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Tip of the Week

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Dogs are extremely in-tune with your energy. It is instinctual for your dog to read your energy. They were born deaf and blind, so they learn their mother’s scent and respond to the energy around them. Ever notice when you are stressed, your dog seems stressed or anxious as well? Or when something exciting is happening, they have a lot of energy? Dogs respond to the environment around them. When something is wrong, the tend to be able to sense that and will act accordingly.

One way to keep your dog calm is to exercise and stretch. Include your dog in your routine to wear him or her out as well! Your dog will be happy to spend time with you and will enjoy “playing”. A happy dog is a happy owner. Leash Your Fitness provides a friendly, safe, and structured environment for exercising both you and your dog. At the end of the day, by calming yourself, you will be calming your dog.

Thanks!

Tags: acitivities with your dog, boot camp classes, dog tips, doga yoga, Leash your fitness, workout with your dog
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Animal Planet spent the day with LYF

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Today Animal Planet spent the day with mommy and I. They were filming a segment on “Small dogs that do BIG things!” They liked the fact that I am so athletic and like to swim, hike, run, go mountain biking with mommy and most of all that I inspire other dogs to exercise with their mommy’s at our Leash Your Fitness classes. They started the day interviewing Hollis since she has lost 35 lbs and Mango is now much more sociable than she used to be before starting to come to our classes. Then they went out paddle boarding with mommy and I. That was the BEST part of the day as I got to go SWIMMING!!! They took a lot of pictures of me jumping from the dock!! It was so fun!! The day ended with them joining us during our Mission Bay class. They put a funny camera on Scooter–he was not digging those camera men one bit!! All of the dogs kept barking at them–it was pretty funny! But not as funny as Mango trying to attack the microphone because it looked like a furry animal! It was a fun but very tiring day–it is tough work being a star! Enjoy the pics! We will let you know when the segment is available for viewing……..

: The camera crew from Animal Planet

: Animal Planet interviewing Hollis on how LYF has helped her

: Filming us paddle boarding

: Paddle boarding for the cameras.

: Jack swimming for the cameras

: Jen and Jake posing for the cameras

: Putting doggy cam on Scooter

: Camera crew filming our warm up stretches

: tired after a long day of being a “star”

Tags: animal planet, doggy bootcamp, Leash your fitness, paddle boarding, workout with your dog
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R.I.P. Montana–you will be missed!

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Today was the saddest day in our Leash Your Fitness family. Montana our grandpa dog that everyone loved was put to sleep forever. He had lymphoma and woke up today unable to stand as it went to his spine. Mommy had to carry him down the stairs and to class so that everyone could say good-bye to him. We had a record attendance as all of his friends wanted to give him a kiss and pat on the head. All of the mommy’s were crying and we even had 3 daddies come to class to say bye-bye. Mommy was so proud of our Leash Your Fitness for pulling through in such a tough time. Thank goodness that Dr. Priti came to class and was able to do the sad deed of putting Montana to sleep after everyone was gone–she is the best vet ever as it was nice having a familiar face by our sides. He got to have all of his favorites –popcorn, hotdogs, chicken and they even gave him a 3 musketeer bar–which was appropriate as me, Ginger and Montana were together till the end–the “3 musketeers!” We will miss Montana so much and just so we wouldn’t ever forget him–daddy drew a portrait of him to hang on Miss Nancy’s wall. We love you Montana and hope that you are running with the dogs in doggy heaven and eating as much popcorn as you can. R.I.P.

: Montana with his friends

: By his side always…..

: Watching his last LYF class

: Friends till the end……

: Hollis and Mango sharing a private moment

: Montana in his army shirt–just like his brother Matt

: Dr. Priti and Kai–our vet on call

: Nancy opening her portrait

: never to be forgotten…..

: Social time after class

: Eating his favorite–POPCORN!

: We will love you forever!

