Street Dog Follows Tourists for Miles, but the Story Was 'Only Beginning'
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Tourists biking through Morocco and the Sahara desert left with a new furry friend who followed them over 60 miles.
Emily Lawson and a group of bikers embarked on a trip riding the length of Morocco. While biking their way through the Sahara desert, they noticed a dirty stray dog during one of their breaks. They greeted her with pets and scratches behind her giant eyes, but when they continued, the dog followed.
The dog ran alongside them for about 30 miles before they stopped again. They felt horrible as they noticed she could barely walk and her paw pads were worn down, but being in the middle of nowhere with limited water, they knew they couldn't leave her again.
Lawson shared in her March 2 Instagram video (@thenomadvet.nz) how the dog, now named Hara, followed them and how they helped her by wrapping socks around her paws for extra protection as they continued the journey with her in tow. The stray dog quickly became their shadow. This left them with a difficult decision: what to do with this dog?
But as they quickly fell in love with Hara, they knew her story was "only beginning." She would soon have a new forever home in a new country.
Part of the caption reads: "Hara followed us not knowingly for food, water, shelter or health. She was the definition of a man's best friend. Or maybe she just likes bikes."
Screenshots from a March 2 Instagram video of a stray dog following a group of bikers over 60 miles in Morocco.
Screenshots from a March 2 Instagram video of a stray dog following a group of bikers over 60 miles in Morocco.
@thenomadvet.nz/Instagram
"We found her at the start of November, and actually only spent a week with her before we took her to a refuge in Agadir and finished our bike trip," Lawson told Newsweek via Instagram.
They planned on finding her a home, but as Lawson noted in the caption, Morocco is home to 3 million stray dogs, and canines are not commonly kept as household pets. This gave them a nearly impossible task to find an adopter in the country.
But Lawson stepped up and decided Hara's home was with her. For four months, Hara needed to stay in Morocco to clear rabies and bloodwork testing. Lawson returned at the beginning of April to pick her up and brought her back to the United Kingdom.
"She's doing so well - honestly amazes us every day with how happily she's adjusting," she said.
The Instagram video, which amassed over 1 million views, touched people's hearts. They applauded her for stepping up and saving Hara, who desperately wanted human love.
"Being chosen by a dog is the most rewarding feeling. Congratulations on your forever pup," said one viewer.
Another added: "Congratulations human, she has now adopted you!"
A third joked: "Umm if a dog follows me 200 feet I'm taking them home so." She replied that she named Hara within the first two minutes of meeting her.
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