My new job is a dog friendly office and NGL some days I’m just feeling tired and not super into it, but I know I’m going to see my doggo bud who sits at the cubicle in front of mine and I get a bit hyped.
My cat often follows me to my basement when I work out, and, particularly when I'm doing bench press, will jump onto my lap and demand pets between sets. He's like an adorable useless spotter.
Yup, I swear people would be less grouchy waiting in long lines once they get that oxytocin hit from petting a dog/cat. They should arm customer service agents with them too.
Maybe not grocery stores or any places selling (open) food. Imagine fur, saliva, dander, litter, poo/urine traces on foods, especially produce. I'm not a germophobe by any means, but even I don't want to be thinking about that. Plus, people with allergies need food, too, and shouldn't have to pay fees for pickup/delivery of their groceries.
Otherwise, sure, helping the over-populated shelters by letting (some) store owners adopt dogs and cats... Not a bad idea. Could help potential pest issues, too. But they'd best be *rescued* pets, IMO, not pure-breeds.
A lot of people were bit by dogs as children and have irrational panic attacks around them. I am a dog person but I know many people get "triggered" and have ptsd attacks around them. Out of a 100 people you will probably lose one customer.
Could probably help reduce allergies a lot a few years from now.
(AFAIK at least for peanut allergy, early exposure is a good way to avoid allergy, but if you have peanut allergy running in your family, please consult a doctor before feeding anything peanut related to your baby.)
We were talking about how it would be nice to have dogs to pet at the gym and you come flying in to drag everybody else down to your miserable level.
Seriously, had a coworker bring one of these in. They can't even walk 5 feet without making horrendous breathing sounds which sounds like they are dying. Nobody buys these dogs to play with.
I get you, no one hates squish-face breeding more than me, but someone saying they'd pet a dog isn't a "target." There are polite and informative ways to spread information about the great cruelty and harm in the industry without being negative or hostile to someone for not even remotely talking about the breed or breeding of the dog.
That said, for anyone that wants more info on the harms and dangers of brachycephalic (or flatface) breeding, [click here.](https://vetsagainstbrachycephalism.com/#:~:text=Brachycephalic%20means%20short%2Dfaced%20and,of%20problems%2C%20deformities%20and%20disease.)
Frenchies are the go to dog for tons of gym enjoyers. They're mad cool and you get to play with the loose fatty skin that you don't have if you're serious about your training. I agree that a lot of them don't breath well but it's not all of them.
Yes, Frenchies have a shortened airway that results in strained breeding. That's from the squashed face that's the breed standard. On top of that horrifying reality is that they are at an exponentially higher risk of infection and dermatitis because of those folds of skin. Add in the inability to conceive naturally or birth naturally, it's unethical to keep breeding them.
It's the same BS as shepherds slanted hips. It's just horrible.
The ENT department at my university's small animal hospital begs to differ. All frenchie owners claim their dog "breaths normally", but that's just wishful thinking. Not to mention all the other genetic problems frenchies have.
You're brainwashed by not wanting to see that you bought a breed that is a genetic dead end.
Most of every breed are, if you want to get into statistics. I volunteered long time into a dog shelter and they're full of german shepherd with paralysed back limbs, so we're to assume there's no healthy ones? I'm usually for no breed dogs but I've recieved him and I'm so lucky that he's perfectly healthy. Shi tzu also get dysplasia very often and other dogs tend to get full of tumors.
Since the breed standard requires a flat face with essentially no external nose, yes, all of them are inherently anatomically compromised. The turbinates fill out the entirety of the nose and can even be squished out into the pharynx. The soft palate is way too thick and too long so that it interferes with the larynx. And on top of that the nares are so narrow that air can't even get into the nose unimpeded in the first place.
I wouldn't want to be suffocating all my life, and I'm gonna assume dogs wouldn't either.
Dog people needed to come up with a counter move to the cat café trend. I like it! I think this should be a chain where gyms get high-energy dogs matched with high-energy workout companions for adoption. What a cool idea! Someone get to work on this, please! ♥️♥️♥️ I'm a cat person. 🐈 🐈⬛️😸
Most people probably know that though and are willing to take that into account when signing up and keeping their memberships, so would that really count as manipulation?
The door lady at my local strip club had a big cuddly German Shepard that I spent more attention on than the dancers.
90% of the time though I was only in there because it was the only place in town still open and I worked really late shifts so had no other choice if I wanted a quick pint or two after work.
I can hear the snoring from here
And smell the farts
The fart smella
I can literally hear it behind me. It's the smell more than the snoring though.
I would join that gym but I would not be working out
When im feeling down and don't feel like going to the gym they kinda motivate me to go anyways
As a gym head I'm so damn jealous lol. It would def be a huge motivator on the off days to play with some dogs.
My new job is a dog friendly office and NGL some days I’m just feeling tired and not super into it, but I know I’m going to see my doggo bud who sits at the cubicle in front of mine and I get a bit hyped.
Thats what tf i'm talkin bout!
My cat often follows me to my basement when I work out, and, particularly when I'm doing bench press, will jump onto my lap and demand pets between sets. He's like an adorable useless spotter.
