Axel – The Wolf Ruff

Axel is starting to look like a miniature adult.  As we celebrated Axel and Grayson’s 4-month birthday on Friday, September 2nd, his weight is showing rapid growth rate of wolf pups. Axel weighed in at 48 pounds and regularly eats about 2 – 3 pounds of food a day.  His main diet is beef or bison, but he likes chicken, liver and bone dust donated by a variety of meat departments.  Zup’s grocery in Ely, Minnesota has been saving bonedust for our ambassador wolves since 1989 and we are most grateful.  Axel continues to display behaviors that give us and indication that he may have some testing behavior in his future.  He frequently postures for food from the adult pack members and usually gets it, even from Denali.  But, the behavior most likely to get a swift response from an adult wolf is when he grabs them by the tail.  No wolf is immune from this antagonistic behavior, even Aidan.