denali – Jun 26, 2010 12:00 AM

Denali continues to exhibit some very social behavior with Grizzer. If there's a chase around the enclosure, it's usually initiated by Denali. I also notice that he is more likely to assert status on Grizzer when Shadow is involved. During this last week, we have observed Shadow with some heightened dominance over Grizzer and Denali. This is concerning because the dominance definitely seem to be less social hierarchy behavior and more in response to their testing. The issue that concerns me is that Denali seems to really increase his intensity over Grizzer and we are concerned about Grizzer redirecting back to Shadow. The dynamics of a wolf pack can always change, but the pack seems to be keyed into the changes in Shadow.