Trip.com lists puppy yoga in Squamish as destination wellness grows

A Trip.com listing for Pawsitive Puppy Yoga at prana yoga Squamish put a dog-yoga session in the same space as a travel booking: a one-off, in-person class in Squamish, British Columbia, marked for May 16, 2026 and labeled ended. The ticketing detail matters. With prices starting from $38.74 on Eventbrite, the event looked less like an open-ended studio offering and more like a packaged outing that a visitor could slot into a weekend in town.

Eventbrite identified Pawsitive Animal Rescue as the organizer. The rescue describes itself as woman-led and foster-based, says it helps about 500 dogs find loving homes each year, and says the animals it works with receive veterinary care, training and socialization. It also says most of its dogs live in foster homes rather than a kennel building, which gives the Squamish class a different feel from the puppy-yoga sessions that are built around commercial novelty alone.

The venue fit the pitch. Tourism Squamish describes prana yoga Squamish as a warm community space at 1241 Village Greenway with a café and classes for all levels. That kind of setting makes puppy yoga look less like a gimmick and more like a bookable wellness stop inside a destination known for outdoor recreation. In other words, the listing suggests the category is moving beyond big-city novelty and into smaller tourism markets where a class can double as an activity for locals and visitors alike.

That shift comes with baggage. Puppy yoga has drawn scrutiny internationally, including a 2023 ITV investigation that reported sessions where puppies as young as six weeks old were denied sleep and water, kept in hot rooms for hours and given no guidance on safe handling. The Conversation has argued that early socialization can support a dog’s confidence, but poor experiences in that window can leave animals anxious or fearful, and that public backlash can create social licence pressure on the broader industry.

There is also a more rescue-centered version of the format already in circulation. In Iqaluit, Nunavut Animal Rescue used a puppy yoga class to raise money and awareness, with a minimum donation of $50 per person to help cover vaccine and spay-neuter clinics, food, pee pads and cleaning supplies. Against that backdrop, the Squamish listing reads as part of a split in the category: a feel-good experience for the booking platform, and a reminder that the meaning of puppy yoga still depends on how the animals are sourced, housed and used.