Monday-
As always the day started off with "meatballs", took us a while to wake up Kiri the oldest wolf here at Wolf Park. Then Josh and I went to help in the gift shop while Kayla and Matt went to butcher and then sand some more of the shelving unit. In the gift shop I first scraped off some old stickers that needed to come off then I set out to rearrange the stuffed animals on the shelves the Josh and Caity brought in. After we were finished with the Gift shop we went to join Matt and Kayla in the art of sanding(the butchering was already done YAY!!!!!!). Thankfully the sanding went a lot quicker because Alastair was back with a hand sander, so the only thing us interns had to sand the slower way was the sides and corners. After that we broke for lunch. Pushed so fur in to vials for the gift shop, but then I jammed the laminator and we couldn't move on with the bookmarks(none of us knew how to really use it...) Gave out evening "meatballs" and fed the wolves at the same time because of the research going on here at Wolf Park this week. After all the work was good and done we ate dinner played Uno(Matt won twice I won once) and Monty Python Fluxx(I won both games and then it was off to bed.
Tuesday-
Today I have been officially here for on whole week!!!!!!!!!!!! Morning "meatballs" and then a slow start for the day. We only have one or two hand sanders right now so Josh and Kayla took up the sanding job. While they were doing that Matt and I did the inventory and then after awhile he went to get the trash and recycling from Erich house(I met up there with him because I saw him and decided to help him. After that I got a new job I needed to do, the ice treat container. They were really disgusting and filled with moldy hot dogs and rotten fish. I had to wash them all out. This took a very long time, and I was so glad to be through with it when I was done. Lunch followed, with the Sanding and everything else done we didn't really have much to do. We tried(and failed) to unjam the laminator machine and shredded the office paper. Then we got are next duty for the day, placing the address sticker on the newsletter. A very easy task yes, but also not a very thrilling job. We got all the stickers put on the news letter(there was a man named Peter Parker who lives in New York, it's a Spiderman reference for anyone who might be confused.) We finished up the day with our meeting with Erich who is always interesting to listen to(he has a lot of stories). My first week here at wolf Park has been fun and a learning experience and I have loved every second of it!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Day 6
Sunday-
Today was another one of those easy days. I woke up to a ground covered with snow(eh snow), we gave the wolves their morning "meatballs",and other than evening "meatballs" we didn't have any other tasks that we had to get done. We first cleaned out the human fridge. People have left a lot of butter, so we'll probably be making cookies some time in the future. We than began our adventurous trip to Walmart for a shopping trip. We first went the wrong way getting there. We got there, got our shopping done and left. We soon discovered that the directions didn't work in reverse. Kayla's aunt and uncle lived nearby where we ended up so we tried getting directions from them, but soon got lost again. In the end we went back to Walmart Josh bought a gps system and we finally found our way back here. After eating a long wanted lunch we moved some deer and a calf in to the cooler to thaw, then sanded for a while. Evening "meatballs" followed. We went a got chinese food after this(this was my reward for guessing the right amount of people who would show up for Howl Night. Worked on my power point presentation for a while and now I 'm here writing in my blog!!!!!! Yay that was my exciting day today!!!!!!
Today was another one of those easy days. I woke up to a ground covered with snow(eh snow), we gave the wolves their morning "meatballs",and other than evening "meatballs" we didn't have any other tasks that we had to get done. We first cleaned out the human fridge. People have left a lot of butter, so we'll probably be making cookies some time in the future. We than began our adventurous trip to Walmart for a shopping trip. We first went the wrong way getting there. We got there, got our shopping done and left. We soon discovered that the directions didn't work in reverse. Kayla's aunt and uncle lived nearby where we ended up so we tried getting directions from them, but soon got lost again. In the end we went back to Walmart Josh bought a gps system and we finally found our way back here. After eating a long wanted lunch we moved some deer and a calf in to the cooler to thaw, then sanded for a while. Evening "meatballs" followed. We went a got chinese food after this(this was my reward for guessing the right amount of people who would show up for Howl Night. Worked on my power point presentation for a while and now I 'm here writing in my blog!!!!!! Yay that was my exciting day today!!!!!!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Day 4 and 5
Friday-
Today at Wolf Park. Woke up, and gave wolves their morning "Meatballs." After that education interlude in the education building(yep educational things happening in the education building what a surprise). That was cool, it was a webinar done by a man named Clive who's group has been studying dog cognition and has also study the wolves here at wolf park to see how they do with the same tests. In earlier studies all the wolves did worse than the dog, but the difference between the studies that they did and the one the Clive's group did was that the wolves here were familiar the people who preformed these test whereas in earlier studies they weren't. After that we sanded some more. Following the seemingly endless sanding project, the vet for the animals here came by. She did a check up on one of the foxes Devon. after they were done taking blood etc, Amanda took her on a short walk, let all of us interns pet her, and then Devon was happy to be put back in her cage. The vet also looked at Dharma and Kalani from the main pack. Dharma for a pregnancy test and Kalani to check out some menstrual bleeding thing. After that the vet did check-ups on Tristian(his teeth) and Kiri(he's just really old). The last thing we did for the wolves that night was evening "meatballs", after the full day of events I watched the movie Kickass and then it was off to bed.
