Winning the Doggie Lotto

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African hound Bow Wow’s first 6 months in the UK.

I think it’s safe to say that Bow Wow is loving life in the UK. It’s certainly a far cry from the existence that he could have had as a township stray, surviving amongst the rainbow warrens of shacks in his birthplace, Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa.

Bow Wow at animal rescue centre DARG in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Baby Bow Wow! We found our precious boy at DARG animal sanctuary in hout bay. He was only two weeks old when they discovered him abandoned in the township Imizamo Yethu.

It was love at first sight!

Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Imizamo Yethu, Bow Wow's birthplace.

It's a tough life in the township for stray dogs.

Bow Wow on top of Lions Head, Cape Town, South Africa

Proud, newly homed pup overlooking Cape Town.

Bow Wow sleeping when he was a puppy, Cape Town, South Africa

It's tirin' bein' this cute.

It’s also a very different lifestyle to when we were all overlanding together across Southern Africa.

Lucie, Lachlan & Bow Wow in Land Rover Defender

Hitting the trail with our furry new addition.

Lucie, Lachlan & Bow Wow at Beaverlac, South Africa Bow Wow's first swim

Cooling off after a long walk.

Lucie and Bow Wow in Land Rover, South Africa

Road trippers.

Bow Wow admiring the view with Lachlan at the Outeniqua Pass, South Africa.

Bow Wow with Lula the Landy in cold Lesotho

Loyal protector, Lesotho.

Bow Wow being patted by Himba woman in Purros, Nambia, Africa

With the Himba tribe. Purros, Namibia. {Such warm, kind people. By the time we left, Bow Wow was a red head from all the stroking.}

Lucie, Lachlan and Bow Wow with Lula the Landy set up camp on dry riverbed in Kaokoland, Namiba wild no one else around

Camp Life deep in Kaokoland, Namibia.

Bow Wow hunting with the Tsumkwe Bushmen Tribe, Namibia.

The Vagabond Adventures at their camp near the bushmen village of Tsumkwe, Namibia.

Watching the great goddess moon rising over the desert on our last night in Tsumkwe.

The Vagabond Adventurers!

The Vagabond Adventures at the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

One small step for a township puppy, one giant leap for canine-kind. Makgadikgadi Pan, Botswana.

Bow Wow watching over our camp with Lula the Landy on the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans Botswana, no land in sight

It really felt as though we had set up camp on the surface of the moon.

Bow Wow and Jackal vicarious meeting on west coast of namibia near Lüderitz

Language of play. Lüderitz, Namibia. {Coming face to face with a jackal is a potentially dangerous situation for a dog but one night in Namibia Bow Wow taught us an important lesson; life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react. He approached the jackal in play mode and we watched for several minutes as the two bounded around together. The language of play is universal.}

Sampling the locals favourite beer, Chimbuku, on the banks of the Cleveland Dam, Zimbabwe.

Bow Wow and Hamish on Muizenburg beach, cape town, south africa

We wonder if Bow Wow remembers lovely long walks along Muizenburg beach in Cape Town.

Since arriving in Blighty, Bow Wow has done quite a bit of exploring, including a visit to London. Here are a collection of snapshots taken by my family who, as you can see, all dote on him. Even the cat is warming to the idea!