grizzer – Aug 27, 2007 12:00 AM

As fall approaches, we are starting to see an increase in dominance and social interaction. The cooler weather is very stimulating. Another stimulus occurred on Sunday night. A large White Pine branch was blown off in a windstorm and landed on top of the sprinkler hose. The rest as they say, is history, so is the sprinkler hose. The wolves must have tugged on the accessible hose and pulled it apart. The two ends were hanging on the fence and the other end on the tree, but the remaining pieces were picked up in on Monday morning’s wolf check. There were several large pieces, and some smaller pieces with teeth marks, but it doesn’t appear that the hose was consumed, although I’m sure there was quite the tug-of-war displaying going. Grizzer attempted to tug at pieces when the wolf care staff cleaned up on Monday, but fortunately, they also ate a deer carcass on Sunday night, so he was too full to be any problem. In this week’s video, you see Grizzer panting after a chase around the den, as he stops to rest on top of the den.