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Jack Leash Your FitnessLeash 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.

Dog Book Review: Huck

Dog Book Review:  Huck

Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family- and a Whole Town- About Hope and Happy Endings by Janet Elder Huck… is the true tale of a young poodle puppy, acquired by a family inexperienced with regard to having and caring for a dog. Huck becomes part of the Elder family after years of “no” in reply to the Elder’s young son’s request for a dog, and on the heels of Janet Elder’s battle with breast cancer. Unfortunately, little Huck is soon lost after escaping from the relatives who are caring for him while the

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Death should be a 4 letter word

Death should be a 4 letter word

Death:  We ALL have to deal with it and it is NEVER easy.  Some deaths are worse than others. My father died of lung cancer and was sick for a very long time.  He was in pain and pretty miserable for months.  We got to spend a lot of time talking to him about death and how he felt and tell him how much we love him and thank him for all that he did for us.  When you have time to mentally prepare, it seems that it is a “little” easier to handle.  Saying good-bye is a closure that sometimes

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Testimonial: I like getting out of bed now!

Testimonial: I like getting out of bed now!

I wanted to thank Dawn and Kelly so much.  I had an epiphany on Saturdays run.  Balboa Park was the location of the first run class I had ever taken with Leash Your Fitness in January, 2013. I was always last, had to walk the steep hills,  was huffing and puffing, and wondering why I got out of bed!  Well after being as consistent as possible with all the LYF classes throughout this year,  the run class returned to Balboa this month (October 2013)…I was afraid it would be the same! But surprise! I kept up with the middle of the

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Santa Margarita River Hike

Santa Margarita River Hike

Wow!! Our first Leash Your Fitness hike of the season on Santa Margarita River Trail was a BLAST!!  There were 24 people and 23 dogs and everyone had a fun time!!  The hike was really cool and it was a great one to start the season off with as it was relatively easy. We hiked 4 miles but the BEST part is that  WE GOT TO SWIM!  Us dogs were playing, chasing and swimming until we had to go!!  Non stop!  Everyone kept trying to take my ball but I showed them that this little dog is nobody to mess

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Paint Your Pooch and other fun stuff!

Paint Your Pooch and other fun stuff!

We LOVE doing fitness related activities with our dogs but we also like to do other “dog related” activities that are not necessarily burning calories! As a matter of fact, sometimes we are consuming calories!  The Leash Your Fitness family got together for a Paint Your Pooch party at Paint N Vineyard in Scripps Ranch. Although the dogs weren’t invited, they were present in another way,  we painted pictures of them! We started the evening with a festive “Pumpkin Themed Potluck” complete with pumpkin hot chocolate, pumpkin dip, pumpkin cake, pumpkin salad and other pumpkin and fall related foods! Everything

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