Tags: dog walking, Leash your fitness, workout with your dog
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Doga Yoga and Walk on the Water

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

What a BEAUTIFUL day for Doga Yoga on the water at the Em”bark”adero! Tammy from “Find Your Sweet Spot Yoga” did a fine job of leading our Leash Your Fitness participants in the class. We had 19 dogs in attendance and we collected 4 bags of donations for the Baja Animal Sanctuary and also gave them a portion of the proceeds from our class. Fun was had by all and then we got to go to breakfast at Cafe Zucherro in Little Italy. We kind of took over the place! Great way to start the day, we hope that you can join us next month on Sunday, July 25th for our next Doga Yoga class. Until then….

Enjoy the pics……

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: doga yoga class

: Mary and Niki

: Yoga near the flowers–so pretty

: Hazel having fun!

: Kai getting a little bored–but only for a minute

: Susie (the dog) had to go into a time out!

: Friday getting in on the action

: The lucky raffle winners

: Walk to Breakfast

: breakfast at cafe zucherro

: donations for the Baja Animal Sanctuary

Tags: doga yoga, embarcadero, Leash your fitness, workout with your dog
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Grand Opening Event-Poway

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Mommy had her Grand Opening event in Poway today! It was a little cool this morning, so it was the perfect weather to sample some of what we do in the Leash Your Fitness classes. The instructors even turned some of the drills into a competition and gave out some water bottles and t-shirts for winning. Denise from K9 Care by Denise was also there giving some massages to some of my friends and Meagan and Kelly were there from Collared Scholar dog training making sure all of the dogs were doing what they were told. It was so awesome seeing a bunch of new faces, and even some of the old.

Everybody who showed up today got a wonderful goodie bag full of treats, thanks to some of our sponsors. Everybody who showed up also got a raffle ticket to win some awesome prizes, like some free Leash Your Fitness classes, treats, haircuts, massages, toys, and all sorts of amazing things. If one of the people brought anything to donate to the Baja Animal Sanctuary, they got an extra raffle ticket! The group was able to raise $60 and a bunch of towels, leashes, and food for the shelter.

Thanks to our sponsors for donating to today’s event: Markim Pet Resort, Cutting Edge K9 Rehab, Ciao Bella Hair, K9 Care by Denise, The Honest Kitchen, The Collared Scholar, and The Buried Bone

Poway classes will happen on Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm at the Garden Road Park (map). Sign up for it on our website! Hope to see you there!

: Our Grand Opening

: Kayla and her mom won a great prize

: What a lucky mommy!

Angie demonstrating the balance technique

Aw, it’s Charlie!

Look at her jump!

Working on our fitness

Look at that stregth!

One of the mommys brought a foster dog

Another raffle winner

Tina won a basket of toys for the pups

My friend was enjoying it

Denise giving a massage

Missy won some free LYF classes

It’s one of our raffle winners!

Isn’t my new friend Maggy precious?

Aw, Friday is begging for a treat

Hey it’s Ginger!

Now it’s the people’s turn!

Time for some doggy push ups

We had to turn around at the end.

Hurry up!

GREEN LIGHT GO!

RED LIGHT STOP!

Lining up for Red Light, Green Light

After the leaps, it was time for lunges

Hey, that’s a good leap!

It’s time for some squats

Getting ready for some leaps

Tina doing some stretches

Some of the mommys working out

Missy and Maggy

Ginger and her mommy.

I’m looking at everyone exercise.

Yay!

Reaching.

Come on Maggy, you can do it.

Doggy Pushups!

Gunnar found a new friend, our intern Matt!

$60. in cash and 3 bags of donations for Baja Animal Sanctuary

Tags: baja animal sanctuary, boot camp classes, dog, Dog activities, dog events in san diego, dog workout, doga yoga, fitness, Leash your fitness, poway, workout with your dog
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North Park Class-opening night–SOLD OUT!

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Tonight was so fun! Jennifer lead a FUN-tastic class in our new North Park location. Tess from Pet-i-cures by Tess did an AWESOME job of getting the word out about our new North Park Leash Your Fitness class that starts at Paw Pleasers. There were so many cool dogs there –oh yea, their owners were really cool and very pretty!! Honest Kitchen donated all kinds of treats and food for our raffle that was won by Joanne and Kelly–their dogs are so lucky!! Loree from Paw Pleasers gave everyone 10% off of everything in the store and Tess gave $5. off coupons to everyone that signed up! It was GREAT!! Special thanks go to everyone that came out and especially to TESS!!-she ROCKS!