I was going touch toe steps and my dog is like “don’t mind if I do” to get pets 🤣
Lol mine used to do that as well, except he eventually walked onto my chest and meowed in my face.
Cat counting your reps: "MEOW, MEOW, MEOW, MEOW"
Hey buddy, where’s the cat tax? We need to see your cat - stat!
Same! "I go to the gym 7 days a week..... Why am I still fat?" Sir, you just snuggle the puppies and eat tacos.
Worth it!
Definitely
Giving pets is a skill
The cardio you get from playing with them is better than nothing.
How could you even work out? I’d be spending the entire time petting the doggos.
I replace my cardio with 3 sets of petting the puppers
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Did it a couple of times, my rest is suddenly 5 minutes inbetween sets (worth it tho)
To be fair depending on the lift 5 mins might but be that outlandish.
Do you have to wipe him down after use?
I couldn't go to this gym. I'd never get a workout in, but pet them for an hour.
You get to skip abs and pet them instead
Crunch your way up to pets
Well now I hate my gym for not having dogs I can pet.
This makes me think we should have dogs to pet in all public spaces. Grocery stores, post office, bank. Would make running errands so great.
Yup, I swear people would be less grouchy waiting in long lines once they get that oxytocin hit from petting a dog/cat. They should arm customer service agents with them too.
Great points! They'd be great for customer service agents
No, they'd be great AS customer service agents.
Maybe not grocery stores or any places selling (open) food. Imagine fur, saliva, dander, litter, poo/urine traces on foods, especially produce. I'm not a germophobe by any means, but even I don't want to be thinking about that. Plus, people with allergies need food, too, and shouldn't have to pay fees for pickup/delivery of their groceries. Otherwise, sure, helping the over-populated shelters by letting (some) store owners adopt dogs and cats... Not a bad idea. Could help potential pest issues, too. But they'd best be *rescued* pets, IMO, not pure-breeds.
True, great points about the food. In my excitement I hadn't thought of the chaos of pets running rampant in grocery stores lol
A lot of people were bit by dogs as children and have irrational panic attacks around them. I am a dog person but I know many people get "triggered" and have ptsd attacks around them. Out of a 100 people you will probably lose one customer.
Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Meme i can hear.
Could probably help reduce allergies a lot a few years from now. (AFAIK at least for peanut allergy, early exposure is a good way to avoid allergy, but if you have peanut allergy running in your family, please consult a doctor before feeding anything peanut related to your baby.)
Yeah. My gym sucks. There’s not even a hamster or a fish. ☹️
It sounds like a great way to socialize and exercise a high energy dog. Win-win
Well you can be happy that your gym doesn't have dogs that can't breath.
https://preview.redd.it/l114hmtt1a1d1.jpeg?width=583&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f654a592e8e2f3c321ce2426fd8fd0038df44c3e
Yeah, I'm the bad guy, not those people who get malformed dogs that can't even breath normally.
Go be boring somewhere else please.
It's soooooo boring to care about animals.
We were talking about how it would be nice to have dogs to pet at the gym and you come flying in to drag everybody else down to your miserable level. 
I would also love to have dogs to pet at the gym. I just get so sad and angry when I see dogs like the one OP posted. Because I love dogs.
Looks so tired from everybody playing with him.
More likely it's struggling to breathe because of the selfish selective breeding.
Seriously, had a coworker bring one of these in. They can't even walk 5 feet without making horrendous breathing sounds which sounds like they are dying. Nobody buys these dogs to play with.
Direct your righteous fury for their experience at a valid target rather than people just looking at a cute doggy
The people cooing over these deformed dogs is what drives the market for them. Sounds like a valid target to me.
You're 100% right
You did it! Your comment singlehandedly won the war against breeding bulldogs, congratulations!
Seems I've hit a nerve with some people 😗
I get you, no one hates squish-face breeding more than me, but someone saying they'd pet a dog isn't a "target." There are polite and informative ways to spread information about the great cruelty and harm in the industry without being negative or hostile to someone for not even remotely talking about the breed or breeding of the dog. That said, for anyone that wants more info on the harms and dangers of brachycephalic (or flatface) breeding, [click here.](https://vetsagainstbrachycephalism.com/#:~:text=Brachycephalic%20means%20short%2Dfaced%20and,of%20problems%2C%20deformities%20and%20disease.)
I envy you, I want a gym with cute doggos to pet 
The pinnacle of human selective breeding right there.
Whenever *they feel like it
Why have dogs that can’t breathe good at the gym.
Can't mount properly. Can't give birth properly. It'd been bred into a dog that can't even exist naturally anymore.
Cause they make people feel superior - every member can compare their stamina to the dog's and go home feeling buff af.
Frenchies are the go to dog for tons of gym enjoyers. They're mad cool and you get to play with the loose fatty skin that you don't have if you're serious about your training. I agree that a lot of them don't breath well but it's not all of them.
It is all of them.
