Boltz – An Expressive Individual

Boltz has been the surprise of this pup introduction, showing more interest and more protection of the pups than any of the other males.  This could be caused by Boltz’s lack of pup interactions during his critical bonding period, when Luna was on surgery recovery and wasn’t allow to rough-house in at typical pup-mate fashion or this could just be Boltz’s personality, finally able to express himself in the absence of Luna from the pack.  Regardless of the cause, the result is a series of expressive postures usually involving the pups.  There is no “cookie cutter” recipe for working with wolves.  Every individual and every social relationship will dictate the overall social interaction of the group and these situations can change when the dynamics of the pack changes.  We are in the middle of a new pack formation with the introduction of the 2016 pups and the the new found social interactions of an otherwise, shy lower ranking male.