shadow – Oct 22, 2007 12:00 AM

Shadow did amazingly well with the construction crew. He didn’t bark howl once and actually came down many times to watch the construction project. For the last two days of the project, the wolves were so relaxed with the contractors that they didn’t require sedation. We are so thankful that the contract bid was awarded to contractors who were truly concerned with the wolves’ well being, and who remained calm and quiet in the wolf yard despite the fact that they were running equipment. It’s hard to predict what’s going to make Shadow feel threatened, one thing we do know, is that when the contractors first came to the site for the pre-construction meeting, they didn’t walk right up to the fence, didn’t have cameras and followed the direction of the wolf curator. With this process, the wolves seemed to accept that the two contractors were part of the wolf care program.