Does your dog bother you when you workout in your frontroom?

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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    lol...i don't have a dog..but i have a cat that likes to go under me when i'm in plank position...I tell him...move or become a flat cat!!!!!:blushing:

    My cat does this exact same thing. My dog also loves to come and cuddle when I'm trying to do floor exercises.
  • thatklutzychick
    thatklutzychick Posts: 13 Member
    My dog used to be a pain too, but then I trained her to sit on her bed and stay while I work out. She gets massive amounts of her favorite treats when I'm done. Now, when she sees me putting on my workout clothes she makes a dash to her bed with her tail wagging.
  • Kaye8395BTS
    Kaye8395BTS Posts: 159 Member
    My 110 lb Great Dane mix thinks its a game and wants to play, I have to block off the living room with a chair....but he still makes his way under the coffee table and ends up under my feet!
  • jojogirl
    jojogirl Posts: 99
    Because of my dog, my cats, my kids, and the occasional husband passing through with a sausage and pepper hero I decided to RUN and get a gym membership!
  • Neliel
    Neliel Posts: 507 Member
    I also have to remove my cat because he likes to jump up at me. It just looks like he's trying to join in, it's so damn cute.
  • Kminor67
    Kminor67 Posts: 900 Member
    My dog doesn't want to do anything, because she's 12. I cannot do yoga or pilates in her presence, because she feels the need to waller all over me and lick my hair... but if I'm doing aerobics, first she gets all bent out of shape because I make her move out of the middle of the floor, and actually grumbles when she lays down elsewhere. Then, she watches me, sulking from the corner, and looking at me like I'm totally insane. This is the "look" : Baileybug.jpg
  • jkestens63
    jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
    I have two dashchunds and a pug. The pug could care less but the minute I start moving they are all over me. They tend to follow me all over the house anyway but I guess they think its play time when I exercise, especially if I'm on the floor (at their level).

    However, when I want to take them for their walk/ exercise and its cold out - one of the doxies will go hide under the bed. I freeze my butt off, they get to join me (in matching sweaters of course).
  • ZebraGlee78
    ZebraGlee78 Posts: 83 Member
    Can't you just put them in another room?
  • superwmn
    superwmn Posts: 936
    My pugs TOTALLY do this when I'm doing my Body by Bethenny yoga DVD and I think it's HILARIOUS. They curl up underneath my backbend, lay between my legs during cobra...

    My husband refers to their participation as 'helping' me work out.

    Charmagne
  • mlh612
    mlh612 Posts: 311 Member
    I have 2 chihuahuas and a yellow lab. The little ones try to lick my face and the lab keeps bringing toys for me to throw. Now, I put the chihuahuas on the couch with a blanket. That at least clears them out of the way.. So I just have to dodge a 65 pound yellow lab and my 6 year old daughter... Fun times :wink: Just think of it as improving your peripheral vision.
  • vickiele1
    vickiele1 Posts: 394 Member
    My chow tries to jump on me - it doesn't matter what kind of exercise, the stationary bike, treadmill, Jillian Michaels DVD, even just dancing to music cd's etc. I have to block the door to keep her out or she will pester me to death. It is almost too comical to see her doing it though.
  • Audi68
    Audi68 Posts: 113 Member
    I have a border collie mix that will just lay and watch me on the tread mill like I am crazy because I am not really going any where and then I also have a 140 lb Rotti that has to sit on me when I do any kind of floor exercise.

    They drive me nuts but they are my babies.
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    Oh my god my dog used to hump the my big bean bag whenever i did my aerobics dvds!! Haha, VERY creepy!!

    BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    My kitties are nearly always underfoot if I'm working out to one of my DVDs. Mr. Tadakichi is a scaredy-cat and gets out of the way pretty quicky, but Jayne thinks it's a good time to try and get my attention because he is in need of a cuddlefest RIGHT NOW. :laugh:

    Your male cat's name is Jayne? OMG! Hello fellow Browncoat! :flowerforyou:
  • kjensen15
    kjensen15 Posts: 398 Member
    Oh my two multi cultural dogs aka mutts love when I work out. They get all excited and bite my feet, jump up and down in front of me, and then they start wrestling with each other. I think I get a better workout with them around b/c I'm having to put out extra effort to avoid them! Then if I even think about abs or stretching its game over for me! I end up laughing so hard b/c they end up on top of me licking my face.
  • Amylynn
    Amylynn Posts: 242 Member
    My cat likes to attack my feet!

    Mine too, LOL:laugh:
  • achbarrow
    achbarrow Posts: 325 Member
    When I'm doing pilates in my room and am doing something like the plank my big fluffy cat likes to come rub up against me (which is oh so fun when I'm gross and sweaty) and lie on my mat right when I'm going to drop down.
  • BoresEasily
    BoresEasily Posts: 582
    I have the same problem as a lot here with the cat, no dog thankfully. Cats don't like to let you workout I've noticed. Don't try to do pushups or down dog or plank or anything like that with cats, they'll flop underneath you.
  • kacylaine
    kacylaine Posts: 154 Member
    I have two little attention hogs (oops, I mean dogs)...I have to put up the baby gate in order to do any yoga!
  • KTGator
    KTGator Posts: 78
    My animals like to bother me when I first get started, but then they settle down. The cute thing is my 47-pound border collie will actually mimick me when I'm doing yoga - I do downward facing dog, he does downward facing dog - it's adorable!
  • asltiffm
    asltiffm Posts: 521 Member
    I've got four large dogs and if the weather is good, I have to lock them outside while I workout. Tucker is attached to my hip, or would at least love it if he were so I can't do anything without him under foot, literally. When the weather is bad, I have to build a barrier with the dining room chairs so they can't get into the living room. They all stand around the chairs as if the only thing that matters in the world is saving me from the workout. I love them but it's impossible to work out when they are in the living room with me.
  • RachM
    RachM Posts: 113 Member
    My one year lab retriever pup likes to lick the sweat off my face, lay on the yoga mat cuddle with my while I do sit ups, and bark at me when I do jumping jacks. Shes a real gem to workout with! lol
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I've got four large dogs and if the weather is good, I have to lock them outside while I workout. Tucker is attached to my hip, or would at least love it if he were so I can't do anything without him under foot, literally. When the weather is bad, I have to build a barrier with the dining room chairs so they can't get into the living room. They all stand around the chairs as if the only thing that matters in the world is saving me from the workout. I love them but it's impossible to work out when they are in the living room with me.

    LMAO!
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