Girl Gone Wild

At home, Daisy maintains the veneer of civilization.

She's a house dog, and although she has been known to steal a crust of bread off the counter, she generally behaves indoors.

But out in the wilderness is another story.

Here, she's meeting face to face with a young elk. Neither of them seem to know how to react.

Here she is chasing an antelope. She's the golden, cougar-like blur on the left.

This antelope was all by herself and kept coming back to the little valley where we were riding. Daisy would chase her briefly, then return. One time, Daisy chased the antelope over a hill, and when our dog came back, the antelope was chasing her!

Here's the (poor quality, I'm sorry to say) video:

In the first second, the antelope is following Daisy. Then, as the antelope catches up, Daisy appears to lunge at it. Very quickly, the antelope outpaces our girl.

We realized at that point that something unusual was going on. We put Daisy on a leash to prevent chasing and watched from a distance. The antelope stayed close but remained wary. We decided she must have a baby hidden nearby, so we left so she could return to her motherly mission.

About a week later, we went back to that valley, with Daisy contained, and saw an antelope with twin babies running over a hill.

This post was named a "top contender" for David Mcmahon's Post of the Day.

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