shadow – Mar 12, 2010 12:00 AM

Shadow has been showing some very high tail postures, a sign of a wolf that feels good and is in charge. We are probably past the season of testing from the younger males, so his likelihood of retirement from aggression is probably passed until next winter. There is always the possibility of retirement due to physical decline, but as I look at his photo for this week, that's not real likely either. Of course, he will be 10 on May 8th, 2010, and anything can happen at this age.