Aidan- Expressions Say It All

Adian continues to show strong leadership and associative behavior towards the pups as we are nearing a month since the introduction.  Grayson has had some issues with anxiety, but despite his intimidation, he seems to look to Aidan for reassurance.  Aidan has a very expressive facial responses when the pups interact, from licking to grinning, he definitely encourages interactions.  In a recent YouTube video production, there’s a video clip showing Grayson doing a submissive approach and submissive paw towards Aidan, followed by a clip showing Aidan as a pup displaying the same body posture and same relationship towards Shadow, the pack leader in 2008.   Aidan’s come a long way from those timid pup years, maybe Grayson will follow the same path. We recently built the pups a small, birch log area filled with wood chips.  We thought it would give the pups a comfortable resting place.  Within minutes of completing it, Aidan had claimed it for himself even though the dimensions are more aligned with a pup body.