denali – Aug 5, 2011 12:00 AM

Denali seems more interested in Oscar this week and Oscar has been responding with some growls and barks over the interest. It seems that Denali's body language is a bit more aggressive than Aidan's. Oscar can be standing with Aidan socially engaged and tail wagging and as soon as Denali comes over, his attitude changes. Body language is the key to understanding behavior and Oscar is much better at reading it than humans. In this week's photo, there are two opposing behaviors displayed. Aidan is doing a stand-over Denali as a show of dominance and Denali is trying to do a chin rest as a show of dominance. Denali weighed in at 124 lbs.