So sorry for not posting for so long! Things have been crazily busy here because we are doing the “moving overseas” thing to Brisbane. My humans have been rushing around in the last 2 weeks and acting very stressy. They have been spending lots of time looking at things…
…and then throwing some of it away and putting the others into boxes.
The house started to look quite strange - there were boxes everywhere and nothing was where it used to be…even my bed disappeared from where it usually was and there were more boxes instead!
Of course, I tried to help but I’m not sure they really appreciated my efforts – Hsin-Yi just complained about me slobbering on things or shouted at me for blocking her way when she was carrying something heavy…really! I was only trying to help! 
In the end, I decided that since my humans weren’t doing enough relaxing and chilling out, I would have to do it for them. So I found myself a nice sunny patch near them and made myself comfortable…
Sometimes, I would get a special yummy in my travel crate while they were packing…mm-mmm…
I really like my travel crate now and often spend a long time in it when my humans are busy with the packing stuff – they shut the door and leave me and I have a little snooze until they let me out again. The best part is that they always give me a treat or yummy chew whenever I go in it, so I think it’s a really cool place! 
Oh, by the way, some of you were worried about whether the crate was big enough for me because you saw that picture of me turning around in it…don’t worry, the Dogtainers Pet Travel Consultants people are really experienced so they know exactly what size is right. And bigger isn’t always better, you know! Because we don’t have ‘seatbelts’ inside the crates - if there is turbulence, we need it to be quite snug so we can “brace” ourselves against the sides – otherwise, we’ll just be thrown about inside the crate! 
So that is why they measured me so carefully and made it so that it is just big enough for me to stand up comfortably and turn around but not so big that I’d be rattling around in it!
Anyway, if you want to see just how big it is, here is Hsin-Yi sharing it with me! 
Well, I’ve also been busy supervising a lot of visitors to the house:
There was a man who came from the Auckland City Mission to take away things that my humans didn’t need anymore but which other humans might need.
And then my humans said that we were giving my outside bed awaybecause the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service is very strict about anything that us animals use and will make us pay a lot of money paper to check it and “fumigate” it – so it is better to just leave it in NZ and buy a new one in Australia…
(Luckily, all NZ doggies can go to Australia without Quarantine!)
So my humans said a nice thing to do would be to give my bed to the homeless doggies at the Auckland SPCA…
…Oh! But then they took my beanbag bed – my favourite – too! 
I was really worried – what would I sleep on then? But Hsin-Yi explained that I would be going to the Airport Pet Hotel to stay, because the special Moving Humans were coming the next day to wrap everything up and it would be dangerous for me to stay in the house…
…and then my humans were going first on the Big Flying Machine to Brisbane, to look for a house for me! So I would stay at the Airport Pet Hotel until they found a house that Great Danes can live in. Hsin-Yi is a bit worried because a lot of humans don’t like big dogs to stay in their houses (and I’m a HUGE dog!) and so it might be hard to find a place for me – but my humans will try their best to find one as quickly as they can! 
our last photo together in NZ...
So now my humans are in Brisbane and I’m here at the Airport Pet Hotel. I hope they find a house quickly for me so we don’t have to be apart for too long – it would be lovely for us to all be together again for Christmas!
Hi Honey,
I’m sure your humans will find a place soon. You looked like you were a huge help getting ready for the move! Way to go! Can’t wait to see your new place. Safe travels to you and your family!
Wags,
Pruett and Daphne
Honey we have missed you! I am glad that your parents have gotten all the moving overseas stuff done and you are comfortable at the airport hotel. I’m sure you will be with them soon. Be careful on your plane trip and tell your parents to be careful too! I hope we hear from you soon!
Love from
Boxen and Bella
Honey, I hope the rest of your parents move went well and that you are enjoying the Airport Pet Hotel. I’m sure it’s a little sad not to have them around all the time right now. But they are working on finding you a great house! Thank you for sharing your moving experience with us. We are all rooting for you!!
~Princess
Hsin-Yi -- I sooo feel for you! I really hate moving!
Honey -- You are a very brave doggie! I can’t wait to see your new home! Travel safe.
Kirsten, Sketcher and Angel
You have internet access at the Airport Pet Hotel! Wow, it really must be a nice place. From what we’ve heard, your Dogtainer is about the same size as our Boy’s apartment in Boston. Are you gong to be able to bring all your toys from New Zealand to Australia or does the Quarantine and Inspection Service say no?? Have a great trip!
~Rufus and Ruby~
Oh Honey! I have not visited you for a while and you are already packed and ready to settle in Brisbane! My goodness! How time flies! And oh, I sent a Christmas card to you in Auckland, guess it will never reach you, anyhow I will send you an e card instead. I bet you and your family are going to be missed by many people in Auckland. I am looking forward to seeing your new adventures in Australia. Hope you get reunited with Hsin-Yi and Paul before Christmas! Take care and keep us posted!
