luna – May 29, 2012 12:00 AM

It's been a busy weekend with the start of the public programs scheduled at 11, 1 and 3 pm. We actually started last Thursday with some special previews for the Ely and Babbitt school districts. Educating the youth of today is our best investment in wolf education and the kids and the pups enjoyed the programs. The public programs began on Friday, and unless there's a medical or behavioral reason for a pup to miss a program, they will be coming into the auditorium. We have a small area fenced off with dog beds and blankets along with a new toy or food stimulus each day. Peanut really enjoys the chance to steal items from Bolts, it's the only time they two of them are allowed together due to her restricted activity orders from the surgeon. The pups are in the auditorium for about 15 minutes, and it is a challenge to keep her from being too active. Inevitably, wolf care staff or pup care participants have to pick her up and hold her to keep her from running. She gets her sutures out today, and we have 2 more weeks of restricted activity before the 1st set of follow up x-rays to determine how she's healing and if her bone density has improved. We also received a nutritional formula specially designed by the U of Minnesota nutritionist. Her test results showed that we were low in Vitamin D, so we had been having her eat liver as her main meat source. She was less than thrilled, so with the new supplement, she can have whatever meat she wants. Her weights since the last posting: <li> 5-21 – 11.1 lbs <li> 5-22 – 11.5 lbs <li> 5-23 – 11.7 lbs <li> 5-24 – 12.3 lbs <li> 5-25 – 12.8 lbs <li> 5-26 – 12.9 lbs <li> 5-27 – 13.1 lbs <li> 5-28 – 13.6 lbs <li> 5-29 – 13.8 lbs <li>