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Shadow’s video this week is a clip of the pack howling. One of the reasons the wolf care staff wanted cameras to focus on the den and the greeting rock, related to the opportunity for watching the actions of the wolves without staff in the enclosure. The den and the greeting rock are high points […]
Aidan continues to be the focus of Maya, wolf care staff are trying to identify the trigger that creates Maya’s intense dominance. At this point, it appears howling bouts and tension between Malik and Grizzer are situations that can predict dominance for Aidan. At this point, Aidan does effectively run away, uses the den for […]
Maya's dominance over Aidan hasn't calmed much this summer, but we have identified the triggers that make her excited. One is howling, a pack rally leads her to demonstrate her status. Other scenarios that are problematic for Aidan is the excitement of the daily med deliver in a meatball, the excitement of all the wolves […]
The summer heat finally arrived, and most of the wolves did fairly well, with the exception of Aidan. The heat alone wouldn't have been an issue, but during the warmest day, with the highest humidity, the new fence construction contributed to his stress level, and overheating. First, I will talk about the fence. We have […]
Many people ask about Malik's future. Certainly the dominance fight between Grizzer and Malik was very concerning for staff, but we know from experience that a wolf must by psychologically ready to be pulled from the pack. In order to judge this, we watch for a wolf's cohesiveness with the pack. Are they interacting or […]
Malik is doing very well, and showing some high tail responses when the pack rallies. He is still a bit testing of Grizzer, but when Grizzer does chase, Malik displays the right body postures. A recent visit the Retired Enclosure showed strong interest in the new den by both Shadow and Malik. Grizzer is still […]
It seems that we write about the same issues for Aidan each week, but they are prominent in his world and continue to be the issue of Maya showing dominance over Aidan. Aidan's adapted quite well, and while we had some holding pen issues with Aidan last week, Saturday night's feeding was calm, with all […]
Shadow has been doing very well lately, as last week's logs indicate, he does much better after the high traffic summer season is over. He still leads the pack with howling bouts and has a dignified way in which he rests. In this week's picture, he is showing the typical cross-legged relaxed posture of a […]
The following logs were written by Nannies, Vicki Bomberger and Lynne Haines.<br> Both pups were active during the programs. During the 5:00PM program Aidan focused and guarded a frozen beaver carcass. The pups have been extremely active between programs exhibiting jaw sparring, squashing and chasing. Aidan was particularly responsive to howling and bark-howling by Shadow. […]
Written by Nanny Team Members Lynne Haines and Sherrel Grabler: Both pups were very hungry this morning. Denali consumed 5.3 oz. of chicken, 5 oz. of pure venison, and 8.5 oz of gruel before 7 am. During the vet’s visit, Denali experienced heightened levels of anxiety and displayed male avoidance behavior. He squirmed and urinated […]
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