maya – Jan 28, 2008 12:00 AM

Maya and Grizzer are littermates, and as littermates, still revert to the pup like behavior of wrestling and pinning each other in social interactions. Even Shadow joins in, but this littermate time is unique from other pack interactions. With the exception of a snarl on Maya’s face, there very little redirected aggression or tucked tail when pinned by a littermate. It’s quite different if another pack member does the pinning. This is the reason why, when adding pups to the Exhibit, we will never add only a single pup, the dynamics between littermates has so much social interaction to observe. As a reminder, Nanny and Behavioral Observation applications are still being accepted until February 1st. We are willing to accept the application as an email attachment.