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Pet lovers in Singapore are paying pandemic premiums of up to SG$12,800 ($9,000) for puppies.
Dog trainers say that bookings for puppy training classes have tripled during the pandemic.
Singaporeans are also booking swimming lessons, spa sessions and enrichment classes for their pups.
Kimberley Kan, 30, is a business manager in the wealth planning industry in Singapore. When she went to a pet shop in the middle of the pandemic, she was shocked by how fast dogs were being sold: People would just look at the dog and buy it. It was like buying a top on the spot at a shopping mall.
January 08, 2021
Lianhe Zaobao
Audrey Sin first learnt about animal-themed yoga, where participants enjoy their downward dogs with dogs, goats, horses, bunnies and more, in 2019. She was so taken by the concept that she decided to open her own dog yoga studio.
Puppy Yoga Singapore is one of the few studios in the country where you do yoga next to dogs in a group class. As a yoga enthusiast, I was really excited about the idea [of doing yoga with animals]. I thought, since there are a lot of people in Singapore who enjoy both yoga and dogs, such a class would definitely be popular here, Sin told Lianhe Zaobao.