Check out the pictures of all of the fun–

we hope that you can join us soon!..……

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: Thanks to everyone who came out!

: Walk The Circuit class!

: regular walking is boring–we lunge walk!

: Tess and Dawn giving out the raffle prizes

: Former rockette?

: Who says pushups aren’t fun!

: taking a little “squat” break!

: looks like Autumn is having a good time!

: Side shuffles up the hill

: Kelly in action!

: A little xtra resistance!

: What balance…..

: does putting your arms out really help??

: Bear is supervising the wall planks!

: Joanne and Dexter–lucky raffle winner of The Honest Kitchen food

: Kelly and Scooter–another lucky winner!

Tags: dog walk, Leash your fitness, north park pet friendly, paw pleasers, peticures by tess, workout with your dog
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Camping with the Dogs

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

We had a GREAT time this weekend camping with our Leash Your Fitness family. At one point we had 21 people and 19 dogs at camp. All of us dogs had fun running around and getting really dirty.

Camping Group

We did 4 hikes, played games, and ate well –including lots of treats for us dogs and smores by the fire for our people. We even had a dog trivia game and best tricks contest led by Arden Moore! Mommy even gave out prizes! Fun was had by all and everyone went home tired and refreshed from the mountain air!! We can’t wait for the next one if the fall!

jack's signature

Enjoy the pictures!

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: Camping Group

: We even allow birds at our camp

: Hazel enjoying her bone

: Hiking Group on Saturday

: Snack time at lake

: Hiked thru the flower meadow

: Tired dogs

: Arden leading the dog trivia game

: Cleo being a brat (by a cute brat)

: The Arles family

: Friday night by the fire

: After dinner hike–view of lake

: Jim-our official marshmellow guy

: the gals enjoying their smores

: keeping warm–hats and all!

: morning coffee by the fire

: Morning at camp–dogs gone wild

: On top of the world

: Sunday hike–we reached the summit

: Yes–we were just at those towers!

Tags: camping with your dog, hiking with your dog, laguna mountains, Leash your fitness, workout with your dog
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Spring Fling–Singles Event

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The Spring Fling -Doggie Style event was a HUGE success. Not only did I meet a lot of single dogs–I noticed a lot of humans smelling each others behinds! There were so many dogs and people–I just hung out with my mommy because I didn’t want to lose her. Everyone had a great time and we raised a lot of money for SNAP!! Six lucky people went home with HUGE gift baskets full of stuff and one lucky winner event won a FREE hotel night stay at the Hotel Indigo. The full moon was awfully pretty too!
Leash Your Fitness, Pawtopia, and Dogtown get two paws up for such a great event!! Question of the night was ….when is the next one? Stay tuned…….

Enjoy the photos (click on image to enlarge)

: Jack and Richochet manning the welcome table

: Look at all of the great raffle prizes

: Zoe modeling one of the Specialty “Dog” Drinks

: Spring Fling team

: Even on the 9th floor–the dogs get to potty in the grass

: Dave-working the bead game

: Huge crowd of singles!

: Dallyn and her new friend

: Girls, Girls, Girls…….

: Guys, Guys, Guys…..

: Penny playing “dog” matchmaker

: 2 cuties!

: GOOD TIMES!

: Our stud of the night–Dozer!

: Lucky raffle winner!

: Cheryl–another lucky raffle winner!

Tags: dog friendly events, dog friendly hotel, doga yoga, dogtown, fitness with your dog, hotel indigo, Leash your fitness, pawtopia, singles event, singles event in san diego, spring fling, workout with your dog
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First Arthritis Foundation Training–Point Loma

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Today we had 6 incredible women show up for our first Arthritis Foundation FREE training program. Leash Your Fitness is a proud sponsor of the June 5th “Let’s Move Together” walk and we are making our team stronger by providing training for them and their dog. Colleen from Pawtopia dog training was there to assist with the dogs obedience and it was amazing how far they came in just one hour! We did leg and arm strength, a little heart rate training and a little core work. Each week the trainings will be in a new location! We hope to see you at one of them! ALL proceeds go directly to the Arthritis Foundation.

Enjoy the Pictures!

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