Before the recent population decline of African Hunting Dog's packs of up to 100 animals had been recorded. An average pack size, currently, is 7 to 15 members. The pack has and alpha male and alpha female, which are the dominant pair. There are separate dominanace hierarchies for males and females. On average the pack has more males than females.
Females have a much higher rate of emigration from their natal group than do males.
Approximately half of young males will stay with their father's pack, the rest will leave to form a new pack together. Within the pack Lycaon pictus have unique social concerns and structure. They cooperate in caring for the young, as well as wounded or sick pack members. When the dogs return from a kill they feed regurgitated food to the young, wounded, and sick, as well as any adult that was not able to go on the hunt. Another unique feature of African Hunting Dogs is the general lack of aggression between pack members.