Denali – Behaviors Usually Reserved for Juveniles

Let’s just say, the title says it all.  Denali hasn’t seemed to grow out of some of the juvenile displays of dominance like squashing your packmate. Boltz seems to willingly accept this behavior, after growing up with Luna as a pupmate, it might be a welcome relief to have a “Pupmate” that socially engages without teeth.  Regardless, there seems to be little strife between these two males who are clearly subordinate to Aidan.  We did get Denali to shed most of his undercoat.  It seemed to come out in a 48 hour period.  Fortunately, we had a strong wind, and the undercoat that we didn’t save for hair samples (the retail store will be selling vials of hair), blew away in the wind and probably became some good fiber for a birds nest.  We did weigh Denali in June and he is weighing in at 134.5 lbs.  nearly equal to Aidan, but with Denali, we know he can put on the pounds with a full meal.

8/29/2008	Denali – Pup	55.7 lbs
4/22/2009	Denali – Yearling	108.03 lbs
4/29/2010	Denali – 2 Years	107.36 lbs
6/5/2011	Denali – 3 Years	124 lbs
6/4/2013	Denali – 5 years	130.1 lbs
6/13/2014	Denali – 6 Years	134.5 lbs

Not sure why we missed his weights in 2012… the weight scale is a large metal scale designed for pigs… it can be intimidating for wolves, usually Denali is the first on the scale, but it is a major event to get the wolves to stand still long enough to get a read on the digital box.