Puppy helping exercise o.O

My one year old heeler/lab mix always wants to run when I don't want to... Sometimes... I just have to give in!!!!

Lol My shih tzu LOVES making out with my face :laugh: if I'm doing any sort of floor exercises, he'll come up and try to lick me lol

If he's feeling frisky, he'll try to hump my leg haha

We just got our puppy a few weeks ago. I have to put him outside while I workout. He loves to chase my feet and untie my shoes.
It is very cute, but puppy I am working out here!

I have a 1 yr old pug that likes to chase my feet around when I exercise....she thinks it's a game. I have to just put her in her crate cause I'm worried I'm going to step on her.

I had just come back form a run on Saturday, laid down to do some abs, and my dog decided that was a great time to help remove the sweat from my face..... by licking it! :laugh:

I really need a puppy. I heard they're good for helping you be more active. What with all the poop scooping and driving around to grooming and vet appointments. I kid

But I really wonder if a puppy is a detriment or a plus to helping workouts.

I used to do yoga every morning. My dog, puppy at the time, Scout (papillon) would come in and stretch with me.. Then when he was done he'd walk all around me licking me, or if I was doing something like down dog, he would get under me and decide the my mat was now his bed. I don't do yoga every morning anymore, but when I do it at home, he does the same thing. I love it. Even though I don't stay as focused, it definitely brightens my day.

When I do sit ups both of my dogs try to help. The yellow lab usually tries to sit on my stomach and the black lab likes to sit on the mat underneath me..... they both usually try to kill the exercise ball when I am on the elliptical. My husband thinks that it is hilarious so he tends to let the dogs into the basement while I am working out.

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Every time I get down on the floor to exercise, my cat thinks it's playtime. She'll walk around me, rubbing up against me and swishing her tail. There have been a couple times when she got mad at me for ignoring her, and nipped at my foot or calf. She's such a cutie-butt though I can't get mad at her. :bigsmile:

I really need a puppy. I heard they're good for helping you be more active. What with all the poop scooping and driving around to grooming and vet appointments. I kid

But I really wonder if a puppy is a detriment or a plus to helping workouts.

My dogs generally don't bother me anymore. My kids are the problem. ;-) In all seriousness, though, my dogs actually kind of encourage fitness. They both like to go on walks, and I don't like walking on sidewalks and streets. It bores me. So that means that we'll go for walks on the trails in our area. I take my chihuahua to the neighborhood trail, but my border collie often accompanies me on the bigger, tougher trails. I like to go alone, and she makes me worry less about bears, moose, and other things that might try to eat/kill me.

My puppies love to "dance" with me. They also love going for their "3 mph walking a dog". Any other time I am working out they just watch and look concerned and confused.