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Jack Leash Your Fitness 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.

New Year New Fitness Routine

On January 4, 2016 / Exercise of the Week

Happy New Year!! Are you suffering from holiday weight gain like 90% of the population? Do you need to get yourself back into workout mode? Think about mixing things up a bit when you go to the park. Make your workouts more interesting and challenging and maybe you will stick with them this year! We are going to be giving you new ideas each week. Your park may not have exactly what our park has but maybe it will spark an idea that you can implement. Today’s workout involved the “bleachers” at our park at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center

Holiday Hikes

On December 30, 2015 / Adventures of Jack, Hikes

I am not sure what a traditional Christmas is but our tradition each year is to get up and go hiking. Sometimes we are someplace fun like Bodfish but this year we were in San Diego and mommy had to work later in the day so we couldn’t do anything too crazy. The weather man told mommy and daddy that there was snow in the local mountains and that is all that they had to hear. The next thing I knew, we were heading to the mountains. We weren’t going to be building any snowmen with what there was

Running with your dog

On December 28, 2015 / Tip of the Week

Running with your dog can be a fun and fulfilling activity for you both! Dogs of all shapes and sizes run with us at Leash Your Fitness in our Strut With Your Mutt class. It takes some patience and training, but soon your dog can be a great running buddy! Just like us, dogs need to build their endurance, starting slowly and then adding distance or speed periodically. It’s also important to monitor the weather. If it’s too hot he/she can overheat if not given enough water or breaks. See our previous post on running in the heat for more tips!

Festive Week for the Dogs

On December 23, 2015 / Adventures of Jack

How have your holiday’s been going? I hope that you have been enjoying them and having fun! Mommy has been keeping me busy doing festive activities. Good thing for her that I am so patient and tolerate those stupid clothes she keeps putting on me. It is so embarrassing! She even took me to a party and made me wear my antlers but she made me feel a little better when she looked silly too! It all started last weekend when we went to the Gaslamp Holiday Pet Parade. I have to admit, it was pretty cool. I

All Dogs Go to Kevin

On December 22, 2015 / Dog Book Review

All Dogs Go to Kevin, by Jessica Vogelsang All Dogs Go to Kevin is a collection of memoirs written by veterinarian Dr. Jessica Vogelsang. The story begins with the passing of a close family friend, which prompts the author to think back to the day they met, and then chronicle her experiences through veterinary school and private practice. The title is a misnomer, coined by the author’s then two-year-old, after the loss of the family dog. The child, unfamiliar with the concept of “heaven”, confuses the word with one he knows- “Kevin”. Thus, the belief that all dogs pass on