malik – Jan 12, 2009 12:00 AM

Malik is doing better after some focused behavior towards him last week. He was calm enough to go into holding with the pack before Saturday nights feeding and he seems to have calmed his tendency to grab bite at Grizzer when Grizzer and the pups are wrestling. In an effort to give Malik some more private space to rest, straw beds have been placed in the lower portion of the enclosure. Of course, as soon as the new straw beds were placed, Grizzer, Shadow and Maya marked them and the pups rolled in them. Malik didn't go near them, but if we consistently create the space, he should find comfort in them. We are preparing for the coldest weather of the season this week, temperatures in the – 40 degree range with colder wind chills.