It might just be happening…………!!!
The dogs still travel far and wide but were back in the hills again yesterday.
Coming out at dusk they killed a young impala. They were just finishing off their kill when baboons started shouting madly to the north.
Following up I saw all these vultures in the trees. Then found Manyari, Magwaza and her 3 cubs and another female all on an adult male kudu.
I headed back to the dogs as it was now almost dark, only to find they’d moved into the hills towards where the lions were. Bad idea!!
We were out early as usual into the very chilly dawn all wrapped up in our sleeping bags. Me too! I’ve mastered the art of driving while sitting in my sleeping. It’s called ‘survival’!
The dogs’ signal was well into the hills to the east. Then we heard the distress calls of a dog. We waited and the calls would come intermittently.
I didn’t get a chance to walk in there after them as more important matters took over. I needed to attend to Penny’s birthday party. We’d invited a bunch of friends and all met up on the river, the ideal place to play in the sand and water. Even a herd of buffalo and a lone elephant graced the party briefly.
I was anxious to get back to the dogs. Why had the pack been calling incessantly and for that long this morning? Had one of them been taken by a lion last night? Now I was getting concerned.
I battled to find the dogs in the afternoon as they’d travelled so far north and were in the area of a den Puzzles had dug several weeks ago.
As Murphy had it, I arrived at the top of the hill just when they’d moved off to the bottom.
So I’m not sure if they were at the den I suspect, but when we were able to count heads, there were only 9. Puzzles is missing!
Hopefully this is a good “missing”, cos she’s got pups!
Tomorrow morning I should know what’s going on.
There’s still that little butterfly in my tummy that thinks something might have happened to Puzzles. But then again, if it had, the pack would be calling incessantly for her.
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