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My “Dawg Days” Diary

Day 1: The Talkers—Introverts becoming great conversationalists. I come in ready to “take the plunge” with my older brother, Kim, (a cancer survivor, and, as of this day anyway, the current beast or “big dawg” for most time in the water at The Dawg Pound or TDP). By talking to my brother and the owner, Brady, while I am literally “chilling”, I inadvertently beat my brother’s record by two minutes.

Day 2: This Old Dawg—On a Roll. I and my bro’s visit is preceded again by a morning walk that leaves me a little sweaty, but I choose to start in the sauna today anyway as Brady and my brother talk through his plunge. When I then do my cold plunge after I can no longer stand the beads of sweat rolling down my face in the sauna, I beat my Day 1 time by five whole minutes! Then I go back into the sauna and then double-dip in the water and dunk my head this time to emerge ultra-rejuvenated. Surprising myself at the Dawg Pound has been pretty awesome!!!

Day 3: Sleep deficits and dizziness—My Aging Brain? Some vertigo symptoms /sleep issues get in my way and my brother flies solo on this day but meets new friends at TDP without me.

Day 4: Back for more: A day missed does not a failure make! My trip to visit my brother in Florida is turning out to be a very providentially-orchestrated adventure because I needed a “reset” in every possible way before arriving. The Dawg Pound is an important part of that for me. I am walking on and in sunshine again as I leave TDP, not breaking any records, but having hope for breaking old patterns of behavior and thinking about myself, my limitations, my capabilities.

Day 5: Feeling way more alive: Woo Hoo! Brady is a bit busier today encouraging the community that’s starting to coalesce at TDP, (family day this day), so I and my brother mainly talk through his cold plunge though Brady stops by when he can. After my plunge, I go in the sauna, meeting Analisa, a first-timer at TDP. I don’t beat my own best, but I do double-dip and leave happy and refreshed once again.

Day 6: Feeling “sick” (as in a “sick” amount of enthusiasm and adrenaline rush after my stop at TDP) but a poor night’s sleep the night before (yes, again) leaves me unmotivated 🪫 to best my brother or even myself, but I still do meet my first record inadvertently while talking and leave TDP feeling recharged yet again. 🔋

Day 7: All good dawgs (and Dawg-dippers) go to Heaven!! I am happy to have one last morning here before returning to Utah this afternoon, but I am sad to be leaving TDP because it has given me such a kickstart to wanting to achieve new fitness and well-being goals of every kind. I come today with fairly significant dizziness, and think I may have to just have to watch my brother do his plunge, but I end up suiting up and getting in and my dizziness disappears completely, just as I’d hoped it would. Singing and dancing in the sauna and another dip before I go and I’m right as rain again!

Seven days ago, I came into TDP feeling like a back-achy (literally), worn-down shell of myself. I am still 60 years old when I leave, but my heart and even my back are feeling at least ten+ years younger. Getting a wild hair (of The Dawg) to do this in the first place has has helped me get my hope and spirits back! I came into TDP in “Dog Daze” mode and leave feeling I got to enjoy The Pound’s “Dawg Days of summer” here with my bro instead. When you come in, (you’d be foolish not to), please do an extra double- or triple-dip for me (and yourself)‼️ I definitely plan to visit my brother and TDP again. . . and again, as Providence permits. In the meantime . . . Go Dawgs‼️ Yours truly, Shelley, wanna-be “Super Dawg Shell” (Said Arnold Schwarzenegger-style,...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m an unconventional DAWG…

I came to THEDAWGPOUND for the sole purpose of doing the cold plunge for the shivering effect.

As part of my metabolic health rehab after chemotherapy, I learned among other things cold plunging has the wonderful benefit of activating brown fat (via shivering) which burns glucose to generate heat…

At my first ever cold plunge, I was hoping to do 30 seconds but that dirty DAWG Brady distracted me with genuine engaging dialogue, until the moment he announced I had been in the plunge for 10 minutes!

I’ve been a loyal monthly member ever since, plunging 10 minutes every morning.

I’ve since added a pre-plunge sauna (15 min) which I’ve noticed adds another layer of that “wellness” feeling I get (after I stop shivering).

Brady is the most client friendly business owner I know,  always looking for another way to add...

man, this place is the best cold plunge near me i've found and its legit! i've been able to workout here, shower off, take a dip in the cold plunge to cool off, and hop into the preheated infrared sauna to get those additional benefits as well, all under one roof. he has some compression therapy products that i've had a great experience with as well. the first session was free, and the membership is incredibly affordable too. brady sanders is the biggest, top dawg i've met here in town, not to mention he's a top notch friend as well. come check this place out! you will love your experience(s) as...