Photo:Ben Alldis/Instagram
Ben Alldis/Instagram
Peloton’s Ben Alldis photographed with their puppy Jags.Ben Alldis/Instagram
“We were trying to figure out the right time, and then when Leanne got diagnosed, we were told that obviously because of her cancer, it would be a little while until we could try… And so we just said, ‘Let’s just go get a dog,'” Alldis says.
“I think it did help… [Dogs] are therapy to the max,” he notes. “We’ve had our little chance of parenting in a different way. Cocker spaniels are full of energy, so she’s a lot of fun,”
But having Jags hasn’t come without a hiccup. Alldis says their puppy once ate (and later threw up) a set of AirPods. “She keeps us on our toes, but puppies are amazing. It’s just fun to have a little someone around,” he says.
Jags also encourages her pet parents to go out and get some sun. “When you have a puppy, you get out every day for a walk, and I’m a huge biohacker,” says Alldis, who recently joined a few of his fellow Peloton colleagues in Los Angeles as part ofPeloton on Tour 2023, which gives fans a chance to meet their favorite instructors. “Early morning sunlight is like everything. So, it’s forced me to get out with the puppy.”
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“Every trip we go on, if we can take her, it’s like we are giving her her holiday,” he adds.
source: people.com
