Aidan – Doing the Snowplow

For Grayson and Axel, the snowstorm on November 18th brought 16 inches of snow and after the wind quit, Aidan took the lead showing the pup’s the benefits of winter.  Two behaviors are typical for wolves when the snow is deep. The first is a “Snowplow” a behavior where the wolf pushes the snow with its’ face and may follow with a full “Roll on Back” behavior and the second is a “Face-wipe”, where they wipe their face with their front foreleg or wipe their face against the snow.  The Face-wipe is often associated with cleaning blood and debris from their face after feeding on a carcass.   In the last Youtube video, there were several clips of Aidan demonstrating these behaviors with Grayson right at his side.  Winter is certainly the season for wolves.