published by Ravette Publishing, Horsham, West Sussex: 01403-711443.

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