Pets Joining in on the Workout

Gianna’s Favorite Toy

I had just gotten Gianna, a small mixed puppy, a month before those pesky shelter-in-place orders from the pandemic She was only 15 weeks old and wasn’t spayed yet When I decided to exercise at home instead of the apartment’s gym, I found a workout video on YouTube I hoped it wouldn’t involve me getting on the floor because I feared Gigi would jump on me thinking it was playtime Oh, but the worst ended up happening! Five minutes into the video, sure enough, the next exercise was reverse crunches I rolled my eyes and got on the floor, shooting Gigi “the look” on the way down. She acknowledged my look and ran to her favorite toy – a small stuffed dog In the corner of my eye, she s tossing it up and fetching it herself I go back to focusing on the video (because the guy had so much to explain about some damn crunches) and waited for him to start. The second I start my movement I feel something bump the top of my afro. And a few more grazes later, I tilt my head back to look above me, and Gigi is humping her favorite toy –on my head! I knocked both they asses over and cut the video off I was done working out for the day.

My fitness pet disruption started with me trying to do some quick sit-ups in my room. I was lazy that day, and since I decided to skip the gym, I figured I could do a fast mini workout Almost halfway through my rep, my dog, Behr, walked in and just started to slowly approach my face where he began to lick me. told him to stop about 6 times until I decided to get up and take him out of the room I went back to my reps, only to hear claws tapping the floor, and I looked towards the door

My other dog Zeus walked up to me and began to lick my face too! So, I just got up and went to eat some extremely sweet ice cream.

My dog Harley is a massive, seventypound Goldendoodle with a taste for destruction. She has devoured heaps of my family’s clothes, ruined numerous pieces of our furniture, and has generally burned a hole in our savings. So, the chaos that ensued the day that my mom ’ s boyfriend bought a new elliptical bike really wasn’t all that surprising. Clint had just finished moving the bike into his bedroom, prepared to start his workout. He put his favorite reality TV show on and was ready to go. But there was one thing that he forgot to consider; Harley had not seen this bike yet

She barreled through the room in the middle of his workout, her big paws smacking the hardwood floor, and froze. Clint was not paying much attention to her; a new bombshell guest had appeared on the show, and he was locked in. Harley did not understand what this new, strange contraption was or what it was doing next to her bed. Through her eyes, it appeared to be attacking Clint She began barking ferociously at the bike, challenging it to some sort of fight. Unfortunately, the bike won. In a panicked frenzy, she dashed out of the bedroom. She attempted to scamper down the stairs, but she was moving too fast. She ended up falling down the stairs and knocked over a large, standing vase in the process. This also frightened her. She raced out into the backyard, knocking over picture frames and any other valuable possessions made of glass. She then ran straight through a hedge, but somehow managed to get her collar tangled in one of the branches and got herself stuck.

It wasn’t long after that I came home from school to a living that I initially thought had been ransacked.

I kinda knew what was starting to feel really niiicceee as a growing puberty-diagnosed teenager That corner on the couch, shoes in the dryer, and something about electric toothbrushes Right about this time, my horse came back from winter. That first ride was awakening. I understood why it was called "coming to the west" or "panning for gold" That saddle and I became best friends And I ll tell you what, that's why I "walked" my horse all summer

I used to have a dog named Sam, not sure what his breed was but he was a fairly big dog, which meant half the time he was walking me rather than the other way around.

I also used to ride a bike around the city to get some exercise, and one day decided to combine the biking and the walking by tying the end of Sam's leash to the bike handle so he could run along beside me. He was really excited about it because usually he never gets to run, but maybe it wasn't the best idea near so many cars. He ended up taking off ahead of me, pulling me along behind him so I was more like a passenger on a crazy carriage ride than the one steering, and nearly got us both run over Team