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Leash Your fitness is all about being active with your pet. We have daily fitness classes and monthly activities like yoga, kayaking, hiking, camping, etc. Anything to spice up your daily dog walks so that you can bond with your best furry friend and get a great workout. Jack is our Cairn Terrier mascot who will keep you updated on all of the fun events that he has coming up and show you photos of the ones that we already had. We plan on doing a lot of communication through this blog so please visit often and feel free to leave your comments.
Hello and Welcome to Jack’s Blog!
Most people do everything in a forward motion. You walk, run and do all of your exercises going forward. Although this is great, you must move in different planes to make sure ALL of your muscles are getting a fair share of the workout and so that you don’t create muscle imbalances. Another thing that most people forget about is balance. We lose our sense of balance as we get older so it is important to work on it on a daily basis. We work on both of these things in every Leash Your Fitness class and we want YOU
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Shepherd’s Crook by Sheila Webster Boneham I grabbed this book from my current library’s “new books” shelf on a whim, not realizing it was the fourth in a new series I hadn’t yet heard of. The main character, Janet McPhail is a fifties-ish woman who divides her time between her photography career, and her dog’s herding, tracking and agility pursuits. Jay, the Australian shepherd, is Janet’s canine counterpart. Other characters include a couple of cats, and various friends and their dogs. Janet also seems to find herself stumbling into solving the occasional mystery. This book begins with the curious case
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Since February is National Pet Dental Health month, we thought it would be fun to try some dog dental products on some of our Leash Your Fitness pups. Our friends at TruDog were happy to send us some products to try out AND to give our readers 20% off by using the code ‘Leash20′ at checkout if they wanted to try them too! Remember to NEVER use human toothpaste on your pets. Only use pet approved dental products when taking care of your pets’ dental needs! After our Dog Yoga class, we had a taste test with some of the
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If you are having knee or lower back pain, one reason may be that your gluteus maximus (butt) muscles are weak. Your core consists of all of the muscles that are not your arms or legs and that includes your booty! Your butt gets weak from sitting so much and most people sit a majority of their day: at their home, in their car and at work. Remember that the more that you STAND and MOVE the better it is on your body, especially your back! One way to help your back and knees and even your neck for that
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Are you planning on doing any traveling with your dog? If so, there are a few things that may help you have a safe and more pleasant trip. Mommy and I have been in 34 states together and we love going on little weekend excursions. It is really fun to explore all of the wonderful and beautiful places together! There are some things that we have learned along the way and would like to share with you so you can have an enjoyable and safe trip with your pup: 1/ Make sure you have a seatbelt and travel harness for
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