lakota – Sep 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Lakota’s pond was completed on Saturday morning, and she had to stay in the pack holding area on Saturday night. We installed a secondary gate system tighter than Fort Knox, so there is no way that we can have a repeat performance from last week. She finished a week of antibiotics and is back to eating 3 – 5 lbs a day, sometimes accepting hand feeding from staff, sometimes eating from the bowl overnight. We know she is feeling better, as I write this, she just stole a shoe from the lab and ran off with it. She still wants to be near the pack, and as I reviewed the photos from the mishap in the enclosure, it did appear that Lakota was trying to walk a parallel gate with Shadow, seeking acceptance in the pack. But, we couldn’t leave her in the enclosure with the younger ones, she just couldn’t keep up and the focus on her weaknesses would have increased as the winter approached. Lakota is physically doing well, but every day is an effort to make sure she is psychologically doing well. Improvements to the Retired Enclosure will be great stimulus for her, and we are grateful for the upcoming “Workin' for Wolves program. To those participants registered, bulk up on food, there is A LOT of work planned for the weekend.