Luna – Relaxation

I do apologize for the delay in the logs… there only seems to be so many hours in a day.  We have certainly been filling up each day with pup acquisition details and as you now know, pup socialization details.  We brought the pups to the fence line to meet the adult wolves earlier this evening and Luna had a significant hormonal response most notable was her non-stop drooling when the pups were presented. A benefit of working with neonate pups is the importance of socialization with the wolf care staff that are the caretakers for the wolves entire life, the other benefit is stimulus in prolactin hormone with the adult wolves.  The younger the pups when the adults meet them, the more intense the prolactin response.  Usually, the wolves remain in a state of heightened cohesiveness and calm, relaxed behaviors.  We hope this pup introduction will help Luna be a bit more socially engaged in all pack activities.