aidan – Jun 22, 2009 12:00 AM

With summer brings heat, humidity, large crowds and various forms of stimuli for the wolves. During the Canine Cousins program today, the stimulus of two visiting dogs (belonging to Assistant Curator Donna Prichard) instigated a pack rally led by Shadow. While Aidan sometimes chooses not to join in a pack howl he participated today, although from a distance and while maintaining awareness for good reason. As is often the case following a pack rally, reassertion of dominance played out and Maya redirected aggression toward Aidan in a chase. Following the rally and chase, Aidan solicited dominance and reassurance from Shadow through face licking and submission to affirm his place in the social order of the pack.