aidan – Nov 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Aidan is doing well in the enclosure, despite some dominance from Maya. Finding a position in the pack is based on individual personality, associations with pack members and perceived threats from the other pack members. Maya must see something in Aidan that she doesn't see in Denali to make Aidan the focus of her attention. It could be the alliance with Shadow that makes her perceive his threat in climbing rank, but it's all part of wolf communication. The pack is much calmer if everyone knows their place, and Aidan knows that his place is on his back when Maya shows the sign of active dominance. In an effort to allow the wolves to investigate the Retired Enclosure after the loss of Lakota, the pack has been given supervised access to the Retired Enclosure several times in the last week. It is great stimulus for the pack, and especially the pups, who spend a great deal of time looking for cached items. A YouTube video was posted with the activity in the Retired Enclosure.