grizzer – Sep 17, 2010 12:00 AM

Grizzer is again gaining some sympathy from wolf care staff, observations have shown Denali to be more assertive in his testing and be best described as obnoxious or in kinder terms, relentless. Grizzer has the tail structure that shows he is confident, but he lacks the effort to assert his position. He appears to want to avoid conflict, and only deal with dominance issues when his frustration levels elevate. This is probably not a good management style, don't react until you over react, but maybe Grizzer will learn some proactive techniques from Maya. One thing we have observed, Aidan and Grizzer were staying near each other in the den, and Aidan doesn't show nearly as much intimidation by Grizzer as Denali does. This should make Aidan's life a bit more comfortable.