boltz – Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM

Boltz was the most nervous about his recent vaccinations. He has a certain level of mistrust that is quick to activate when something is different. Fortunately, he allowed two of the staff to vaccinate him while he was in the medical pen. There may be some association with this area and staff handling from when he was a pup. Boltz is the oldest pup we have ever socialized (over30 days before we began our socialization process) and even though he was handled in the neonate stage at his natal facility, there's a difference in getting a wolf to trust our staff and our facility. We will continue to work with him to build his trust and have positive experiences with staff. Today, while I was in the enclosure trying to film, he got so excited that he climbed on my lap. That's definitely positive reinforcement.