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This is from the staff photographer at WolfPark. I regularly visit their website, and browse his photo's of the day. They are new images posted daily, if you are interested at all in photography you'll love this, he posts all the tech details for each shot he takes. Go here: [link]

Born in 1995 to a precocious Karin and probably Socrates, Chetan was the only male pup in the litter of five. Chetan means "hawk" in Lakota. A standoffish puppy coat lent to the nick name of "FluffyPup." Later his first winter, his social endeavors "helping" Orca move up in rank earned him the name of "Evil, Wicked Henchpuppy."

We often tell the wolves "what goes around, comes around." This has definitely been the case with Chetan. He used to rush and nip other wolves in the rear. Well, guess what, now he is the one with scars on his butt -- mostly from Marion. Chetan also lost all rank and ended up the lowest ranking male in the pack. He did manage to dominate Miska briefly in the winter of 2002, but that was short lived and he once again became pack omega. However, when the pack was split, though he is was still technically the pack omega, Tristan and Erin did not ride hard on Chetan at all so he now has considerable social freedom. With the addition of the four pups in August, 2004, Chetan has maintained dominance over them, but is showing signs that this might not last.

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Description
This is from the staff photographer at WolfPark. I regularly visit their website, and browse his photo's of the day. They are new images posted daily, if you are interested at all in photography you'll love this, he posts all the tech details for each shot he takes. Go here: [link]

Born in 1995 to a precocious Karin and probably Socrates, Chetan was the only male pup in the litter of five. Chetan means "hawk" in Lakota. A standoffish puppy coat lent to the nick name of "FluffyPup." Later his first winter, his social endeavors "helping" Orca move up in rank earned him the name of "Evil, Wicked Henchpuppy."

We often tell the wolves "what goes around, comes around." This has definitely been the case with Chetan. He used to rush and nip other wolves in the rear. Well, guess what, now he is the one with scars on his butt -- mostly from Marion. Chetan also lost all rank and ended up the lowest ranking male in the pack. He did manage to dominate Miska briefly in the winter of 2002, but that was short lived and he once again became pack omega. However, when the pack was split, though he is was still technically the pack omega, Tristan and Erin did not ride hard on Chetan at all so he now has considerable social freedom. With the addition of the four pups in August, 2004, Chetan has maintained dominance over them, but is showing signs that this might not last.

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