Scary Water: Video

It’s a long haul all the way down to the dogs in the very southern part of the property. Close on 22kms. I was up extra early for the long drive south to be with the dogs when they awoke, and make it I just did.

The pack members were all very much in high spirits and Puzzles was back with them.
All were actively on the hunt and moving at a fair pace. The chase was on but dad had soon out sprinted the rest, leaving them milling around listening and waiting, and hoping dad had killed.

But not this time. The pack kept on the move north west and had soon crossed the Chiloveka River. I negotiated the Chiloveka without problem to come out the other side finding the dogs harassing a baby giraffe, only days old, that was standing between its mother’s front legs for safety. And what a safe spot that sure is. Any dog coming in close would be dealt a deadly blow with those kicks from mom.
Puzzles and dad, ignored the giraffe and moved on. Eventually the pups realised it was a stalemate and followed on after the folks where they flushed a hyaena in a ravine and had it running scared and screaming. We never did see it but the sounds were just awesome. The hyaena I think making a lot more noise than the punishment deserved.

The next challenge was the Mahande River with its vertical banks. No problem for the dogs but I had no option but to head the long way round only to catch up already having killed, eaten and continuing on north.
At the next pan the dogs called it quits as the sun rose higher and was already baking down on us.
With them passed out I rushed to get my vehicle sorted at the workshop and was lucky to have it ready for the afternoon’s run around with the dogs. But that never happened.
When we arrived with the dogs in the afternoon they were still sleeping off their long walk/run this morning.
In the late afternoon their ceremonial greeting followed its normal course and the dogs then spent the rest of the day milling around the pan, scaring themselves with their own reflections and pulling at sunken sticks only to scare themselves.

They really had no plans on hunting this evening and as the sun set slowly sauntered off east before resting as it got dark.