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“Ek het nooit werklik geglo dat iets wat verlore is, weer kan terugkom nie.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00f3 s\u00ea Albert Luckhoff van Strand, beter bekend as die kunstenaar \u00adiMAYAstate ALBArt SAMson, wie se \u00adstorie met sy twee honde Musti en Machie een van die grootste hartseer en diepste geluk is \u2013 ‘n ware “verlore en gevonde” sprokie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy het sy geliefde hond Musti in 2021 verloor en geglo hy sou nooit weer so ‘n band met ‘n dier h\u00ea nie. Maar ‘n droom, ‘n telefoonoproep en ‘n see-foto het alles verander, en meer as 31\u2009000 Suid-Afrikaners het die res gedoen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckhoff is ‘n bekende gesig in die Helderberg-kunsw\u00eareld (“Artist being evicted<\/a>“, DistriksPos en Helderberg<\/em> Gazette<\/em>, 19 Maart 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die storie begin tydens die Covid-19-pandemie toe Luckhoff hom alleen met Musti in sy woning bevind het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Albert
Albert Luckhoff met Musti, die hondjie wat ‘n bekende gesig op die Strand geword het. Foto: Verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Dit was letterlik net ons twee, en toe Musti doodgaan, was dit asof ‘n deel van my ook gesterf het,” s\u00ea Luckhoff.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy het drie weke alleen getreur. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maar een nag het di\u00e9 54-jarige ‘n droom gehad oor die naam Machie, ‘n Zulu-seunsnaam, wat “vervanging van ‘n verlore juweel” beteken.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit was toe sy vriendin, Susan Lieben\u00adberg van Upington, hom gevra het of hy haar hondjie Zulu wou h\u00ea. Haar man wou hom weggee omdat hy die hoenders op hul plaas gejaag het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ek het onmiddellik geweet dit was bestem dat ek hom moes neem,” verduidelik Luckhoff. “Ek het vir Musti altyd ‘n bynaam gehad: Nunnie van die Vlakte. Toe ek op die kaart kyk waar Susan se plaas gele\u00eb is, sien ek dit l\u00ea effens noord van ‘n ander plaas met die naam Nunni se Put.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die hondjie is na die Helderberg gebring, maar anders as Musti was Zulu nie ‘n seehond nie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit was toe Luckhoff besef \u2013 hoe\u00adwel hy ‘n metgesel nodig gehad het, hy ook die hond tyd moes gee om aan die see gewoond te raak. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maar die twee het mekaar gou aanvaar. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckhoff het Zulu herdoop tot Machie, en n\u00e1 ‘n paar maande het hy by die see tuisgekom.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Nou l\u00ea hy in die nat sand en wag vir die branders om oor hom te spoel.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aangesien vriende hom gereeld aangeraai het om Machie as modelhond te gebruik, het dit sin gemaak toe hy die StarPet-kompetisie op Facebook raakgesien het. Die aanlyn platform nooi troeteldiereienaars om foto’s in te stuur en die publiek stem maandeliks vir hul gunsteling.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Siende dat Machie sy vrees vir die see verloor het, was dit ook die beste plek vir die foto,” s\u00ea Luckhoff.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Machie
Machie se see-foto wat die nasie laat stem het. Meer as 31 000 stemme in die StarPet-kompetisie. Foto: Verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oor die loop van Mei het Machie se foto gestyg van die top 2 000 na die sewende plek en is aangewys as die StarPet-keuse van die maand. Vir Luckhoff beteken dit meer as net ‘n mooie hondjie wat mense se aandag trek.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Machie,
Machie, Albert Luckhoff van Strand se ‘vervanging van ‘n verlore juweel. Foto: Barend Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Ek het Musti aan die dood verloor, maar Machie is as ‘n ware plaasvervanger teruggestuur. Van hoenderjagter op ‘n plaas naby Nunni se Put in die noorde tot ‘n see-otterjie in die suide,” s\u00ea Luckhoff. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dis net amper ongelooflik, maar tog moontlik.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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