Today, Nubee is 29 days old. Nubee has been increasingly asserting her dominance over her littermates. Despite her smaller size, she often holds her own. She frequently initiates contact and maintains dominance. Nubee has also been very active in exploring the outer puppy pen. She is very mobile, but not quite as much as Grizz and Groan. Staff is concerned Nubee may have a possible bladder infection. We will be closely monitoring her urinary output over the next several days.

Nubee is 30 days old. Nubee and her littermates were all showing nervous behavior during morning programming. Staff is amazed how quickly Nubee's motor skills have developed in this past week. She very mobile now and is often initiating the contact with her littermates. She has been making more of an effort to assert dominance over her littermates. Although Nubee is still much smaller than Grizz and Groan when she is confronted by them she can readily defend herself. Today, when Nubee was in the outside puppy pen she romped around in an explorative manner as well as spending time greeting Malik and Shadow.

Today Nyssa is 50 days old. Because of the warm weather, Nyssa was not very active today. She enjoyed chewing on a frozen blanket and sleeping in the den with Grizzer.

Nubee is exactly one month old today as she was born on May 12th. Of the three pups Nubee is the most aggressive despite her smaller size. She is consistenly growling, biting and standing over her littermates. Her feeding behavior over the last week has vastly improved as staff doesn't have to struggle to get her to feed as they did only days ago. During today's programs Nubee was stressed as well. Like the other pups she is fully aware of external disturbances such as loud noises inside the building. While she was in the outside puppy pen she explored the area as well as Malik and Shadow's den.

Today Nyssa is 46 days. She has been greeting the arctics at the shared fenceline, she was whining with tucked tail and then she ran to staff for comfort/reassurance. Nyssa did well in the 11 am program. She was kept occupied with pig ear during presentation and then fell asleep for rest of program. At the 1 pm program, Nyssa was anxious throughout the entire program. It may have been due to the heat in the auditorium. She was distracted momentarily with a beaver tail, fruit, and pig ear. Nyssa has been exploring the overnight pup kennel. She has been sleeping and lying in the dogloo. It should be cautioned that Nyssa can crawl underneath the overnight kennel doors. Nyssa slept throughout most of the 3 pm program. She has been reacting with fear when introduced to new people, either nannies or staff. She growled at a new nanny, she did not wanted to get close to the gate and greet. Ears were flat back and tail tucked.

Today Nubee is 33 days old. She is showing more dominance attempts over both Grizz and Groan. During outside pen visit she seemed intent on seeking her littermates to display her dominance. She actively greets Malik & Shadow at the shared fenceline, sometimes growling at them. With staff, she continues to seek comfort and human touch. She also seems to be seeking out a nanny when wanting to sleep. She has also recently made attempts to howl with the older wolves when she hears them howling; her howl was punctuated with a throaty snort sound. Nubee shows signs of anxiety in the 11 a.m. programs, but does better in the afternoon programs.

Nyssa is 41 days old today. She aggressively ate the venison and then defended it by growling at one of the nannies. After she ate the venison, she pounced/hopped with tail wagging and dove into the dirt pile. We think she liked the venison.

Today Nyssa is 54 days old. Today a film crew from Germany was on site. Nyssa was undisturbed by the film crew and appeared to be at ease. She was very intent on chewing on a deer leg.

Nubee joined Grizz and Groan in chasing each other when one had the beaver tail. She also exhibited head-shaking behavior with the beaver tail. Nubee has been initiating dominance interactions with Grizz and Groan. She has been very vocal-growling at them. Stalking and pouncing behaviors were also observed. Nubee was very anxious during program and was whining and climbing on gate to get out of pup pen in auditorium. She was not easily distracted with stimulus items. Took pups out to outdoor pup pen. Nubee ran around and explored the enclosure. She also went into the den and dug some dirt and laid down. Went to fenceline and growled at Shadow & Malik. Malik brought a piece of beaver near fence and put it down.

Today, Nubee is 17 days old. Nubee has been walking around the pen more and often trys to dominate Grizz. She trys to pull on his tail and grab his neck. Nubee has also been trying to engage in play behaviors with both Grizz and Groan. Groan is quickly becoming more defensive. Today, Groan came up to Nubee and bit her and Nubee barked back at her.