malik – Aug 24, 2012 12:00 AM

This is the first week that we've noticed a return to some of the stand off behaviors between the arctics. This means that Shadow approaches to do a chin rest and Malik resists and continues to turn to face off Shadow. When we see this behavior, it's a pretty good indication that we are having some hormonal stimulus. The good thing is that Malik still averts Shadow's direct eye contact. When Malik starts to return eye contact, it can get pretty noisy in retirement. These two twelve year old wolves certainly have a lot of spunk and good interactions.