We hope you can be together for Christmas too! If they don’t have a house in time, maybe you can have a little party in your enormous crate? That would go for like $150,000 here in California!
Wow! that crate size business has been on my mind. I’m so glad you cleared it up!
~wags-n-wiggles~
wild dingo
I agree with Dennis! Your crate is at least as big as a studio apartment in New York and I’m sure Paul can fit in there too. Maybe they need to be looking for a house with a stable attached, then they could just pass you off as a small horse!
Welcome to Australia! Can’t wait to hear about your new adventures!
Your pal,
Petey
We hope you are all together again before Christmas! You are really loved, Honey, so we know your humans will do their very best to find a home for you with them soon.
Safe travel and Merry Christmas to all!
You really have a big dog!
I can see that all this moving could be quite stressful. I am glad that you have your big travel crate to hang out in. I hope the move goes well and that your people find a nice big place for all of you to live in. And get you a new bed!!! Let us know how it goes and have a safe trip. I know that they will all love you in Australia!
Your friend,
Niamh
Hi Honey,
Usually, my humans will leave all the packing to the packers. The only stuff that they packed were their suitcases.
How many hours is your flight? Do keep us update, OK!
Love,
Homer
Honeydog, it sure sounds like you have quite an adventure in store for you. Going on a big flying machine! That’s just crazy!
You sure are lucky to have humans who love you so much. Here in America there are lots of people who have to move to a new house and don’t even take a moment to find a new place that allows their doggies. It makes Mom really sad to hear about such a poor excuse for giving up their pups.
We can’t wait to see pictures from your new home! Mom and I will keep you in our thoughts for a safe trip, for both you AND your humans!
wags, wiggles & slobbers
Murphydog
A little bird told me that you will see your Hsin-Yi and Paul very soon. Have a safe trip.
Slobbers,
Mango
Good luck in finding a house!! and don’t worry too much about Honey, I”m sure she is just having a blast right now!
Hi Honey
We hope your parents find you 3 a new home real soon. Have a safe journey overseas.
Love Ruby & Penny
hi honey
great to here something
he cant sleep without it
hauwii loooooves his beanbag
we wish you and your humans a very very save journey to australia
kisssssssslobbers
El’bow & Hauwii
Hi Honey!
Tibby
That is very exciting news! I hope your owners find you a great house really soon!
I’ve missed you Honey! I hope your humans find a place soon so that you can all be together again.
How nice of you to help your humans pack! A friend of mine just moved across town to another house. As I helped her pack I thought about you and your family a lot, thinking how overwhelming it must be to move to a new country.
Hope you get settled in real soon!
I love that 7th picture!
Hi Honey,
Fingers crossed you get to spend Christmas with Hsin-Yi and Paul.
I hope you like Australia!
hugs,
Darcy’s mumma
Honey, we’re thinking of you! Hope the house hunting goes well and quickly and that you’re all back together for Christmas. We’re sure you will be.
take care
Clive
Honey
That is soo much wowk, but I know you will have a wondewful new home in Bwisbane.
My wish fow you is that you get to all be togethew fow Chwissmuss.
I’ve missed you
smoochie kisses
ASTA
Hi Honey,
we hope your having a good time at the pet motel while your humans are in Australia, are they enjoying australia?? IM sure you all will.
Hopefully you will get to spend christmas with you family, cant wait to hear of another update from you soon with your arrival etc.
welcome to australia honey & family
Loves
Stripe n nitro
Honey,
I’m sure your humans are missing you.
Hope you are enjoying your stay at the hotel. Do they offer you room service? Maybe you could order up something your humans normally don’t let you have!!!!! I promise, I won’t tell.
Can’t wait to hear all about your arrival in Australia! What an adventure!
One great adventure khomes to a khonkhlusion…
AND
A new one has khommenced!
Safe travels and settling!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Hope you have a very safe trip and that Hsin-Yi and Paul find a place for you to live quickly so you can all be together for Christmas!
Hi Honey,
When your humans decide to move they don’t waste any time now do they? I can’t believe your mom and dad are already in Australia…that was the quickest move ever. I don’t know how long you have been in that Pet Motel but I hope they are treating you well and that you will see your mom and dad real soon. Safe travels Honey!
AARF Kasha the Dainty Great Dane
Honey, we are prayin’ really and really hard for your PAWrents to find a new place because you just CAN’T be away from them for Christmas -- you just CAN’T.
Oh, that looks like a lot of work and gives mom the chills remembering all the cross country moves she has made. We are so glad to see that you are happy in your big crate. We hope your humans can find a home quickly so you can be with them too. Happy Holidays and safe travels.
Woos, Phantom and Thunder
Oh, I hope they find a place soon. You’re all going to miss each other so much while you are apart and I’m going to miss hearing from you while you’re at the pet hotel. I’m sure they’ll take good care of you though and you’ll have fun. Update when you can!
Jackal
Hi, Honey!