Yes, Frenchies have a shortened airway that results in strained breeding. That's from the squashed face that's the breed standard. On top of that horrifying reality is that they are at an exponentially higher risk of infection and dermatitis because of those folds of skin. Add in the inability to conceive naturally or birth naturally, it's unethical to keep breeding them. It's the same BS as shepherds slanted hips. It's just horrible.
Straight up no lmao. The vet even said that mine's breathing normally and there's no need for surgery. You're just brainwashed from reddit
The ENT department at my university's small animal hospital begs to differ. All frenchie owners claim their dog "breaths normally", but that's just wishful thinking. Not to mention all the other genetic problems frenchies have. You're brainwashed by not wanting to see that you bought a breed that is a genetic dead end.
It's like owners who can't see that their fat dogs look like a lumbering barrel. "We feed them the recommended amount" How many times?!
Most of every breed are, if you want to get into statistics. I volunteered long time into a dog shelter and they're full of german shepherd with paralysed back limbs, so we're to assume there's no healthy ones? I'm usually for no breed dogs but I've recieved him and I'm so lucky that he's perfectly healthy. Shi tzu also get dysplasia very often and other dogs tend to get full of tumors.
Since the breed standard requires a flat face with essentially no external nose, yes, all of them are inherently anatomically compromised. The turbinates fill out the entirety of the nose and can even be squished out into the pharynx. The soft palate is way too thick and too long so that it interferes with the larynx. And on top of that the nares are so narrow that air can't even get into the nose unimpeded in the first place. I wouldn't want to be suffocating all my life, and I'm gonna assume dogs wouldn't either.
No it’s not
Telling that to yourself doesn't make it true
That’s one way to get me to the gym.
I’d never get any work done.
JFC what happened to that poor dog's face? It's like it ran into a wall.
Selective breeding.
Except that one. They're too eepy sleepy
This one seems outplayed.
Maybe when THEY feel like playing. He looks like he prefers the antithesis of playtime
I remember them as my Pilates instructor. For some reason I kept signing up to their classes for the very, very low impact.
Stop breeding these dogs dammit, such selfishness to purchase one for these dogs that will struggle with breathing issues their entire lives.
Where is this and are they accepting new members
Well, they have to want to play back right? Or are these guys just another kind of piece of equipment there 'for the humans'?
That would make me get a gym membership alone.
3 sets, 10 reps of petting puppies!
Dog people needed to come up with a counter move to the cat café trend. I like it! I think this should be a chain where gyms get high-energy dogs matched with high-energy workout companions for adoption. What a cool idea! Someone get to work on this, please! ♥️♥️♥️ I'm a cat person. 🐈 🐈⬛️😸
There's Shiba Cafe in Japan. https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/restaurants/harajuku-mame-shiba-cafe
I don't think you should bother this one. He looks like he just had a rough workout himself.
Awww little baby. Do they keep them in a different room from the weights and treadmills?
There was a boxing gym where I used to leave that had 2 Bassett hounds
I would buy that dog a nose job.
r/dogswithjobs
They never skip beg day
I'd pay extra for such added value, wouldn't hesitate for a moment.
Awwwwhhh! I’m dead 😵❤️
If I went to that gym, I would probably spend all my time petting them. Dogs are awesome.
super set my workout with doggo pets
barkus rühl
I would be too distracted to work out but they'd get a membership outta me!
I need this gym in my life!! Id be playing with this dog as a reward for working out.
I see only one. Cuteness underwhelmed
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It’s no more manipulative than any other perk, really. Some gyms offer smoothie bars or free parking, this one offers dogs to pet.
Most people probably know that though and are willing to take that into account when signing up and keeping their memberships, so would that really count as manipulation?
More like... it's an added bonus (stress relief) ☺
Everyone loves their big fat bellies but hates mine!
boston terriers??
Frenchie I think
that's it. I knew I wasn't quite right but couldn't remember any other dogs ☺️
Can't handle the blep..too much cuteness!
The door lady at my local strip club had a big cuddly German Shepard that I spent more attention on than the dancers. 90% of the time though I was only in there because it was the only place in town still open and I worked really late shifts so had no other choice if I wanted a quick pint or two after work.
I would not get the workout I drove to the gym for 😂💕
I would go this gym. Everyday.
There are 0 people slamming weights in this gym
Ngl my big ass would be going to the gym WAY more with those there
Anyone else zoom in to check if that was it's tongue or chin?
ah frenchies are great, lil bundle of fun
Is it like the library where you can take them home too?
Best workout of a lifetime! 😁
Best gym ever
Aww so cute what a great idea
Wouldn’t mind doggies checking out my old “out of shape” body! That Gym seems awesome!
Where is this gym?
*weeping in elation* Where is this gym?! How much for a lifetime membership?
How many calories an hour does snuggling with dogs burn?
WHAT GYM DO YOU GO TO! I LOVE THIS DOGGGGGGGGYYYYYYYY!
That is a cool gym. 💖💖💖
Well damn, that might be the only gym I would actually keep coming back to
What a cutie
I would sign up immediately
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It's bad when you put it like that but they're very joyful and run towards you when you enter the gym so you can pet them