denali – Jun 29, 2009 12:00 AM

Written by "Pups at One Year" program participants Gail Ramee and Heather Hoff: Denali continues to be a very active member of the pack. During two separate enrichment programs he enjoyed a watermelon for the first time, cached a honeydew melon on the slate den, and snagged one of four deer legs. In this week's photo, Denali is involved in a tug-of-war over a deer leg with his brother Aidan. Part of "growing up" for a yearling is figuring out where you belong in the pack. Denali is exhibiting some "testing" behaviors, sometimes demonstrated by placing a paw on Grizzer or Shadow. Grizzer tends to take it in stride, but on one occasion this week Shadow finally had enough and reminded Denali with a hard muzzle bite that he is still a yearling.