nyssa – Jun 29, 2004 12:00 AM

Today Nyssa is 48 days old. Nyssa remains to be a very aggressive pup with her littermates. When she interacts with them she is often the aggressor. To date Nyssa has yet to high stress levels during pup programs. She is readily able to distract herself by either interacting with her littermates or playing with the various chew toys staff provides. When Nyssa greets her human caretakers she often runs up to the them with a wagging tail and gives them a facial licking while rolling over on her belly. This type of a greeting which Nyssa displays is an ideal social greeting with wolf care staff. Nyssa is the most responsive to the nurturing whines of Malik and Shadow. When the two arctic wolves come over to the puppy pen fence Nyssa runs over to greet them with lots of enthusiasm. Today, however, the weather was a little warm and humid so Nyssa spent most of her time outside sleeping on the cool soil under a balsm tree.