grizzer – Oct 12, 2009 12:00 AM

Grizzer is still the calm wolf that avoids confrontations, but isn't so calm that he won't respond. Denali has been practicing some ride-up and mounting behaviors on Grizzer, but Grizzer can't show much dominance without Shadow actively making him submit. So, Grizzer takes Denali's attention, tries to run and find a safe place, like the slate den, but overall, puts up with it. Due to Grizzer's increased weight this fall, we have started him on cosequin and durlactin, usually reserved for 6 year old wolves, but necessary in his case. Now that the yearlings have reached full size, we contemplated reducing the feedings back to once a week, which was standard practice for this exhibit, but the calming effect of a mid-week feeding, mixed with the snow and cold temperatures of October have prompted us to continue feeding on Wednesdays. This may change if Shadow and Malik are retired.