Smokey and Rio meet. Notice that their ears
are back and neither has raised their hackles. This is a friendly
greeting.
The "kiss." Smokey and Rio greet each other.
Sniffing and licking muzzles is typical of wolf greeting behavior.
Another "kiss." Smokey assumes the typical
submissive wolf posture.
"Time to play, and get to know you better."
Smokey gets into the typical "I wanna play" wolf posture.
"Boxing with Rio" Wolves are very intelligent
and use their paws a lot.
Still more play. Ears back and teeth displayed,
Smokey gives Rio a friendly (notice hackles are not raised) warning.
Wolf play can get rough at times, but rarely is anyone injured.
Keisha at about eight weeks old. She and
Smokey were playing. (More pics of them playing on next page)
Keisha has her pine cone "prize."
