Doggy Treks

26/07/2024

Hey ALL,
I am laid up in bed sick. So no dog walkies until further notice.

23/07/2024

Speechless , so sorry , my walks won't be the same without him anymore😭

22/07/2024

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY AWESOME PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
IN THE HB?

20/07/2024

20/07/2024

TORMUND THE CLASS CLOWN🥰🤪

19/07/2024

📸 Sorry guys......bad news due to a back log of stories yet to be aired ours has been delayed until Tuesday 31st July 7pm Seven Sharp .
Am sure it will be worth the wait!

17/07/2024

.Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Maryanne Arnold, Pat Mitchell, Lesley Hunt, Briankath Hall, Josie Goh, Renee Berry

17/07/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Maryanne Arnold, Pat Mitchell, Lesley Hunt, Briankath Hall, Josie Goh, Renee Berry

15/07/2024

This link will open up the article :)

'People used to wind their windows down when they went past when it was all in bloom.'

12/07/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/za5BbUWopc7o4EvR/?mibextid=oFDknk

11/07/2024

***SCREENING NEXT WEEK ON SEVEN SHARP***
*** DATE TBC***

11/07/2024

WEDNESDAY UPDATE,
I HAVE HAD A FEW PEOPLE ASKING WHEN THE STORY WILL BE ON Seven Sharp

I EXPECT IT WILL BE ON EITHER TONIGHT. THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. SO GET YA 🍿 READY. AM SURE IT WILL BE RATHER ENTERTAINING 🤣🐕

Love to hear what you all think of it and ya dogs too of course! 🤣 🤔🐕🐕🐕🐕

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💜🤎 LONG LONG APPRECIATION POST❤️❤️💕

🐕🐶📷 🎬WOW WOW WHAT A ABSOLUTELY INSANE DAY TODAY!

I CERTAINLY HAD VERY LITTLE IDEA🤔🤐 OF WHAT I WAS IN FOR...........😱🙈🙊 I WAS CALLED TUESDAY EVENING ☎️ BY THE DELIGHTFUL REPORTER MICHAEL HOLLAND FROM TVNZs SEVEN SHARP.
THURSDAY WAS D DAY.....LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION IT WAS ALL GO ! 📸🎬📽🎞.

I WAS BEYOND THE POINT OF EXCITEMENT EXPLODING WITHIN AS I FORCED MYSELF TO REMAIN CALM AND ACT AS COMPOSED AS I POSSIBLY COULD AS I WANTED TO KEEP IT AS A SURPRISE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE I COULD AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED MY MOTHER MAUREEN 🤪🤐

THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO LET MYSELF GO WAS IN THE CAR WITH DOGS😜 AND EVEN THEN THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP WITH ME GOING BY SOME OF THE CONFUSED EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES. AND THE GENTLE BY THEM CHECKING TO SEE IF I WAS THE SAME PERSON😜 AS THEY TRIED TO INTERPRET WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON WITH ME AND WHY THE F*** IS SHE SCREAMING AND SCREECHING TO HERSELF....SO CUTE 🥰🤣

WOW HOW COOL IS THIS, ME, JOHN, OUR BOYS, MY MUM ARE GOING TO BE ON PRIME TIME TV,🎞🌏 WORLD FAMOUS IN NZ......BUT EVEN MORE EXCITING WAS THAT I COULD HAVE UP TO 50 OF THE BEST NAPIER DOGS 🐕JOINING ME. HOW MUCH FUN THIS W 1OULD BE!🎉

SO WITH A LITTLE OVER 24 HRS TO PREPARE AND ORGANISE FOR SOMETHING AMAZING. I GOT INTO ACTION QUICK SMART.🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️‍➡️

MY MISSION: HOW WAS I GOING TO GET AS MANY DOGS AS HUMANELY POSSIBLE TO JOIN US🤔. I WANTED EVERY DOG, YES EACH & EVERYONE OF THEM, I HAVE 50 DIFFERENT DOGS THAT I WALK MONDAY MORNINGS AND ALL DAY EVERYDAY TUESDAY TO FRIDAY. I WANTED TO GET THEM ALL INVOVLED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A TV SUPERSTAR FOR THE DAY MAKING THEIR HUMANS PROUD.

