grizzer – Dec 3, 2010 12:00 AM

Grizzer is healing well, although we are still seeing weeping from the wound. He does allow close inspection and cleaning of the wound as long as you don't have anything in your hand that resembles a medical supply. This is a challenge; we would certainly like to scrub the wound with cleanser, but the risk of drugging him again, and having to pull him out of the pack even for a short period of time is too great. He has the top ranking status, he has all he can do to manage Denali now, and the medical benefit of cleaning his head is not worth the risk of the procedure, and him losing status. Even if we were able to clean his wound, the smell of the product would probably stimulate scent rolling in the straw after the procedure, and we don't need straw in the wound. Grizzer is very associative with wolf care staff and spends time circling the staff and guarding the staff from Denali.