malik – Dec 8, 2008 12:00 AM

When we enter the enclosure for wolf care, we have some benchmarks to judge how well the pack is interacting. One benchmark is Malik. If Malik is nervous and doesn’t come to the rock to greet, then there’s tension in the pack. Lately, we are happy to report that wolf checks have been great for Malik. There are times when we need to double check that it’s Malik and not Shadow acting confident and jumping from rock to rock. Also at this age, we are watching for the signs of decline, stiffness in the joints, ability to deal with ambient temperatures and overall movement issues. Malik and Shadow have been on Cosequin and Durlactin since they were 6 years old, and it seems to help. We want to make sure these over exhuberant pup chases don’t have an impact on the older wolves. A new YouTube video has been posted showing scenes from the early winter in Ely.