Humane Society of Broward County hosts family yoga with puppies for adoption drive
Families can stretch with adoptable puppies in Fort Lauderdale for $35 a person, in a class built to feel playful while steering attention toward shelter adoption.
Families looking for a June outing will get more than a yoga mat and a litter of wiggly puppies at the Humane Society of Broward County. The shelter’s first Family Puppy Yoga will pair beginner-friendly movement with an adoption push, giving parents and kids a chance to meet animals, practice gentle interaction and support the shelter’s work at 2070 Griffin Road in Fort Lauderdale.
The session is set for Monday, June 15, with two start times, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Admission is $35 per person, and children must be at least 6 years old. The Humane Society also requires at least one parent or guardian for every two children, a structure that keeps the room supervised and the puppy handling calm as the class moves through light movement, stretching, mindfulness and plenty of puppy cuddles. Space is limited, and advance registration is required.
The class sits inside the shelter’s Animal-Assisted Wellness program, which uses the human-animal bond to promote balance, relaxation and overall well-being. That same program includes Puppy Yoga, Mindful Paws Puppy Yoga and Healing Paws Chakra Flow, all built around the idea that time with animals can be restorative without losing sight of the shelter’s larger mission. The Humane Society says the sessions are meant to be playful and relaxing while also helping homeless animals in need.
June gives the event extra meaning. National Adopt-A-Cat Month lands at the same time as kitten season, when shelters often see a surge of young animals needing homes, and the Humane Society has been spotlighting adoptable cats and dogs alongside the yoga push. Cherie Wachter has recently introduced 9-week-old kittens Madonna and Mariah, who arrived in early April weighing just 0.33 pounds and later spent time in a volunteer foster home before becoming ready for adoption. The shelter has also pointed to a Labrador retriever mix among the animals waiting for homes.
Family Puppy Yoga fits that larger pattern. The class offers the easy, crowd-pleasing appeal of puppy yoga, but the real value is in the door it opens: a calm, supervised way for families to meet the shelter’s animals, learn how to interact with them and leave with adoption on the mind.
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