Denali-Airplane Ears

Boltz has had a variety of behavioral displays since the pups arrived and since he spends most of his social interactions with Denali, Denali is the recipient of those interactions.  In this photo, Boltz had been food begging from Denali and expands the behavior in what we term, “Obnoxious Submission”.  This display includes continue licking and greeting of the face of another wolf often blocking their path of retreat.  Denali displays another classic wolf posture termed “Airplane Ears”, where his ears are off to the side resembling the wings of an aircraft.  This is usually interpreted as a bit of intimidation; we have often witnessed this posture with new and novel stimuli as well.  Denali tends to interact best when there’s no conflict and no subordinate pack members pushing their nose in his mouth.