boltz – May 10, 2013 12:00 AM

Boltz has shown some real excitement when greeting staff. This is not typical of his personality, he has always had a tendency to be shy. This might be due to the fact that he was so much older when we acquired him (nearly a month of age), or again, this may be a personality trait. As the wolves mature, we start to see patterns of behavior that exist as pups, then to yearlings then to adulthood. If a particular pattern continues through all stages of development and they don't "grow out" of a particular behavior, then we can assume we will deal with the behavior throughout their lives. One thing that helped Boltz work through some of this shyness was the relationship with Oscar, we are fortunate that we had the opportunity to use Oscar so extensively during Boltz's formidable months as a pup. I suspect without that influence, Boltz would be a lot more timid.