denali – Nov 13, 2010 12:00 AM

Denali continues to show no signs of accepting lower ranking status, but instead of constant testing behavior, he has changed to fear avoidance behavior such as a tucked tail and threat displays. This is viewed as a weakness by Grizzer and Maya and results in Denali being chased. We will monitor this situation closely, feed an excess amount of food to keep the wolves distracted, but it is ultimately up to Denali to show a submissive posture towards Grizzer. For the first time since the dominance interaction, we did see Denali show some social tail wags and engagement behavior towards Grizzer, but then he started to follow Grizzer, which is a dominance test. Needless to say, Grizzer didn't allow that to behavior to continue.