Emily Balock, Animal Welfare Account Manager
Animal Welfare Account Manager
Emily Balock
Emily oversees animal welfare at Puppy Sphere, the first puppy yoga brand to scale across North America. She works closely with our breeder and rescue partnerships, establishes the animal welfare standards our studios follow, and develops our approach to puppy care, wellbeing, and socialization.
500,000+
Guests hosted across Puppy Sphere classes and events
12+ cities
Studios across the U.S. and Canada operating to one welfare standard
Every class
Supervised by a Pet First Aid certified Puppy Sphere team member
About Emily
As Animal Welfare Account Manager, Emily oversees the wellbeing of the puppies who take part in a Puppy Sphere experience, from how breeders and rescue partners are screened, to how long puppies are resting between classes, to the sanitization protocols followed in every studio.
She works directly with our partners across North America and is the person our studio teams turn to when a welfare question comes up. That day-to-day contact with the animals and the people who raise them informs the guidance published here.
Areas of expertise
How we write about puppies
- Every article on puppy care, health, or behavior is reviewed by Emily before it is published.
- When a claim concerns a puppy's health or safety, we clearly distinguish our practices and welfare standards from veterinary advice.
- We name our sources when we reference outside research, and we correct errors when we find them.
- We do not publish content that treats puppies as props or prioritizes entertainment over their wellbeing.
Get in touch
For welfare questions, partnership enquiries or corrections to anything published here, contact the Puppy Sphere team and your message will reach Emily.
Contact Puppy Sphere · Read the Puppy Sphere Standards
Read Emily's articles
Guides on puppy care, socialization and what actually happens inside a well-run class.
Visit the blogEmily works for Puppy Sphere. Read how we look after the puppies in our care in the Puppy Sphere Standards.