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Today we have been having one big storm after another. Thunder and lightning, big torrential downpours, and there are rivers of water everywhere. There is a very large hole here on the property that is meant to eventually become a small landscaped lake. Now it is filled to overflowing, just in one day. The animals are all covered in mud, and very frisky with this cool weather.
There have been big changes here, but writing them down won't capture the significance, won't show what these changes mean. Like saying that my boss quit. Doesn't mean much to write it down, because you guys don't know this wonderful, mystical, bearded old man.
I've switched a few animals again. I now take care of Ishi and Zoe; Mr. Cheyenne and his soon-to-be mate, Maki; and Lupe and Embla.
Maki is a pure wolf from a sanctuary in Ohio that just shut down. At her old home, she was the alpha of her pack, and very social. For now, she is still too uncomfortable with her new surroundings to do much other than lay down and sleep, but I'm working with her daily to try and build a bond.
Embla is a funny-looking mid-content wolf-dog. She's part wolf, part Chow-Chow. Black and fuzzy. Extremely timid.
Her mate Lupe' is a mid-content wolf-dog, also extremely timid. He is a very old guy, but still active, and he has an on-going fence battle with his neighbors Amadeus, Shaunie, and Mr. Cheyenne. His bark always makes me laugh. He puts so much feeling into it, but all that comes out is a single halfhearted-sounding "uh."
These last two have slowly warmed up to me, so that Lupe' now comes up for pets, and Embla is almost brave enough to.
There are more and more new volunteers arriving now. I've been going out on trips a lot. We've been hiking to Red Rock State Park and El Morro and El Malpais National Monuments. The last two Mondays, we went caving at El Malpais. Exploring dark, jumbled caverns, crawling on our bellies, finding strange formations and ice pools.
Oh! And the really big news is that a litter of six pure Arctic/Timber wolf cubs has been donated to us. They are only a month old now. They require round-the-clock care. They're completely helpless, although they gain almost a pound every day and are becoming more and more interested in the world around them. We are trying to socialize them so that maybe when they're full-grown, one or two of them can be taken out into the public for education and outreach events. Blah blah blah.
Here are pictures, unedited, because the coloring on this computer monitor is off, and I don't have time to do it anyway:
( Read more... )</lj-cut) ps: I had videos, too, but the internet keeps failing before they have a chance to upload. Oh well.
There have been big changes here, but writing them down won't capture the significance, won't show what these changes mean. Like saying that my boss quit. Doesn't mean much to write it down, because you guys don't know this wonderful, mystical, bearded old man.
I've switched a few animals again. I now take care of Ishi and Zoe; Mr. Cheyenne and his soon-to-be mate, Maki; and Lupe and Embla.
Maki is a pure wolf from a sanctuary in Ohio that just shut down. At her old home, she was the alpha of her pack, and very social. For now, she is still too uncomfortable with her new surroundings to do much other than lay down and sleep, but I'm working with her daily to try and build a bond.
Embla is a funny-looking mid-content wolf-dog. She's part wolf, part Chow-Chow. Black and fuzzy. Extremely timid.
Her mate Lupe' is a mid-content wolf-dog, also extremely timid. He is a very old guy, but still active, and he has an on-going fence battle with his neighbors Amadeus, Shaunie, and Mr. Cheyenne. His bark always makes me laugh. He puts so much feeling into it, but all that comes out is a single halfhearted-sounding "uh."
These last two have slowly warmed up to me, so that Lupe' now comes up for pets, and Embla is almost brave enough to.
There are more and more new volunteers arriving now. I've been going out on trips a lot. We've been hiking to Red Rock State Park and El Morro and El Malpais National Monuments. The last two Mondays, we went caving at El Malpais. Exploring dark, jumbled caverns, crawling on our bellies, finding strange formations and ice pools.
Oh! And the really big news is that a litter of six pure Arctic/Timber wolf cubs has been donated to us. They are only a month old now. They require round-the-clock care. They're completely helpless, although they gain almost a pound every day and are becoming more and more interested in the world around them. We are trying to socialize them so that maybe when they're full-grown, one or two of them can be taken out into the public for education and outreach events. Blah blah blah.
Here are pictures, unedited, because the coloring on this computer monitor is off, and I don't have time to do it anyway:
( Read more... )</lj-cut) ps: I had videos, too, but the internet keeps failing before they have a chance to upload. Oh well.