Moving means lots of work!
I really hope you will be reunited soon!
Take care
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
Good luck to you and your hoomans Honey! I’m sure everything will be fine and they will find a place for you soon!!!! I have my paws crossed…
Slobbers Teal’c
PS: my hoomans have just done a moving-thing as well. Not overseas, just down the road but my help wasn’t really appreciated either
Lots of get out of the way and go downstairs… Didn’t get it -- from half way upstairs I had the best view…
Honey!
My name is diesel and my mummy has been watching all your tricks you and trying to show me how to do some of them! im really good at saying thank you and touching my humans hand! although im very lazy and get borde so fast my human starts dancing about to get me a little more interested in what we are doing, i love learning these new tricks! im a big boy and jet black from head to toe and weigh 197LBS!! thats why i sleep so much he he he! hope your move went well
my human is taking me out now she has bought me a new thermo coat! as its -1 here in england now!
lots of love
Diesel xxx
hello! Sapphire here- blog friends of Cinnamon. Happy moving, be safe and your blog is COOL (:
Oh honey i forgot to tell you i’m a great dane too!!! how cool eh!!!
Oh, Honey!
I’m so sorry you’re now away from your family. I’m sure your humans are missing you so much too and doing their best to have you with them asap. Hope your stay at the hotel are being filled with pats and treats.
Mom and I are crossing our fingers and paws for you and your family.
Furry hugs,
Kimba
The one good thing about moving is it makes you purge and get rid of junk you’ve been accumulating!
Hope your humans find a great place real quick so you can spend the holidays with them!
I was curious… you eat RAW, so when you stay at the airport hotel do your humans provide the hotel with pre-portioned meals? And what about for this stay, you don’t really know how long you’ll be there, so do they go buy meat for you? Just curious!
Take care of yourself and we cant wait to see your new home!
I still can’t believe that you are going across Tasman. Have a good flight to Brisbane!!
You’ll see, sweet Honey! Your hoomans will find a lovely puuurfect house for you and them and… Christmas will be pawsome! A new home, a new life, a new garden, new friends! WOW!
Hope you’re having fun at the Pet Hotel Honey. I’m sure you’re family will be together again soon in your new house.
Happy travels!
One more thing from Tealc’s hooman: So you can take the whole dog to Australia without quarantine but not the dogs favorite bed?! Doesn’t make sense to me
Good luck with the house hunt!!!
Wow Honey, Your hoomans have losta stuff! It’s too bad you lost your favorite bed, they didn’t take your stuffie you were carrying, did they?
I hope your hoomans and your travels are safe and you get back together soon.
woof -- Tucker
Good luck Honey!! I hope your pawrents find a home really soon so’s you can all be together again, and can get back to blogging!
~lickies, Ludo
I hope they find a place fast because I bet they are really missing you! My momma understands about trying to find places that don’t discriminate against us big dogs. When she lived in miami most all of the pet friendly places had 30lb weight limits! So silly because she thinks small dogs can make just as much (or more) noise and trouble as us big pups! ANyways, Hope you end up in a lovely place with a lovely garden for sunbathing on your new bed. I will bet HsinYi will be very busy for quite awhile but hope she will let us know when you are all together again because it will make us rest easier knowing that ‘moving overseas thing’ has been safely completed!
Not the beanbag bed!! Oh, I do hope you find another comfy one.
I also hope your stay at the Airport Pet Hotel is short! Tell your pawrents good luck on finding a house.
Kisses,
Nala
lots of packing work, and great pics! hope y’all will be together again soon -- bet you miss eachother alot! Can’t wait to see some reunion pictures! Merry Christmas from the cold and snow packed Denmark!
Bundy and Monica
Honey, you have been very busy supervising the moving of your humans and yourself to Brisbane. I am sure they will find a new house for the three of you soon. After all, it would be heartbreaking to be away from a lovely girl like you for very long. And your name is Honey, which is a name of great affection when humans use it. Merry Christmas to all 3 of you from Thor and his humans in snowy Northeastern PA, USA!
Honey, we hope you’re doing well at the hotel. Due to our humans recent trip, we’ve been very behind in the blog world.
We were excited to find you and your family are moving to overseas. We knew you guys planned once but it didn’t happen 
Now you’re about to move to Australia! Sorry to see your beds are gone but we’re sure your humans will find a pawfect home and cozy beds!! Many of our friends live in Brisbane so please say hello to them when you get there! 
Take care, Honey!
Momo & Pinot
ps: yes yes, we ate ice cream often during our stay at the pet hotel. Yum!
Honey, I wish I had a helper like you to help me pack! The human pups, Husband and I are all making the move across the ditch too, and it would be nice to have an extra pair of paws.
I can’t wait to see you in Australia and say g’day.
We will be purring for your humans to find a place quickly! We don’t want you to have to be wihtout them for very long!!!!!
It looks like the beginning of a grand adventure!