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Hi all
Please help! I am planning a trip to Kruger in late Oct/early Nov and am DESPERATE to see wild dogs:

- Is there a certain time of the year when dogs den?

- Has anyone seen dogs very close to gate-opening and gate-closing times in summer (ie 4.30am or 6.30pm?) . Why I ask this is - I am trying to decide whether to spread my nights between different camps or whether to stay put (which i would prefer). If the dogs are been seen very close to opening and closing times then the 'spread' option may be needed....

- In which areas have dogs being seen recently? I realise that it is always a matter of beng in the right place at the right time... however just hoping to give the probabilities a little nudge in the right direction!!


I would SOOOO apreciate any advice or help. THANK YOU in anticipation.

(BTW - Thank you to all for the AMAZING forums and forumites - I discovered the sanparks forums very recently and am just blown away by how interesting, helpful, knowledgable etc etc etc etc everyoone is!! )

Terri

the last 3 times i have visited Kruger i have seen very good sightings of wild dog - with one pack numbering approximately 14. The first time was in April along Phambeni rd, the second near Shithlawe dam near Pretoriuskop and the third by Crocodile brige. My parents also saw a pack in Dec and family friends saw some yesterday (not sure where those sightings occurred).

my question is, does anyone know the most recent numbers of wild dog in the park. the reason i ask is that they appear to be seen more frequently of late than in the past. Perhaps it's co-incidence, the same pack, or have the numbers of dogs increased? (which would be the best answer of course )

can anyone shed a bit of light on this?

thanks

somewhere I read there is supposed to be a wild dog den near Pretoriuskop? Can anybody confirm this? If so, when were the youngsters appr. born?

thanks

Hi ice have a look here. Hope this help.

So they are now 10 weeks old.

Ice I heard there's a den that can be seen from Granokop, if you are on top of Mathekanyane if you look South West there's a den somewhere there.
My only conclusion of the 1 near PK would be on Shabeni loop, but I'm not sure.

If you go on the S8, there is a small loop going around a koppie.
It's on that small loop and on koppie that is where their den is.

It's seems that only in the morning that pups are out, not to many reports of the pups in the afternoons.

Good Luck!
I hope you see them!

Report from Ossendryver

7:05pm

Wild dogs with pups
at den
S8, near pkop behind pkoppies

more info here

Hi ice,

Thanks for the interesting video on wild dogs in KNP.

Do you perhaps know if the dogs did return to the den near Pretoriuskop. By the end of Sept they have left and not seen anymore by game drive vehicles. We also visited the area on 30 September and could not find any dogs. Maybe just unlucky but I wondered if the incident of the domestic dog found near the den made them moved away. The 50:50 video was most likely shot in September and does not provide info on the date the dogs were last seen. See link below for the story on the domestic dog vs wild dog.

viewtopic.php?f=67&t=66925

Below is the link to pics taken by Felix Reinders in September of the Pretoriuskop dogs. Wish I saw them

http://www.facebook.com/kruger.sighting ... =3&theater

Actually I believe they shot their footage earlier than September- at one point she talks about how the dogs had been only out of their den for three days...

We were there in October and did not see them, either - I asked one of the Pretoriuskop guides and they had not spotted them for a long time, either - however, we were fortunate enough to see the Skukuza pack twice and then Croc Bridge pack three times