Goodwood Private Dog Park, Wellington

18/01/2025

Thanks for all the photos. Such a beaut warm day for water fun

17/01/2025

great fun was had!

17/01/2025

SUMMER HAS ARRIVED! We’re currently 23 degrees at 4.30! Just put my assistant Ops Manager Clem in for a well deserved cool off. Sheesh, not used to this 🔥.
It’s going to be 🔥 for the next week apparently, so bring your togs for a dip too, sunscreen and a good hat.
Also, while the next 3 days are quite booked through the hot part of the day, the cooler (and peaceful) mornings & evenings are quite free at the mo (my preference).
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16/01/2025

Showed Clem (our assistant operations manager / new stick calibration specialist) some stats. In our 1st month
🥇1 of you visited 7x (made 21 dogs’ days),
🥈 3 of you visited 5x and
🥉5 of you have visited 4x.
That’s awesome, thank you!
Also, it's looking pretty warm finally over this long weekend, so throw in ya speedos for a cooling swim with the dogs.
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13/01/2025

Great read in the Sunday Star Times about dog walking. We’re right into being human and 🐕 mental health and wellbeing facilitators!!!! Goodwood Private Dog Park, Wellington. Weekdays are lighter this week, so you have a good range of booking slot choices at the mo. And the weather is good! 📖 at https://www.sniffspot.com/to/dyubs

09/01/2025

Pupper Hutt makes a good point here, these three private dog parks provide a nice set - perfectly geographically spread, and all three are very different. Or specialty would be a peaceful relaxing natural experience, a fresh clean stream with multiple swimming holes, natural smells, and a hearty stick library.

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05/01/2025

Our carparking wardens don’t take any BS 😂

“You shall not PASS!!!”

04/01/2025

Latest batch of happy dogs at Goodwood Dog Park.
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03/01/2025

**SNIFFPASS MANDATE**.
Hi All. Wanting to explain about the SniffPass mandate it’s not something we can control.
Sniffspot marketed into NZ recently and I opened Goodwood using their platform.
One week later the Sniffspot owner decided that globally they’d run a 6month trial forcing all new users to buy SniffPass subscriptions, so no casual bookings (except for earlier users). And bc they also haven’t implemented multi currency support (hence why the app is in 🇺🇸 $), this means that sniffpass tiers are pretty high per month bc of the US $ benchmarking. Also, as I’m the only local host, it’s basically forcing you to buy a subscription to Goodwood alone.
I want you to know that I’m not very taken with the sniffpass mandate (and feel it’s goes against what we’re trying to do here). I’m actively communicating the issues with the Sniffspot owner but he seems disinterested at best. He did once offer to ring fence NZ out of this trial but I haven’t been able to get him to do so.

So, as a sidecar I’m being forced to actively look at what other options to run bookings in house to bring back casual bookings. So please follow this page just in case we make changes so we can let you know if things change.

Anyway, very happy to hear your views on the SniffPass mandate. I’ve already had some direct messages.

02/01/2025

**BRIDGE ADDITION DONE**
Clem stress testing the latest addition as of 7pm today.

Bc not everyone likes wet feet, and not all dogs have long legs Clem reminds me!

One human at a time and please no bouncing, it’s springy but not in a swing bridgey kind of way.
But do pick some wild mint for your mojitos on the way past!
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31/12/2024

NEW TRACK*
2025 underway with a new track/route!
Corner of the park most of you haven’t visited yet. It’s slippery and steep but just what off-piste types love, rooting round in the fernery.
Climb up from brown picnic table, top out & sidle right. We’re considering a couple of steps or adding a grunty knotted rope, but also think it should be left as it’s for the adventurous types. Let us know.

31/12/2024

Happy New Year all. Clem’s minding the wildlife from bed this morning

31/12/2024

Charlie, Clem and I went for our regular scout around and found the big pipe in the river, assuming bc of this ridiculous wind!!! Anyway, feel free to drop us a message via sniffspot with anything needing attention and we can sort either immediately if need be, or between visits.
I post my cellphone number in the messages sent prior to visiting (or in the QR code on the gate), so please text or ring if there's anything urgent.
And sorry about the weather today, but no one really bailed out which is awesome - dogs don't care I guess, some even say they smell better, and the place is getting a wash.
*We're also plotting to put a steep track up the fenceline by the brown picnic table so there's some rugged stuff to explore above the bluff.
Happy New Year to all, Rob, Charlie and Clem.

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29/12/2024

Anyone recognise this place from April 2015?

29/12/2024

Heads up. I’ve just changed the pricing slightly bc it’s turned out to create a lot more work than expected. I’ve increased the rate from 🇺🇸 $8 to $10 for first dog. This is still about 1/2 the rate in Auckland and half the rate Sniffspot recommend I charge, and I think pretty good value to have the place to yourself. We only opened 3 weeks ago and it’s been a ‘how long is a piece of string’ learning experience. So it’s a fine balance between getting a reasonable return for the work involved and making it available to anyone in need. Feedback welcome.

29/12/2024

After a long weekend of supervising here at Goodwood, Clem has kicked back in front of the Tele. BUT CRIPES IT’S TENSE WATCHING WITH HER! Smartest dog I know.