Lakota is doing well, she has not really started to shed yet, but staff are brushing to encourage the process. She is very alert to the activities within the wolf lab and she continues to retain a good sense of sight and hearing, despite reaching the age of 14.
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Today Nyssa is 35 days old. She now weighs 9.2 pounds and at one feeding took a whopping 7 ounces of formula. An apple and some ground venison caught her attention during one of the public programs. When the pups visited the outdoor pen, Nyssa enthusiastically greeted the Arctics and licked Shadow through the fence. She explored in the bushes and fought with Maya and Grizzer. She had a vet check and received her vaccinations today.
Maya is 42 days old today. She played hard outside, climbing on her younger syster Nyssa and running to the Arctics whenever they whined. She greeted them with a tucked tail and flat ears. During her 42nd day she took her vitamins, received her vaccinations and had her ears washed. After her outside adventure, she was more interested in sleeping than in eating.
Nyssa is 37 days old today. Nyssa did well in program and occupied herself with beaver foot and pig ear. Nyssa has been exhibiting increasingly dominant behaviors with Grizz and Maya.
Nubee has been very vocal when she is displeased when being dominated by Grizz and/or Groan. Nubee seems to prefers to feed from the bottle while lying next to or on top of Grizz & Groan. Nubee growled at Malik when greeting through the fence.
MacKenzie has been showing more dominance over Lakota in the most subtle ways. Her most common dominance display is a stand-over which is shown in Lakota’s photo this week. She is definitely feeling better with the adjustment of her anti-inflammatory dose. Her video shows good mobility and movement for a 14-year old wolf…
Today Groan is 27 days old. She has been doing extremely well in the public programs. She slept today during the morning program. She has been dominating both Nubee and Grizz, and has been doing play-bows with her siblings. Groan has been doing well with the weaning formula. At noon, she ate approximately 2 oz. of weaning formula and 4 oz. from the bottle.
Today Nubee is 20 days old. She is doing well during the public programs and slept during them today. She is attempting to dominate both Grizz and Groan and is initiating more play behaviors with them. Her activity level has increased dramatically, and her appetite has increased. She is still taking the bottle and eating vigorously. At times, she does not appear interested in eating and wants to get down and explore the pup pen. Her mobility and coordination is increasing every day.
Groan has been persistently going after Nubee in dominance interaction attempts. Groan did well during most of the program, but became stressed towards the end. She explored the pen, rubber Kong, and deer hide. She also initiated dominance over Nubee. Groan did well during most of the second program. When she had the deer hide, she was was exhibiting food-caching behavior. Towards the end of the program, she became anxious to get out. Groan did well during the last program and appeared to be more relaxed. She was interested in the deer meat inside the Kong and tried a few times to take the deer leg away from Grizz. Groan has been going after Nubee consistantly in dominance attempts.
Nubee growled at Groan when she came over to investigate Nubee's bottle. Nubee was also showing dominance over Griz after pen cleaned. She was standing over him and grabbing his neck. Nubee was anxious during the early morning Girl Scout program. She went to the gate continually wanting to get out. Nubee did some dominating of Griz. Nubee handled the introduction of the fan (for cooling) really well during the 11:00 program. Nubee tested the dominance phase with both Griz and Groan. Nubee slept through the entire 1:00 program. Nubee did very well during the 3:00 program. She was very active, and interacted with both Groan and Griz during the program. She appeared relaxed and at ease. When Grizz persistently pursued Nubee's bottle, she growled back at him. Nubee is starting to be very vocal when expressing her displeasure with her packmates. She not allowing Grizz and Groan to dominate her as much.
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