shadow – Apr 23, 2010 12:00 AM

Shadow is still dominant in this pack, but we continue to notice some old age instability. It's always a management challenge when an animal's mental state stays strong, but the physical body is weak. So far, the other wolves don't show any signs of testing, this might be why Shadow shows such a hard dominance to Grizzer and Denali, compensating for some physical weakness. We hope to get a weight on all the wolves in the next few weeks, and certainly are thinking about the transition into retirement. Shadow and Malik will be ten years old on May 8th.