grizzer – Nov 15, 2006 12:00 AM

In this week’s video, Grizzer has been showing an increased intensity and attitude. This is common with a wolf that is reaching full maturity at 2.5 years old. While the dominance behaviors between Grizzer and Shadow appear intense, they are actually common forms of communication for this social pack animal. These daily sessions of body posture, growls and dominance displays help to reduce a more significant issue over rank. We are most impressed with the influence Maya has over the male role. Maya continues to pay homage to Shadow, but if her behavior gets too excitable, Grizzer comes over to inspect.