Tag Gromit

south central park

not the south part of central park – but a southern central park. wellington has it’s own dog friendly small urban central park that has just been completed a rehab, so today we all went for a short tramp. gromit…

life on a south pacific island

the biggest surprise for me about our move to nz has been how much i enjoy living on the coast and spending time at the shore. i’ve never been a big ocean person before despite living over 20 years in…

howdy neighbors

island bay beach is closed to dogs from 9 am to 7 pm during daylight saving time so our new weekend ritual is to head off a bit before 8 and spend the early morning at the beach. at 9…

parole hearing

yesterday marked gromit’s 30th day in quarantine – and after a final check by the maf vet he was cleared to go. one more big milestone. we’re all together again. 2 weeks until final milestone – container arrival. (let’s go!)…

quality family time

we went up to see gromit today. i’m making the trip once each weekend with jackie and she’s doing it on her own twice during the week, so gromit gets 3 visits during the week. gromit is continuing to do…

can a vet fix broken teeth?

no real surprise that jackie was quite eager to get up to quarantine to see gromit after his big adventure. added bonus is that is real is a spectacular drive. when we walk into gromit’s room just like yesterday he…

britney, lindsey & gromit

all committed to 30 days at a private remote treatment facility a bit distracted all day waiting for news about gromit. i was keeping an eye on the nz air website for updates on his flight from auckland to wellington.…

was 4,238,357. now 4,238,358

nz now has one more permanent resident. gromit landed in auckland at 0605 local time. no official update until he arrives at quarantine at approx 1300.

that’s 7 dog days

we knew this would be by far the hardest part of our move – and so far it has lived up to expectations. today at 6:30 pm pacific time jackie dropped gromit off for his flight to nz. it is…