KEEPING MY PLANS VERY QUIET AND SECRET🤫 FROM MY DEAR HUSBAND AND MY SWEET 79 YEAR OLD MUM WAS NOT THE EASIEST. MY MUM HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY ❤️ AND DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN HER OWN RIGHT.
WITHOUT HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT BOTH PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL TO HELP US WITH START UP, ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THIS WOULD OF EVER BEEN POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE.
MUM ALSO WORKED TIRELESSLY IN THE BACKGROUND IN CHARGE OF PREPARING AND SERVING UP THE DOGS MEALS, SHE ALSO CARED FOR THE OLDER DOGS REQUIRIING SPECIAL CARE WITHIN OUR OWN HOME IN ESKDALE AT THE DOGGY FARMSTAY. LOVE YOU MUM 😍

I SOON REALISED IF THIS WAS TO BE ANY SORT OF SUCCESS I HAD A S**T SHOW IN HELL DOING IT SOLO. I ASKED JOHN IF THERE WOULD BE ANY CHANCE HE COULD HELP BY GETTING THE DAY OFF WORK, , I WAS MET WITH A FLAT NO AS I'D ANTICIPATED. ITS PEAK GAS SEASON HOW DARE I EVEN ASK....🤣 .

BUT DESPARATE TIMES CALLS FOR DESPARATE MEASURES.....BETRAYING MY BELOVED I CALLED HIS BOSS "NICK" FROM VECTOR ON GAS. I EXPLAINED THE REASONS BEHIND MY DESPARATE PREDICAMENT. DEAR NICK TOLD ME "HE WILL DO WHAT HE CAN".....THATS ALL I COULD ASK FOR .....WITH MY FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED 🤞🤞, I HOPED AND PRAYED 🙏 THAT MY PARTNER IN CRIME BE RELEASED FROM DUTY. HOORAY MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED.

I HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE FILMING WOULD BE DONE AND DUSTED BY 2 AT THE LATEST......
HOW WRONG WAS I!!

WOW IT WAS FULL ON FROM THE TIME I LEFT HOME 🏡 AT 7.30 🕢IN THE DARKNESS FOR HAIR 💇‍♀️ & MAKE UP💄 WITH THE DELIGHTFUL OLIVIA IN HAVELOCK. I LEFT FEELING QUITE THE PART, EXCITED AND REARING TO GO AND HAVE SOME FUN !!

MICHAEL AND SAM (Cameraman) arrived from Auckland & Wellington respectively 🛫✈️ , I met them at BP Bayview 🚘 and off we went, collecting Harry, Rekin, Shadow & Willa from Whirinaki, Eskdale and Bayview. Onwards to bluff Hill for Fitzy and little Baxter then to Puketapu for my last dog Kip. Nailed it, 7 dogs safely aboard in my clapped out old Mazda Wagon.
Finally arriving at the stop bank around 1pm I caught a glimpse of my just recently arrived mum seated in Justines car wearing a bewildered confused expression on her face. She quickly cottoned on when she recognized and announced to Justine "theres the man off seven sharp" as he walked on by. Special thanks to Justine for keeping it as a surprise and playing your part.

A TOTALLY AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND A NEW APPRECIATION OF THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES LONG!!

ANYHOW I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE HUGE THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TODAY THAT HELPED AND SUPPORTED JOHN AND I TO BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING 👏 ❤️ 😍

ADMITTEDLY IT WAS A WEE BIT OF A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE TO GATHER UP THIS MANY DOGS IN SUCH SHORT A TIME BUT AS A TEAM WE MADE IT HAPPEN.......FINAL COUNT WAS 22 DOGS IN TOTAL.
IT SURE WAS A INCREDIBLE SIGHT TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER RUNNING FREE ON THE SHORES OF THE TUTAEKURI RIVER HAVING THE ABSOLUTE TIME OF THEIR LIVES, THERE WERE DOGS FOR AFRICA, RUNNING, PLAYING, SWIMMING IN EVERY DIRECTION. IT TRUELY WAS EXHILARATING AND SUPER SIPER FUN.

TORMUND JUST HAD TO BE THE MAIN STAR 🌟 🤩 OF THE DAY WITH HIS HILARIOUS FASCINATION AND OBSESSION WITH HIS ATTEMPTS TO CATCH THE DRONE FLYING ABOVE HIM., "SAM" THE CAMERAMAN WAS HAVING GREAT FUN "DRIVING" IT FROM HIS HAND HELD DEVICE DELIBERATELY STEERING IT JUST OUT OF POOR TORMUNDS REACH🤣🤣
Haylee Wrenns comment had me in stitches and sent my mind in overdraft......could we buy one and hang a sausage from the bottom of it and let rip-?? 🤔🤔🤣😅😂

GAURANTEED TO BE 22 VERY HUNGRY TIRED DOGS ON ARRIVAL HOME TONIGHT 🏡 😴

IM SORRY TO ALL DOGS THAT MISSED OUT. I REALLY DID TRY MY BEST FOR ALL TO BE PART OF IT BUT REALISTICALLY I THINK 23 OUT OF 50 WAS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RESULT.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE OWNERS WHOM GAVE UP THERE TIME DROPPING THEM OFF AND COLLECTING AFTERWARDS, YOU WERE ALL VERY PATIENT AT THE END WAITING FOR YOUR 4 LEGGED FILM STARS TO FINISH UP THE DAY.
IT WAS A FUN, LONG AND TIRING DAY FOR THEM ALL. I AM SURE ONCE FED AND WATERED THEY WILL SLEEP VERY WELL FOR A DAY OR TWO!!

