Snow, \u2019n 13-jarige Siberiese poolhond (husky) wat meer as 16 000 km in sy leeftyd afgel\u00ea het, vier een van die dae sy veertiende verjaardag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy eienaar, Hein von Molendorff van Durbanville, meen die \u201cou man\u201d is alles behalwe oud \u2013 hulle stap nog elke oggend omtrent 5 km. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hein s\u00ea as rugby-skeidsregter in sy vroe\u00ebr jare was fiksheid altyd bo-aan sy lysie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het hom gekry toe hy een jaar oud was. Oor twee maande is hy 14 jaar oud. Ek het in die 13 jaar meer as 16 000 km met hom gestap en gehardloop. Toe ek jonger was, was ek \u2019n rugby-skeidsregter. Ek moes fiks bly en het hom as verskoning gebruik om te gaan hardloop. Noudat ek ouer is, stap ek die afgelope paar jaar met hom. Ek en my vrou gaan stap feitlik elke dag 5 km met hom \u2013 of selfs langer afstande,\u201d s\u00ea hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soggens halfses kom \u201ckla\u201d Snow by sy pappa Hein se kamervenster, gereed om te gaan stap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy is in Piketberg gebore. \u2019n Man en sy vrou het hom vir hul kind op \u2019n plaas gekoop. Toe skei hulle en wou die hond verkoop. Ek onthou dit nog goed: Ek het hulle die Saterdag op die klein dorpie Philadelphia, buite Durbanville, ontmoet. Die vrou (vorige eienaar) was baie hartseer om van hom ontslae te raak. Sy het baie met hom op die plaas gaan hardloop \u2013 sy was \u2019n atleet. Aan die begin was ek baie skepties dat ons \u2019n hond van \u2019n jaar oud gekoop het \u2013 \u2019n mens koop mos maar altyd die goeie maniere van die hond met die slegte maniere \u2013 jy weet nie eintlik wat jy koop nie. Gelukkig was daar geen \u2018potty training<\/span>\u2019 om te doen nie. En ek was gelukkig \u2013 ek het \u2019n baie goeie hond gekoop,\u201d s\u00ea hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wat Snow uniek maak, is dat hy nie weghardloop as hy losgemaak word van sy lyfband nie. Volgens Hein hardloop baie poolhonde weg; Snow nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk maak hom vir groot ente los as ons stap, en maak hom net vas by groot pad-kruisings. Verder is hy amper verslaaf aan stap. Elke oggend om halfses kom hy na ons kamervenster en dan hoor ek sulke klein geluidjies \u2013 hy \u2018moan<\/span>\u2019 hy wil gaan stap. Ek het dan nie \u2019n keuse nie. Staan op! Vir jare al. In die wintermaande, as dit re\u00ebn, gaan stap ons in die middag,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hein en sy vrou besit \u2019n strandhuis in Kleinbaai, Gansbaai, waar hulle een keer per maand gaan kuier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSnow gaan altyd saam. Snow het ook al tussen ons huis in Durbanville en die strandhuis meer as 50 000 km saam met ons heen en weer gery \u2013 altyd agter in my bakkie. Hy eet net hoender en elke aand kook ek vir hom hoender \u2013 hy verorber meer as R1 500 se hoender per maand. Hy is nou oud, maar hy is nog baie fiks,\u201d s\u00ea Hein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hein s\u00ea Snow het \u2019n vreeslike mooi geaardheid. Hy kom baie goed met mense oor die weg, asook ander honde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHy het nog nooit enige mens gebyt nie \u2013 ek en my vrou het vier kleinkinders wat wissel tussen ses maande en vyf jaar. Hulle is almal baie lief vir hom. Maar hy haat katte en het ook al verskeie tarentale en vo\u00ebls gevang. Ons stap baie in die veld.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As enigste troeteldier word Snow baie bederf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy vrou wil graag \u2019n kat h\u00ea, maar hy haat katte. Hy jaag hulle altyd in die veld as ons stap \u2013 ek is bevrees hy sal hulle byt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snow is ook ongeveer agt jaar gelede al deur \u2019n motorfietsryer raakgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk en hy het gehardloop en \u2019n grootpad oorgesteek. Daar het \u2019n motorfiets verbygekom en hom raakgery. Gelukkig het ek hom amper betyds uit die pad geruk, so die impak was nie so erg nie. Die motorfietsryer het weggery. Maar ek was te bang om na Snow se gesig te kyk n\u00e1 die raakry, omdat ek gedog het die motorfiets het hom in sy gesig getref. Ek het hom in my arms opgetel en op die sypaadjie met hom gaan sit en begin bid. Ek kon nie eens my vrou bel nie \u2013 ek het nie \u2019n selfoon byderhand gehad nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Barmhartige Samaritaan het toe gestop en gevra of Hein hulp nodig het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk klim toe in haar kar, agter-in, met Snow op my. Sy het ons toe na die vet<\/span> in Sonstraalhoogte geneem. Ek het nooit weer van die vrou gehoor nie. Snow is vir die dag in die dierehospitaal opgeneem en vir \u2019n bout-wond behandel \u2013 dis al! Dit was \u2019n wonderwerk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hein s\u00ea die \u201cou man\u201d dra die afgelope 18 maande \u2019n enkel-beskermer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit is maar net as voorsorg \u2013 soms swik sy regter-voorbeen as ons gaan stap \u2013 seker maar die ouderdom wat inskop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Snow, \u2019n 13-jarige Siberiese poolhond (husky) wat meer as 16 000 km in sy leeftyd afgel\u00ea het, vier een van die dae sy veertiende 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