shadow – Oct 21, 2011 12:00 AM

We're not sure why, but Shadow seems to have had a few off days in the past few weeks, and there doesn't appear to be any other symptoms than the lack of enthusiasm for greeting and limited interest in food. It doesn't take much for Malik to see this as a weakness and start to posture towards Shadow. Shadow, already seeming subdued, just backs off from Malik, dropping his ears, which encourages Malik to follow him, adding to the intimidation. Today, Shadow seems better, but we are prepared to do some specialized feeding if necessary to increase his attitude. We did feed some scraps today with a hide, so you may see the wolves on camera today defending the scraps from ravens. They cached everything in the den which is well protected from birds.