malik – Sep 25, 2000 12:00 AM

Play behavior and chasing scenes seem to continue as the pups get older. While Lakota generally receives the brunt of the pack chase, on 9/25, Malik was on the receiving end and Lakota appeared to display more intense aggression and was described in the log as being "hard on Malik". Jen Westlund posted a log in the Center office to record the number of chase scenes and who was on the receiving end of the chase as well as Malik/Shadow dominance interactions. This information will be particularly useful as the pups mature and we see them vie for positions in the rank order. Right now, it appears that Malik is on the bottom of the pups dominance interactions more often, but it's usually because he falls over first and chooses to stay on the ground.