aidan – Jun 29, 2009 12:00 AM

Written by "Pups at One Year" program participants Lauri Pecsok and Suzanne Wessa-Avello: Prior to enrichment, the pack is held in a separate holding area while the enrichment items are placed in the enclosure. In this weeks photo, Aidan is running from the pack holding area to enrichment, in this case four deer legs for six wolves. Aidan is often hesitant and unsure of himself in his interactions with his various pack mates, and running can be an uncomfortable stimulus for him as indicated by his ears turned back and his tail held somewhat lower. Still young and one of the newest pack members he's searching for his place in the pack, however he quickly reasserted himself when he discovered his brother had acquired one leg by challenging Denali to a tug of war. Persistence paid off as he happily ended up with half of that leg.