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Natalie Griffiths

PAWGUST 2026

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$79.13

My Goal

$500

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Our Progress

Paws Stepped

164,020

Total minutes active

1,465

of 1,860 target

Kms

110

PLEASE SUPPORT MY GOAL FOR GUIDE DOGS

I've gone barking mad and I'm taking part in my FIRST PAWGUST challenge to raise funds for Blind Low Vision NZ’s guide dogs. 🦮 

Rain, hail or shine, this August I will be covering the Km’s with Layla and Friends, Every. Single. Day!! 🌦️ Our first goal is Helicopter Hill 🚁

I will be frequently uploading puppy pics, proof of Km’s covered through Strava, and some of Canterbury’s prettiest peaks, as Layla and I will also be challenging ourselves to complete as many of the Mountain Dog Challenge peaks during the month of August! 🏔️

This includes;

Mt Oxford, Mt Grey, Mt Thomas, Helicopter Hill, Panama Rock, Rabbit Hill, Mt Barossa, Foggy Peak, and Mt Isobel. 🌄

*Did you know it costs in excess of $100,000 to breed, raise and train just ONE Guide Dog?! And with thousands of dogs being trained each year, every dollar counts. I need your help so that together, we can create a world where everyone who needs a Guide Dog, has a Guide Dog.*

Please consider supporting me by making a small donation to support my challenge. Every cent goes appreciated! 

(Any Km’s Strava logs before August 1st, will be reset from August 1st.)


Thank you from, The Griffiths Pack 🐕

My Achievements

Registered Added a profile picture Donated to myself Shared page on Facebook Shared page via email Halfway to $ target Reached $ target Logged first walk/run Invited a friend

Thank you to my SupPAWters

$79.13

Jozefa Griffiths

Go Nat and Layla!

My Fellow Team Members

My Updates

Prison Loop 🔒

An extra 7.15km down in 1hr and 24mins!

McLeans Track

8.42kms added to the lot! ✅️

Mt Oxford Summit & Loop Track

Almost several hours later... 61km out of 125kms Done ✅️ 21.63 kms loop track of Mt Oxford! Laylas biggest challenge yet!

Quick Spritz with Layla

An easy 4km walk with fetch on the go for Miss Layla. ⚾️ 34kms out of 125kms Done!

Willows Walk with Reid and Lance 🐕

This morning Layla and I had a our first snowfall experience ever! Layla thoroughly enjoyed catching snowballs and playing fetch. The snow only lasted 20 minutes before the sun came out but we made the most of it! Later on double trouble Lance and Layla then had a blast zooming through the trees at the Willows. Layla tired from our hike up Helicopter Hill yesterday. But so happy to see her best friend Lance 🐕💖 30.5kms/125kms down!

Helicopter Hill with Alicya 🚁

Our second entry for Pawgust is an epic middle-earth hike up Helicopter Hill in Arthurs Pass. 8.55km distance with 757m in elevation gain with a total of 1,200m above sea level. The wind threatened to blow us off the summit, hence the earless hounds. Featuring Aero, Whispa and Layla 🏔🐕💨 First of the nine peaks, from our mountain dog challenge competed! Go team!

Day One - Lake Emma

Day One of Pawgust, Starting Strong! We drove out to Lake Emma in the Ashburton district with the Hubs and Layla! Layla braved through multiple small river crossings, snow patches and loyally followed us through some of the boggy marshland in our endeavor to take the unmarked scenic route around the top of the Lake. Shortly followed by Plan B, a short double back and we found ourselves several kilometers down the way. Layla is a true Griffiths and showed no signs of slowing down, she did amazingly. We stopped for multiple short breaks to make sure everyone was hydrated and that our navigator was indeed still on track. We trotted across the finish line with a sum total of 15.49Kms under our belt and 22,782 steps in 3hrs and 8 minutes. Go team!! 🏔🐕💨