maya – Nov 20, 2010 12:00 AM

You can read more about the dominance challenge from Denali to Grizzer, but we knew the rank order issue was settled because Maya was as calm as can be. She is the barometer of the pack tension, and when she's tense, Aidan gets chased. When wolf care staff came into work on Saturday morning, the energy of the pack was extremely calm. Aidan and Maya spent some time in holding together while we were prepping Grizzer for surgery, and there was no issues from Maya. When Grizzer returned to the pack, Maya blocked Aidan from approaching Grizzer and has been spending time sleeping with Grizzer, licking his wounds and showing strong associative behavior.