shadow – Jan 4, 2013 12:00 AM

It's always hard to watch Shadow on the off days. He's been such a dynamic leader for so many years that his submissive moments towards Malik are more pronounced. As I've said before, we have a great deal of concern for Shadow under any type of immobilization drugs, so a decision to drug him for a complete medical exam and bloodwork has to be weighed carefully, especially in cold temperatures. He's still eating OK and he is the most active wolf to greet the staff, so at this point, I will continue to document his on and off days, try to correlate to any parameter such as weather, food consumption, scat condition, water consumption and behavioral interactions to see if we can identify a pattern. Since this situation seems to have occurred 3 or 4 times this winter, we hope to see some patterns to the symptoms.