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Originally from Scotland U . K , Karen Gunning has been in the fitness industry for 11 years now . She moved to the UAE in 2003 and started her own company , Fitness Beat , in 2010 . She currently works there as a trainer and presenter for Les Mills , head lecturer and program developer for GEL ( group exercise leaders instructor qualification ) and master trainer for BOSU and TRX .
Zainab Khan meets up with the fitness instructor and owner of an adorable Pomeranian dog , Missy , to get to know a little bit more about her furry little girl .
Photography by Herbert Iponla and Gyn C . Mendoza
Makeup Cheryl Riyafran

Pompered

Missy

We were waiting outside Karen Gunning ’ s apartment in Dubai , when we heard Missy , Gunning ’ s 5-years old orange Pomeranian , barking excitedly on the other side of the door . As soon as we got in , Gunning greeted us very warmly but what none of us expected was the welcome we got from Missy . She was certainly thrilled to see so many new faces and was enthusiastically running around all of us , lovingly wrapping herself around our feet .
While the rest of our team got to their respective work , I got the chance to ask Gunning a few questions about Missy , which she answered very fervently , providing us with a lot of interesting details .
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