Woman feared dogs, then began trekking all over the world with newly adopted pup

Once terrified of dogs, German adventurer Heike Pirngruber is present walking the globe with Butch, a flea-covered puppy she rescued successful Mexico that's reportedly go 1 of the astir well-traveled dogs connected the planet.

Together, the 2 person crossed continents by foot, canoe, motorbike and tuk tuk, quality bureau SWNS reported.

Pirngruber, 53, adopted the Australian cattle puppy successful 2021 portion she was staying successful a formation hut successful Baja California, Mexico.

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Butch was conscionable a period old, malnourished and unsocial erstwhile she recovered him.

"I ne'er truly liked dogs erstwhile I was a kid," Pirngruber of Heidelberg, Germany, told SWNS. "But the archetypal infinitesimal I had small Butch successful my arms and knew helium was excavation now, I couldn’t judge however I felt."

Heike Pirngruber adopted Butch successful 2021 portion she was staying successful a formation hut successful Baja California, Mexico. Her beingness changed from that moment, she said.  (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

Her fearfulness of dogs came from years of solo question — 7 of them spent cycling astir the world. She was often chased by assertive strays, she said.

But her position began to alteration aft a accidental brushwood astatine the formation hut. She had cooked grilled chicken erstwhile a thoroughfare dog, aboriginal named Max, appeared astatine her door, SWNS reported.

Initially hesitant, she was convinced by a person to provender him.

The adjacent day, Max returned with 2 companions, Brownie and Pushy.

"I ne'er truly liked dogs erstwhile I was a kid," said Pirngruber. "But the archetypal infinitesimal I had small Butch successful my arms … I couldn’t judge however I felt." (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

She began feeding them regularly and dilatory shed her fear.

Later, erstwhile a section tried to springiness distant a litter of flea-ridden puppies, Pirngruber made a life-changing decision. She chose Butch and took him connected the road.

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"Nothing was the aforesaid anymore," she said. "And I had nary hint however this small puppy would alteration my life."

She added, "He’s my champion friend. I emotion this feline to decease and it’s awesome. I’ve ne'er regretted picking him up and taking him with maine on my travels, particularly arsenic helium wasn’t treated precise nicely."

Butch is shown connected the roadworthy with Pirngruber arsenic she travels and explores the world.  (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

Having Butch by her broadside changed much than her question routine, according to SWNS.

"With Butch, I ever have idiosyncratic there. I americium ne'er alone. I person specified a transportation with him and I’m blessed with him."

A erstwhile camera relation for ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Germany's biggest broadcast station, Pirngruber has been traveling full-time for much than 12 years.

"He’s my champion friend. I emotion this feline to decease and it’s awesome. I’ve ne'er regretted picking him up and taking him with maine connected my travels, particularly arsenic helium wasn’t treated precise nicely." (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

She has visited 104 countries crossed each inhabited continent.

Originally, she'd planned to transverse the Americas by donkey successful 2020, she said, followed by a interruption successful Baja California successful 2021.

"With Butch, I ever person idiosyncratic there. I americium ne'er alone. I person specified a transportation with him."

But aft adopting Butch, she scrapped that program and chose different ways to proceed their journey.

Over the adjacent 3 years, they explored the Americas unneurotic connected foot, by canoe, motorcycle, and tuk tuk earlier flying to Madrid successful April 2024, per SWNS.

Heike has visited 104 countries crossed each inhabited continent. (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

After a little instrumentality home, conscionable her 3rd sojourn successful 12 years, she rapidly realized that beingness successful Germany nary longer felt similar hers.

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She was pulled backmost to the road.

"Now, I emotion my freedom, I emotion surviving day-by-day, I emotion not knowing wherever I americium staying each nighttime oregon wherever I can transportation my tent. It’s specified a thrill," she said.

For 3 years, the companions explored the Americas unneurotic connected foot, by canoe, motorcycle and tuk tuk earlier flying to Madrid successful April 2024. (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

Since then, she and Butch person walked done Spain, Andorra, France and Italy, earlier sailing to Greece.

As of Nov. 2024, they’d crossed five European countries.

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"I take wherever we go, chiefly time by day. There are times erstwhile we privation to get distant from civilization and beryllium by ourselves, and past different times I’m sitting successful a quadrate trying to get immoderate interaction with others, either successful idiosyncratic oregon done my phone."

"I emotion surviving day-by-day. I emotion not knowing wherever I americium staying each nighttime oregon wherever I tin transportation my tent."

She added, "But I’m not a planner, and that’s the amusive successful it. It's astir experiencing caller places. I emotion culture. I emotion to recognize the planet."

She carries lone the essentials she needs, she told SWNS: camping gear, a stove and pot, a camera, archetypal assistance supplies, and medicine for Butch.

The satellite traveler said she's not a planner — "and that’s the amusive successful it." (Heike Pirngruber / SWNS)

"Less is more," she said. "Carrying little is much freedom. It’s ever a load having more."

Despite occasional challenges, Pirngruber said her experiences person been overwhelmingly positive.

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"Ninety-nine percent of radical are nice, and overall, I’ve had immoderate large encounters with people," she said. "It’s a harmless satellite to question in, successful general."