Saturday-
Today started of with morning "meatballs". I wasn't that cold when we set of for morning "meatballs, but after Pat's safety lecture about wolf behavior it was freezing. Other than the we didn't do much that afternoon. I was a photo seminar day so there were people there taking pictures of the wolves. So I ate lunch an relaxed for the afternoon. Played chess that ended in a stillmate(I killed all of Kayla's other pieces so that made me happy. That evening we learned all about the Howl night procedure. turning all the lights on, opening up the gate, unlocking doors etc. All the interns had placed bets about how many people would show up for Howl night the number were as follows 5,11,13,15 at last count I think that there were 13 people there so I'm pretty sure I won the bet. Anyways after that we did all opposite stuff to shut down after Howl Night and now we're finished(hoorah). I think the first Howl night went very well considering it was flurrying(I am so tired of the snow enough is enough!!!!) I'm tired from a week of work here, but I'm alreadying in love with being here with the wolves, coyotes and foxes!!!!!!!!
Today at Wolf Park. Woke up, and gave wolves their morning "Meatballs." After that education interlude in the education building(yep educational things happening in the education building what a surprise). That was cool, it was a webinar done by a man named Clive who's group has been studying dog cognition and has also study the wolves here at wolf park to see how they do with the same tests. In earlier studies all the wolves did worse than the dog, but the difference between the studies that they did and the one the Clive's group did was that the wolves here were familiar the people who preformed these test whereas in earlier studies they weren't. After that we sanded some more. Following the seemingly endless sanding project, the vet for the animals here came by. She did a check up on one of the foxes Devon. after they were done taking blood etc, Amanda took her on a short walk, let all of us interns pet her, and then Devon was happy to be put back in her cage. The vet also looked at Dharma and Kalani from the main pack. Dharma for a pregnancy test and Kalani to check out some menstrual bleeding thing. After that the vet did check-ups on Tristian(his teeth) and Kiri(he's just really old). The last thing we did for the wolves that night was evening "meatballs", after the full day of events I watched the movie Kickass and then it was off to bed.
Saturday-
Today started of with morning "meatballs". I wasn't that cold when we set of for morning "meatballs, but after Pat's safety lecture about wolf behavior it was freezing. Other than the we didn't do much that afternoon. I was a photo seminar day so there were people there taking pictures of the wolves. So I ate lunch an relaxed for the afternoon. Played chess that ended in a stillmate(I killed all of Kayla's other pieces so that made me happy. That evening we learned all about the Howl night procedure. turning all the lights on, opening up the gate, unlocking doors etc. All the interns had placed bets about how many people would show up for Howl night the number were as follows 5,11,13,15 at last count I think that there were 13 people there so I'm pretty sure I won the bet. Anyways after that we did all opposite stuff to shut down after Howl Night and now we're finished(hoorah). I think the first Howl night went very well considering it was flurrying(I am so tired of the snow enough is enough!!!!) I'm tired from a week of work here, but I'm alreadying in love with being here with the wolves, coyotes and foxes!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wolf Park: Day 2 and 3
Wednesday-
My second day at Wolf Park!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! And Ew ... So yesterday my orientation continued. 7:50 woke up. 8:00 watched the "meatballs" for the wolves being made. "Meatballs" are used to give wolves medication that they need. Interns make them in the morning before 10(because there is a 6 hour minimum waiting period between the medication giving) and again around four. After that we had to learn how to chop up the deer for the wolves. I was able to get through most of it without being too disgusted by having to butcher up a dead deer until that is we got to the guts!!!!!! I almost barfed!!!!! The guts are just so disgusting!!!!! So lessons learned from that I think I'll be able to butcher the deers for the wolves, but I'm not so sure about those guts. Then we wen t around and threw the food to the wolves which wasn't as bad. Anyways after that lunch, nothing exciting there. After the lunch break we went down and got our fox clearance. We went in to their pen with Amanda who take most of the duties involving the two foxes Ember and Devon. We got to feed them dead mice, by holding one mice in our hand and waiting for them to come up to us and take it. The last thing we did was evening "meatballs" That night we went out to dinner at and Irish pub and restaurant and that's about it.
Thursday-
So today started the same as yesterday "meatballs" galore. After "meatballs" we went over safety protocols with John. The interns also had to start sanding parts for a shelving unit today, Since we have to get all the ink and stuff off it's going to take awhile, but that's okay. Dharma and Woton were let in to the west field which is usually for the bison and we got to watch the run around for awhile. Evening "meatballs" and then we played a card game called wizard I watched a couple of my shows on the internet and now here I am about to go to bed.
Just a note I will try to post everyday if I get the chance, but with the schedule I'm going on right now I'm pretty much beat. So that just means I won't be making any promises about posting everyday. So that's been a whirlwind tour of my past two days at Wolf Park!!!!!!!!
