Gaining Confidence

Boltz still remains shy of some events, but his confidence is definitely picking up when it comes to the male rank order. It’s a natural response to try and climb rank order as the wolves mature, and Boltz is good at waiting for Aidan to be occupied by Luna and Denali, then coming in from behind for a ride up or a grab bite. Aidan clearly has the authority to give a lip curl or threat display and make Boltz’s ears drop. Body language is extremely important to wolves and it makes these ritualized dominance displays noisy, but it also prevents a lot of fighting for position. Boltz’s weight is 109.56 pounds at 1 1/2 years. We didn’t get a weight on Grizzer at this age, but Boltz’s weight match’s Grizzer’s weight of 110 pounds as a 4 year old wolf.