Dogs of the Richtersveld
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:18 pm
This is not a trip report but just an interesting story of what happened.
I was in the Richtersveld last week with a friend. We camped at de Hoop. Many of you will know that at some of the campsites there are goat herder stations nearby. So we find a suitable place to camp and shortly thereafter three dogs pitch up clearly looking for food.
We assumed they belonged to the goat herder we had seen earlier and decided not to feed them as then we would never get rid of them. By the time we went to bed they were still hanging around.
In the morning we wake to the dogs still in attendance and still eager for food. We packed up and just before leaving I gave them some leftover meat and bread.
We departed for Hakkiesdoring 49km away to check it out. The route entails a few forks in the road and numerous intersections. After our camp inspection we returned on the same road we had just travelled.
After about 15km we could not believe our eyes. There trotting towards us were the two dogs who had followed our tracks all of about 35km to that point. Through the forks in the road and the intersections they managed to follow us.
Unfortunately for them we had to leave them just there as we were heading home but I’m sure that they ended up being just fine having clearly adapted to desert life.
I was in the Richtersveld last week with a friend. We camped at de Hoop. Many of you will know that at some of the campsites there are goat herder stations nearby. So we find a suitable place to camp and shortly thereafter three dogs pitch up clearly looking for food.
We assumed they belonged to the goat herder we had seen earlier and decided not to feed them as then we would never get rid of them. By the time we went to bed they were still hanging around.
In the morning we wake to the dogs still in attendance and still eager for food. We packed up and just before leaving I gave them some leftover meat and bread.
We departed for Hakkiesdoring 49km away to check it out. The route entails a few forks in the road and numerous intersections. After our camp inspection we returned on the same road we had just travelled.
After about 15km we could not believe our eyes. There trotting towards us were the two dogs who had followed our tracks all of about 35km to that point. Through the forks in the road and the intersections they managed to follow us.
Unfortunately for them we had to leave them just there as we were heading home but I’m sure that they ended up being just fine having clearly adapted to desert life.
