maya – Jan 7, 2011 12:00 AM

Maya has shown some strong bonding with Grizzer and clearly associates as a dominant pair. Although, in the last few days, she has been asserting dominance over Grizzer, with some intense growls. Grizzer is very passive to her and just takes it in stride with no response. This is the time of the year that Maya shows the most conflicted behavior, one minute she is rubbing against another wolf, trying to pair bond, another minute later, she is pinning them to the ground (Aidan only), or doing a ride up behavior with an intensity one wouldn't expect from a wolf of her size. We have one word for this behavior, and it's not in the Ethogram, we call it hormones.