On a Thursday night this past spring, about 15 dogs and their owners filed into the backyard of Bevill Dog Behavior. “They weren’t just a bunch of good, calm dogs,” owner Brad Bevill says. They were “gnarly,” with cases of hyperactivity, anxiety, and even some aggression.
Everyone was there for a meditation class, led by Dallas Meditation Center director Miguel Chen. As Chen led the, ahem, human group through the mindfulness and yoga exercises, the dogs started to calm down. “By the time Miguel was done, most of them were sleeping,” Bevill says.
The class was a test-run for Bevill and Chen’s new online class, “Sit. Stay. Breathe.” The course, which launched online last month, combines dog training with meditation practices.
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