Columbus dog yoga joins weekend roundup with film and dance events

Dog yoga had a place in Columbus’s April 18-19 weekend lineup, listed alongside film and dance events as an easy, low-cost Sunday option. The class was set for 9:30 a.m. April 19 at Bumble’s Backyard, 1280 Brown Road in Columbus, with a $10 price that made the pitch simple: yoga, with a dog nearby.

The listing mattered because it framed dog yoga as part of ordinary weekend recreation, not a novelty on the edge of the calendar. Spectrum News 1 included it in its citywide events roundup, and Experience Columbus also carried the event as a Dog Yoga entry for April 19 at Bumble’s Backyard with a price of $10+. That kind of placement puts the format in the same local leisure lane as concerts, museum stops and outdoor activities.

Bumble’s Backyard hosted the class with local yoga instructor and Bumble’s Backyard member Laura Alcántara. The venue describes itself as Columbus’s first off-leash dog park, serving beer, coffee and ice cream for dogs and people, which makes the setting especially tailored to a social, pet-friendly crowd. The event page asked attendees to bring their own yoga mat and arrive before the class began at 9:30 a.m.

The timing was built into the venue’s schedule. Bumble’s Backyard said the park opened at 9 a.m., giving participants time to check in before class. First-time dogs were told to arrive at 9 a.m. for a temperament test before entering the main park, a detail that shows the event was not just playful but structured for a shared public space.

The public-facing message was straightforward. Spectrum’s roundup summed it up with a line that fit the event’s appeal: “What’s better than yoga? That’s right, yoga with your pup.” That simplicity is part of why dog yoga keeps showing up in community calendars. It is inexpensive, easy to understand and designed for people who want to spend a morning with their dog without turning the outing into a major production.

In Columbus, that made dog yoga look less like a niche experiment and more like another weekend habit taking root in the city’s recreation mix.