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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!
Our Leash Your Fitness January book club book is “The Dogs were Rescued (and so was I)” by Teresa Rhyne. After reading this book, I asked Teresa to write a blog post about Animal Testing so that we can educate people on what is going on! I was oblivous to it so I know others are as well. You can read our book review on the book and feel free to join us for our January book club to discuss it! I’d like to introduce you to Percival. He loves squeak toys, sleeps anywhere there is a sunbeam,
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The Leash Your Fitness first hike of 2015 was up Bernardo Peak near Lake Hodges! It was our longest hike yet, 7 miles! We started from the parking lot off of West Bernardo Drive and headed down the hill and across the bridge. The first part of the hike was pretty flat and we even got to cross over some water and I got to go SWIMMING, well not really but I did get to get wet! We started up the hill, it was a little rocky at times with one steep section but it was pretty easy for most of
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Mixing up your direction on your daily dog walk is a GREAT way to use muscles in a whole new way. Watch the video to get some ideas on how you can mix up your daily dog walk! Walking backwards: find an area where there is nothing that you can trip on, a sidewalk or path works great! Turn around and take long strides, squeeze your butt as you walk or run backwards. This will open up the hip flexors in the front of your leg that get tight from walking AND it will work your butt! If you
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We decided to spend the Christmas holiday hiking in the local Cuyamaca Mountains! Mommy and daddy loaded up the RV and away we went on a road trip! Our first stop was West San Ysabel where we did a 6.5 mile hike. It was really pretty. We aren’t used to seeing rolling green hills in San Diego so it was kind of fun! There were lots of hills to climb and we had the entire area to ourselves! We like it that way! After the hike, we headed to the William Heise Campground where we relaxed for a
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Best Friends Gingerbread Cookies (wheat free- suitable for dogs and their human friends) 3 c gluten free flour (I used 1c almond meal plus 2c. Trader’ Joe’s GF flour) 3/4 c. coconut flour 1/4 c. ground flaxseed 2 teaspoons ginger 1+1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 tsp. ground cloves 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 cup molasses or maple syrup 1/4 c. coconut oil 1 egg 2 tsp. vanilla extract In a large bowl, combine the almond meal/gluten free flour, coconut flour, ground flaxseed, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda. In a separate small bowl, combine the
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