malik – Nov 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Malik is having a good start to winter. With Grizzer still influenced by the presence of pups and being fairly calm, he doesn’t have the dominance rank issues that he did last winter. Of course, Grizzer will still follow and chase if Malik is too forceful, but it is much calmer than previous winters. Malik does get bold when the pups are interacting with Grizzer, he does a full foreleg stab at Grizzer, jumps on his head and will take a grab at his rump, but when you’re the bottom ranking wolf, its well within his right to look for opportunities to move up. Especially when your littermate is the dominant male and you can seek him out for protection.