Lydia Travel Update

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for your contributions to my adventure, we can’t tell you how much we appreciate your generosity. Your ‘travel gifts’ were sent out from Two Rivers post office yesterday and international parcels go out today from Fairbanks.

Anyhow, I thought I should update you on what’s been happening. Back in April I had to have a rabies booster vaccination. New Zealand doesn’t have rabies and although I don’t either they just need to be certain I’m not carrying anything. To be sure, this week I also had to have a ‘titre test’ to check the level of rabies antibodies in my system and give the customs agents proof I am rabies free! Yay!

At the same time as my titre test I had a kennel cough booster vaccination and also a flu jab, just like you all do (the flu jab, not the kennel cough haha). The flu vac is actually only the first jab of two. Boo hoo. Everyone at North Pole Vet was very nice to me – especially Ali the Vet Tech – she even gave me several cookies afterwards. While at the Hospital I met a shaggy, funny-looking dog named Bubbles, two Sharpei puppies, a white standard poodle, two Labrador retrievers and a teeny tiny Boston terrier puppy. Only Bubbles and the poodle wanted to play.

You’ll be pleased to know that I’m also booked into my quarantine kennel in Auckland. I must stay there for 10 days once I arrive on NZ soil before Moira can pick me up. It’s kind of ‘no man’s land’ where I am neither in Alaska or NZ proper yet.

My next tests and vaccinations aren’t for a little while but they will include parasite treatments (fleas, worms etc), tests for Leptospirosis, Babesia gibsoni and Brucella canis – whatever the heck they are!

I could still use some help with my fund raising – I am nearly half way there – so if you are keen to help out please click here or go to the ‘travel fund’ tab at the top of the page. Every little bit helps.

Thank you

Lydia