The Laughing Wolf

Friday Wolf Blogging

A wolf pack is a dynamic thing. Puppy packs tend to be a rolling ball of stomachs, teeth and noise (not that dissimilar from any pack of human children). Full packs have interesting social dynamics as members rise and fall in status. This fine fellow has been experiencing some of those dynamics of late:

This is Chetan, and he is the father of this year's puppies and appears to now be the former Beta Male of the main pack. From reports, he seems to be somewhat comfortable with the change in status. Then again, Fluffy (as he is also known to some) has somewhere around eleven years of life experience by which to judge things.

That experience stands him well during the hottest days of the summer, when he tends to go spend the days in the dens. Underground, it is cool and there are no biting flies and such to bother him. It also means that he has been clear of puppies and yearlings, which he seems to regard in much the same light as the biting and annoying insects. Think there is a bit of Fields in there, with some clear "Go away kid, ya bother me" showing through.

As for the pack politics, they will continue no matter what. Nothing in life is ever carved in granite, and all one has to do is watch a wolf pack to see that truth.

LW