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Malik keeps pushing Grizzer to the edge. Perhaps he is trying to gain back his status as second ranking male, taking every opportunity to accomplish this. He’s been growling at Grizzer and lunging at him, but Grizzer’s confidence in facing him, makes Malik nervous and results in a run up the hill of the enclosure. […]
Written by Nannies, Tina and Ed Stimpson – Denali was very active during the afternoon programs. He played tug of war with Aidan. Denali initiated play bows with Aidan in the evening. He was also stalking Aidan in the pup pen. The pup pond was filled this evening; Denali enjoyed jumping in and out of […]
The following logs were written by Nannies, Vicki Bomberger and Lynne Haines.<br> Shadow continues to show protective concern for the pups with the arrival of new nanny teams. There was increased bark-howling over the weekend during the change over process. All four of the ambassador wolves have been active the last few days due to […]
Denali has been showing some fear avoidance behavior to people entering the back side of the garage. This is some new behavior, and we will definitely need to work on this as the final weeks of the socialization process are completed. In contrast, Aidan, who was the most fearful of the two pups in June, […]
Attila has a varied response to the public programs. If the Exhibit Pack is howling or excessively whining, he goes into the auditorium nervous and tries to climb the wall to get to the ledge and paw at the window toward the Exhibit Pack. During the 1 pm program, the pups were carried in because […]
Shadow has returned to bark howling at the Nannies during the program. This is likely a response to wolf care staff getting a bit casual because things had been going well, letting Nannies sit at the picnic table seems to have set him off. We will work at keeping him calm, and giving him space, […]
Shadow weighed in at 93.5 lb. His confidence as the dominant male continues to amaze staff. While the other wolves did the long neck stretch toward the scale, keeping their bodies and feet as far from the strange object as possible, Shadow confidently walked on the scale at least a dozen times. We are confident […]
We definitely had some weight issues yesterday, when an earlier posting showed 27+ pounds. We corrected the logs yesterday and have switched to yet another scale. This is the scale that we will be using as adults, and the pups are much more comfortable and actually fit on the scale. The scale measures to the […]
Written by Working for Wolves participant Joyce Wells: This weekend the Working for Wolves volunteers completed several projects in the wolf yard and around the retirement enclosure. Shadow did some bark howling, indicating a level of stress about strangers within proximity of his pack and his space. Staff added fresh cedar chips and wood shavings […]
Shadow had a bit of a hard time with a Behind the Scenes program recently, showing some intense bark-howling. The hardest part about watching an animal decline is the psychological piece. Physically, it's easy to tell when an animal is weak, but how do you tell if a wolf loses confidence? The first place we […]
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