IT WAS NEARING ON 6.30 PM WHEN I DROPPED MY LAST DOG OFF, ARRIVING HOME TO MY JOHN AND SON LOCKY COOKING UP A HELLO FRESH MEAL, I WAS SO STARVING AFTER ZERO TIME FOR ANY FOOD OVER THE DAY, I GOBBLED IT UP IN NO TIME, COLLAPSED ON THE COUCH FEELING VERY PROUD OF TODAY AND HOW DARN LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHOM CAME FORWARD , SUPPORTED US, EMBRACED US IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE. EXPERIENCING CYCLONE GABRIELLE WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING NIGHT OF OUR LIVES, IT CERTAINLY HAS CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE, IN THE MOMENT ALL THAT MATERIAL S**T MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, IT WAS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL , I IT QUICKLY BECAME EVIDENT AFTER 3 DESPARSTE 111 CALLS THAT WE WERE ON OUR OWN, THERE WAS NO HELP, OUR LIVES WERE IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS AND WE ALL FEEL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT HE SHOWED MERCY ON ALL 7 OF US, AND EVEN MORE OF A BLESSING WAS THE LIVES OF 9 DOGS WERE ALSO SADoggy TrekssGAIN SO MUCH APPRECIATION 🙏 FOR EVERYONE COMING FORWARD ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH SHORT NOTICE TO HELP CREATE THIS...........SO EXCITED FOR NEXT WEEK WHEN IT WILL BE AIRED. 👀

👀 WATCH MY PAGE FOR WHICH DAY NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE ON 👀

LASTLY A SPECIAL THANKS to Haylee Wrenn OUR ABSOLUTELY AMAZING BUSINESS MENTOR/ACCOUNTANT/ FRIEND/CHEER LEADER for getting behind us, believing in us through all the highs and lows. Just no way Doggy Treks would have evolved without you! Thanks for sharing the videos giving us a sneak peek of today's shenanigans!
❤️ 🎬🦴🦴🫶

JUST NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THERE IS JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WE LOVE YOU ALL.

WE HOPE YOU GET SO MUCH LAUGHTER AND ENJOYMENT FROM WATCHING YOUR FAMOUS FILMSTAR DOGS STRUTTING THEIR STUFF ON PRIME TIME TV NEXT WEEK.
I WILL POST WHICH NIGHT IT WILL AIR ONCE I FIND OUT.

Katrina, John, Riley & Locky & Max

10/07/2024

Hi ALL,
Another stunning day out with my happy hounds 🐕🐶

06/07/2024

☆☆Hi All ☆☆
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend, had phone troubles yesterday, misplaced my phone whilst on my morning pick up run, reunited with it later in the day....so very limited photos 📸 📷 taken.
Was lovely to see the snow capped Kaweka Ranges from Holly's house 🏠 🏔 ❄️ 🏔 ❄️
Welcome also to "DONUT" a new lovely social girl whom integrated into the pack with ease ❤️ 🐕

03/07/2024

With Lisa O'Neill – I just got recognized as one of her rising fans! 🎉
Anyone needing some belly laughs? Lisa is coming to Napier 25th July:)

03/07/2024

So much high energy ⚡️ fun and zoomies for these afternoon cuties today 💕 🐕

02/07/2024

A great morning out with this cool Eskdale/ Whirinaki bunch 😎

01/07/2024

Great to be back out there walking today with these guys, lots of happy energy ❤️ 🐕

30/06/2024

🌟 🌟 🐕 🐕 WHO IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OUT WALKING THIS WEEK??
I KNOW I SURE AM!! 🌟 🌟 🐕 🐕
MY 2 SCRUFFY MUTTS DROVE ME INSANE BEING STUCK INDOORS ALL LAST WEEK 🌧 🌧

27/06/2024

🌟 🌟 Happy Matariki Everyone 🌟 🌟
Bit of a end of a era for 527 SH 5
RIP The Doggy Farmstay 🐕 ❤️