denali – Jun 18, 2008 12:00 AM

The pups are 52 days old today, we don't have weights today, we are waiting for the new scales arrival tomorrow, so we don't have to weigh them with the sling. Aiden moves too much and is too alert for the sling. The following logs were written by Jill Badyrka: Both pups received a veterinary visit today in the Wolf Lab. Initially, both displayed a bit of shyness with Chip, but ultimately both pups came to Chip and sat quietly during the exam. The curator held each pup for their vaccination. Both pups remained relaxed for the remainder of their exam, without incident. In their first Pup 101 of the day, Aiden continued to display increasingly focused food aggression with a beaver tail, although Denali was successful in distracting him away from the tail with the peeling of bark from a birch log. It is quite interesting to watch their cognitive and strategic skills develop, while abiding by innate “rules of the pack such as food possession.