grizzer – Feb 25, 2008 12:00 AM

This week can be described as the highest level of dominance rank order behavior this winter. Grizzer has had some very intense interactions with Malik as he continues to assert his status as teh second ranking male. What has been very noteable is Grizzer's response to Shadow. While we would expect Grizzer to continue to gain confidence with his status over Malik, he continues to readily submit to Shadow, and doesn't appear to show any signs of testing Shadow like he did earlier in the winter. Some of this behavior may be related to Shadow's more social interactions in recent weeks and the attention he receives from Maya may be reinforcing Shadow's status. The warmer conditions over the weekend certainly calmed behaviors dramatically, but this would be considered the peak week for hormonal influences.