It was pretty hot last night and I think the dogs spent the night at Khayeni pan. When I arrived at first light they were already on the move heading west. And when I eventually caught up with them they were on the Chiredzi River.
The adults had killed in the reeds and the pups now found themselves with a dilemma, the Chiredzi River. They had only just started getting used to stagnant water and now they were confronted by this moving monster of a river. They could hear their parents feeding in the reeds but they just couldn’t overcome their fear to join them. They egged each other on to even just go down the river bank but couldn’t pluck up the courage.
Puzzles came back across the river and regurgitated for them. Then dad arrived but he wasn’t keen on being mobbed and stayed in the river watching the pups just dying to get to him.
Eventually they got down to the river and very cleverly dad regurgitated into the water. This helped the pups overcome their fear and soon they all followed dad across into the reeds.
I couldn’t see what was going on in there but I think they’d killed something small as the dogs didn’t feed for long and came back to rest on the river bank.
I was chilling out with them when the male suddenly alarmed desperately! 2 scouts were patrolling the river. The dogs panicked and took off. I left them as they would no doubt only go and rest up somewhere else.
When I got back to them in the afternoon they were at Khayeni pan chilling out in the cool mud on the edge of the pan. The pups were now beginning to appreciate what water was about and how cool it could be on these really hot days.
With them at the pan herds of impala and zebra weren’t able to drink and probably been waiting in the area for hours.
It was only at sunset that the dogs moved off and the animals were able to drink.
The dogs didn’t get up to much and I left them milling around not far north of Khayeni as it got dark.
By all accounts mum and dad had an opportunity to enjoy their “meal out. Great to see the dogs again!
Boy, they surely are a handsome bunch!
Really loved the intro picture, but couldn’t tell if she had Manyari’s notched right ear, and the ending photo is pretty snazzy too!
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New intro is Barend’s talent. not mine!!! no not Manyari. Only thing I can lay claim to is that is my mug at the end.
Well. Wows to Barend, then! But ending is still snazzy….
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I like it very much. Bumps things up a notch.
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