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It seems even the dogs are now doing yoga, er, make that doga (prounounced DOE-guh). Turns out it's quite the rage in New York City and London.

And now, even Rhode Island, according to an article in Sunday's Providence Journal.

Staff writer Byan Rourke writes:

Jack did the Downward Facing Dog. He did Cobra. But the pose the four-year-old mixed breed most preferred had no name. Call it Waiting for Belly Rub.

Yesterday, Jack did yoga; half a dozen dogs did. That's doga, short for dog yoga.

"I was a little skeptical," said Jennifer DeAngelis, a yoga instructor at the All That Matters studio in the village of Wakefield. "I didn't really think it would work. No one was more shocked than I was."

Perhaps the shock's just settling in with you.

Go ahead. Roll over. Play dead. Bark in disbelief if you like.

But doga does exist.

And how about cats? "Coga"?

"Cats are something all their own," DeAngelis says. "They don't like to follow rules. I'm not saying it's impossible. But I'm saying it would be a challenge."

Indeed.

Providence Journal photo by Bob Thayer.

HT: Critter news blog.