The Dog Came to Pilates With Me

Decided to tote the dog over to K's for pilates class. She doesn't usually take dogs. But she made an exception for Choya. Hahaha. Choya is a super chill dog, and I don't expect her to be disruptive, so I thought of bringing her along, and K wanted to meet her anyway. Heh. 

Popped in 15 minutes earlier to allow for 'play' and the dog to familiarize herself with the space. She's not a dog who bites blinds, legs of chairs, plugs, cables or shoes or furniture. Without exertion, she wouldn't be panting, so she wouldn't drool or lick the floor or whatever. So she's quite easy to have at the friends' homes. K grew up with dogs and she lived with dogs before she moved out of her parents' home, and still visits them now, so she's all good with canine fur and uhh smells. Heheheh.

When class began, the dog settled down in a corner to watch us intently. She did move around the space though, but she didn't dare to run into the kitchen and such. When we toggled the reformer settings and made loud noises, she came over to investigate to see what was going on. For that I had to pause for three minutes to eyeball her, to ensure that her nails doesn't scratch the leather or wood on the reformer carriage. Then I picked her up to use as a weight to continue the exercises. 

The dog isn't useful as a weight. She's only 7kg. Hahahaha. She's lighter than a side of my weight bar at Grit Strength, and lighter than a dumb-bell I train with nowadays. She wasn't impressed. She wasn't enthusiastic to be used as a weight either. Too bad. She would just have to deal with it till I finished this side. It is my weaker side anyway, so might as well use an additional weight to stretch deeper. 

K asked if she should prep water trays or some treatos for Choya. I was all like, no need! This dog is low-maintenance when visiting friends' homes. I'd have her water bowl in my bag anyway, and she definitely doesn't need treatos when she would have just finished breakfast. She can't be bribed with food anyway, and doesn't need to be kept quiet by chewing on tasty treatos. I most certainly wasn't going to feed her cheese. Shitsplosion recent, I remember. Eeeeeps.

Glad that the dog caused no disruption to my pilates class. K was perfectly fine with her today. Oof. I most certainly don't take Choya along weekly. Just this once. The dog definitely doesn't have separation anxiety. Neither do I need to take the dog along everywhere I go. I just wanted to expose Choya to another new experience. Someone's home, new sounds, new smells. Perhaps it'll let her know what I'm up to when I leave her alone at home on some days for a few hours.