grizzer – Nov 11, 2011 12:00 AM

Grizzer is showing more excitement towards wolf care staff and especially towards retirement. When Shadow is dominating Malik, Grizzer is right at the back gate in a high tail. This behavior reinforces our decision to not put Grizzer and Malik together. Grizzer channels some of that excitement towards Oscar, who is always up to something in the yard to keep Grizzer occupied. Otherwise, Grizzer gets a lot of bones and enjoys visits from a large number of wolf care staff. The Level 1 handlers at the Center (we have 3 tiers of handlers based on experience, Level 1 are the newer handlers) are allowed to go in with Grizzer when accompanied by a Level 2 or 3 handler. This means that Grizzer gets far more stimulation by seeing a lot more people. All the other wolves see only a limited number of people due to the increased intensity of their behavior, especially from Shadow and Aidan.