Mill Creek Gardens hosts puppy yoga fundraiser for Copper Paws Rescue

Mill Creek Gardens turned its Marshfield greenhouse into a room full of wagging tails and warm air on Saturday, May 16, when Puppy Yoga in the Greenhouse began at 4:30 p.m. at 8839 Mill Creek Dr. The 40-minute class paired a yoga practice with puppies from Copper Paws Rescue, Inc., and the event listing made the goal plain: every dollar raised was headed back to the rescue.

The setup was built for both the mat and the moment. Tickets were priced at $35 for a standard Puppy Yoga Ticket and $55 for a Hero Puppy Yoga Ticket, with registration promising drinks afterward, a complimentary shopping coupon for Mill Creek, and time to love on the puppies once the flow was over. All of the dogs in the greenhouse were from Copper Paws Rescue, and attendees were asked to leave their own dogs at home. The event welcomed all ages and noted that safety precautions would be taken, a practical detail in a setting where the class has to work for people and puppies at the same time.

Copper Paws Rescue, based in Marshfield, describes itself as a foster-based rescue that operates out of volunteers’ homes and relies on community donations. Its work centers on fostering, adoption, education, necessary health services, and community outreach for Central Wisconsin animals, including vaccinations and spay-neuter support. The rescue says its adoption fees typically run $400 for puppies under 4 months old with a spay-neuter contract and $450 for dogs over 4 months old. Dogs older than five months are spayed or neutered, dewormed, and given age-appropriate vaccines.

The rescue’s name carries its own backstory. Local coverage says Copper Paws was named for Brittany Schueller’s dog Copper, her first rescue, who died of cancer in 2023. That history gives the fundraiser a sharper edge than a novelty class: the puppies in the greenhouse were not just there to make the room feel cheerful, but to support a rescue built around fostering, medical care, and adoption.

Mill Creek Gardens has already made its greenhouse a destination for yoga, including other classes led by Blu Bird Studio, and the garden center is known locally for growing much of its plant inventory on-site. That setting helped make the fundraiser feel like an event instead of a stop-in class. Under the glass, with plants all around and rescue puppies on the floor, the greenhouse gave Copper Paws a setting as memorable as the cause it was serving.