Calendar features pugs in yoga poses...

Come 2010 and you can adorn your living rooms with calendars of your favorite pooches. Thanks to an initiative by Dan and Alejandra Borris who have designed a calendar full of images portraying popular breeds in exquisite yoga poses. This is in fact second in a series of calendars because the couple already has 26 images to their credit for this year.

However, if you think the dogs did all the moves themselves you would be wrong. Dan actually entrusted his wife Alejandra who is a yoga teacher with the responsibility of holding the dogs and coaxing them into interesting positions. The rest was taken care of by Photoshop. Right from golden retrievers, poodles, mongrel, collie, basset hounds, and labrador to weimariner, the calendar has it all.

Dan was inspired into taking up this exciting project after hearing from his friend about her bull terrier, called Otis. His friend who was a yoga practitioner always found Otis by her side while doing the postures. This story stirred Dan into thinking how wonderful it would be if Otis actually did the postures. So, this idea which struck him a couple of years ago actually got him going.

Dan explains that they drew inspiration from various sources. Whenever they saw a funny looking dog walking by with his owner, they stopped the duo and convinced the owner into bringing his pet over for a photo shoot. This actually helped the couple in creating such a wide array of postures with so many different types of breeds.

While some postures are quite simple, others are a tad too intricate, says Dan. However, it is ultimately this variety that tickles our funny bone and lends the calendar a special charm.

Courtesy - Daily Mail