For dog-lovers, little may seem better then meeting with hundreds of others and their dogs, and going for a walk.
That's what's happening this morning in Auckland and Wellington, and the best part is you don't have to own a dog to participate. You just need to love dogs.
Stand-up comedian Alice Brine, who's "a bit obsessed with social experiments", created the Big Dog Walk Wellington.
"I really love dogs, but I don't have a dog. And I've noticed a lot of people who love dogs and don't have dogs. That's it."
However, Ms Brine didn't expect the massive interest on Facebook.
"In half-an-hour there were 2000 people going. I had to make a call at that point -- you're either going to cancel this, or just go hard and you're going to have to do this properly -- and I was so stupid and said, 'Yup let's go hard and really drive this home.'"
"It was important to make it central and cityish. This is like, let's Hairy Maclary this, let's go down the street, just dogs and people, and just heaps and heaps."
The Auckland event will begin at Waiatarua Reserve in Remuera at 10am. Dog enthusiasts will gather at the entrance to the carpark on Abbots Way, and will follow a 4km lap with interest points along the way.
For some, this may seem like a recipe for disaster. But Auckland organiser Alice McKinley is expecting only around 500 people to show, despite more than 3000 saying they are attending the event on Facebook, so she's not worried about the potential for chaos.
"I'm not really concerned at all about they're being too many, I'm actually just hoping for a good turnout."
Ms McKinley doesn't have a dog of her own at the moment, but grew up surrounded by animals.
"My dad is a vet so I've grown up with animals my whole life. I even had a pet ostrich at one time. I can't have a dog because I don't have my own house. I have my friend's dog and pretend it's mine."
Proceeds will go towards charity Chained Dog, which helps malnourished dogs because they're on a chain 24/7.
"I wanted to try and raise money with this event, so I really wanted to bring up the underdog," says Ms McKinley.
"[Chained Dog] work so hard, they're the only ones that do what they do, they're completely self-funding. I'm really passionate about what they do."
The Big Dog Walk is also happening at the same time in Tokyo, and has found interest in Sydney and Washington DC, and Ms McKinley wants to take it to Edinburgh next.
She says if the event isn't a dog's breakfast, there is a definite chance it will happen again.
"I've been wanting to do a dog event in Auckland. It's funny how it all happened and it all came together. Hopefully it's going to work out."
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