Fitness Trainers

Dawn has 12 years experience in the Personal Training arena. She has worked with both men and women from 20 – 75 years of age.  Her experience includes everything from weight loss, posture, core strength, cardiovascular, flexibility and balance training.  She has taught yoga, kickboxing, boot camp & sculpting classes in corporate, outdoor & residential settings.  Dawn enjoys anything outside!  She loves to run, hike, mountain & road bike, kayak, swim, surf, & yoga.  As long as Jack is with her, she is happy.

Credentials:  ACE certified group and personal trainer, A.A. degree in Radiography, CPR & AED certified, B.S. degree in Kinesiology. She has taken many certification classes in posture, gait, muscle balancing and nutrition. 

Jack is a Cairn Terrier that does not like to be left behind.  He goes just about everywhere with Dawn or else he teaches her a lesson by chewing up her slippers!!  He likes showing off how fast he can run (has been clocked at 21 mph), he loves to swim, hike, get dirty and of course chase the ball FOR HOURS!!  He also does numerous tricks if he knows he will get a tasty treat for performing!! 

Exercising with groups, whether a team or an aerobics class, has always been Angie Robert's favorite way to get in a work out. In Fall of 2005, Robert decided to take her workouts to a new level and got certified to teach group exercise through 24 Hour Fitness. She is certified to teach cycling, pilates, and strength and endurance classes. She has competitively raced in half-marathons, marathons, triathlons and walked the 60-mile Breast Cancer 3-Day for three consecutive years. Robert became a cancer survivor at age 26 and resides in Clairemont with her husband, Scott, and two dachshunds, Gary and Patrick.

Meg loves being active and has participated in competitive gymnastics, collegiate lacrosse, and completed several marathons.  After working in Accounting for several years, Meg decided that she needed a career, which incorporated her passions of fitness, people, overall health, and even dogs!

Meg holds a Pilates instructor certification and is also an ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer.  Meg opened Renovo Pilates, which specializes in rehabilitative Pilates and Pilates for Athletes.  She is excited to combine her team experiences and fitness knowledge with her love of dogs at the Coronado Leash Your Fitness classes!

Meg resides in Coronado with her husband, Nate, and her energetic Siberian Husky, Kiley.    

Lara has over 12 years experience training people and dogs. In addition to a background in corporate training, Lara has taught adult swim lessons and surf classes. She participates in marathons, triathlons, wakeboarding competitions, and surf contests.  She also enjoys hiking, kayaking, and stand up paddle boarding. She is excited to combine her love for teaching and for dogs and do both in our Leash Your Fitness Classes, she is also the owner of Happy Dog Happy Owner. During her free time, Lara volunteers at the San Diego Department of Animal Control and the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

Certifications:  ABC Certified Dog Trainer, Pet First Aid, AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen Evaluator

After trying out her first Leash Your Fitness class, Jennifer was hooked. She loves being active and finding new ways to exercise and challenge herself and her dog.  Whether it’s yoga, spin, kickboxing class, or a morning run with her lab-mix pup, Jake, her workouts are always a highlight of her day.  She believes fitness is the key to keeping a healthy body and sound mind.

Credentials: BA in Communications from UCSB and is currently pursuing her ACE Personal Training Certification. She has also taken courses in: Nutrition, Thai Massage and Alternative Medicine.     

Tammy is a RYT currently enrolled in Yoga Works Professional 300hr program. Tammy is also enrolled in The Institute of Integrative Nutrition and is launching her health counseling business "Authentically Delicious Nutrition" this June. Teaching yoga "Find Your Sweet Spot" at R.D. Alchemy Natural Products in Little Italy takes up most of her time. Tammy is an animal lover and currently the grandmother of Bert, her sons extremely cool cat. Seeing that her new hood, Little Italy, has many people taking their pets for a walk, Tammy wanted to connect with the community and offer yoga to the pet owners as well as their furry companions.

Dog Trainers

Salem Flores has been involved in dog training for over 15 years. He started learning and working with his dad and uncle who have more than 30 years of experience in dog training. In 1996 he needed to make a decision, to continue training dogs or go to college, he decide to do both where he studied 5 years of veterinary medicine in the University of  Guadalajara in Mexico. Because of his background he has a great understanding of dogs, finding out if their problem is either medical or behavioral and making the right decisions to help them. In his second year of his career he join the FCM (Mexican Canine Federation) where he helped with competition in obedience and conformation helping AKC judges in the ring where he learned from them the quality's and behavior of the different breeds.

Titles:  Training Director, Obedience Club of San Diego; Manager, Markim Pet Resort Boarding and Training.  Also, donates time to training rescue dogs.

Experience In: Police dog training, working with dogs that have severe behavior problems such as human aggression, dog aggression, shyness, destructive behavior, separation anxiety etc... training the dogs along with their owners to solve their problems and even going one step further, getting their CD, CDX, UD and CGC where Salem is also AKC evaluator.

Meagan Karnes is president and senior behaviorist at The Collared Scholar.  She has been training dogs professionally since 2002 and has developed a specialization in anti aggression training and behavioral problem solving. She trains, competes and has titled dogs in a variety of dog sports including agility, obedience and protection sports. She is a member of the Sage Working Dog Club and she was the recent winner of “San Diego State University's Rising Star Award for Excellence in Business.

Credentials:  B.S., M.B.A from San Diego State

Certifications: NAPPS, Pet First Aid

Professional Affiliations:  Association for Pet Dog Trainers, the North American Ring Association

Kelly has been training dogs since 2009. Currently she helps dog owners with basic obedience and problem solving. She is continuing her education to learn how to help dog owners tackle serious issues such as aggression and fear. She is on hand during our North Park classes to help with dog "issue's" during class.
 
Certifications:  Canine Behavior Academy
Credentials:  Masters Degree in Education

Penny

Matt

Matt loves his dogs, Oliver and Ruby. While searching for a job, he found that Leash Your Fitness was in need of a marketing intern and he instantly fell in love with the company. He enjoys watching movies, taking his dogs to the park, and taking them to LYF class. Matt attends SDSU and is active in the American Marketing Association where he is currently the Vice President of Advertising.

Credentials:  B.S. in Marketing, with a specialization in Integrated Marketing Communications - expected Dec. 2010