So today
My second day at Wolf Park!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! And Ew ... So yesterday my orientation continued. 7:50 woke up. 8:00 watched the "meatballs" for the wolves being made. "Meatballs" are used to give wolves medication that they need. Interns make them in the morning before 10(because there is a 6 hour minimum waiting period between the medication giving) and again around four. After that we had to learn how to chop up the deer for the wolves. I was able to get through most of it without being too disgusted by having to butcher up a dead deer until that is we got to the guts!!!!!! I almost barfed!!!!! The guts are just so disgusting!!!!! So lessons learned from that I think I'll be able to butcher the deers for the wolves, but I'm not so sure about those guts. Then we wen t around and threw the food to the wolves which wasn't as bad. Anyways after that lunch, nothing exciting there. After the lunch break we went down and got our fox clearance. We went in to their pen with Amanda who take most of the duties involving the two foxes Ember and Devon. We got to feed them dead mice, by holding one mice in our hand and waiting for them to come up to us and take it. The last thing we did was evening "meatballs" That night we went out to dinner at and Irish pub and restaurant and that's about it.
Thursday-
So today started the same as yesterday "meatballs" galore. After "meatballs" we went over safety protocols with John. The interns also had to start sanding parts for a shelving unit today, Since we have to get all the ink and stuff off it's going to take awhile, but that's okay. Dharma and Woton were let in to the west field which is usually for the bison and we got to watch the run around for awhile. Evening "meatballs" and then we played a card game called wizard I watched a couple of my shows on the internet and now here I am about to go to bed.
Just a note I will try to post everyday if I get the chance, but with the schedule I'm going on right now I'm pretty much beat. So that just means I won't be making any promises about posting everyday. So that's been a whirlwind tour of my past two days at Wolf Park!!!!!!!!
So today
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wolf Park Day 1
Well I've finally arrived at Wolf Park!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mom and I arrived here after a detour from a flooded road, anyways I'm just so exicted to be here now. There are five people including me in the house right now. Their names are Kayla, Matt, Casey, and Josh. They all seem like very nice people although it is kind of weird to be the youngest person in the house. Kayla my roommate is really cool and nice. She's from Canada and I think we've hit it off right away(She says she thinks of me as the little sister she never had). . I haven't really haven't had the chance to get to know the others in the house yet(Casey is leaving tomorrow, so that's to bad) but they all seem like nice people too.
After we went over all the rules and toured the camp I got to interact with my first wolf!!!!!!! Dharma is a sweet almost one year old wolf pup. Since she's not considered an adult yet in wolf terms she still has a very puppy like personality. We knelt down and got to pet her and lick our faces, it made me excited all over again to finally be here.
In the evening we got to meet Wolf Park's founder and Owner Erich Klinghammer, who if you can't tell by his name is German. He is a very sweet, nice man. He was born in 1930 in Germany and grew up during WWII. The war ended when he was fifteen and after seeing the horrors of the concentration camps he moved to the U.S with help from a friend. He opened Wolf Park in 1973 and has since turned it in to what it is today. He has six dogs (four chihuahuas, 2 German Shepards), five cats, and a bunch of birds). He's funny and easy to get along with.
After such a busy day I'm just exhausted and plan to read some of my book and then go to bed. Another busy day is planned for tomorrow,I best be ready for it!!!!!!!!!
After we went over all the rules and toured the camp I got to interact with my first wolf!!!!!!! Dharma is a sweet almost one year old wolf pup. Since she's not considered an adult yet in wolf terms she still has a very puppy like personality. We knelt down and got to pet her and lick our faces, it made me excited all over again to finally be here.
In the evening we got to meet Wolf Park's founder and Owner Erich Klinghammer, who if you can't tell by his name is German. He is a very sweet, nice man. He was born in 1930 in Germany and grew up during WWII. The war ended when he was fifteen and after seeing the horrors of the concentration camps he moved to the U.S with help from a friend. He opened Wolf Park in 1973 and has since turned it in to what it is today. He has six dogs (four chihuahuas, 2 German Shepards), five cats, and a bunch of birds). He's funny and easy to get along with.
After such a busy day I'm just exhausted and plan to read some of my book and then go to bed. Another busy day is planned for tomorrow,I best be ready for it!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Off to Earlham I go
So I'm finally feeling better from getting my wisdom teeth and today I will be going to Earlham for a week. I will be going to some classes with my sister, and I'm very excited!!!!!! After my week long tour of Earlham I will go home for a couple of days and then it's off to Wolf Park for 2 months!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wisdom Teeth...
So I'm back in Bloomington I just had my wisdom teeth taken out and I'm a month in to my project. I decided to research 7 conservationist for my project. All coming form different background and each contributed something different to animal conservation. I'll soon start choosing different animal sanctuaries to study, once my medicine stops making me so fuzzy.
I'm glad to have my wisdom teeth out so I don't have to deal with them later, but not being able to eat solids, anything hot or cold, and feeling out of it is not helping my project go along. hopefully I'll feel better soon and be able to get back on track.
I'm glad to have my wisdom teeth out so I don't have to deal with them later, but not being able to eat solids, anything hot or cold, and feeling out of it is not helping my project go along. hopefully I'll feel better soon and be able to get back on track.
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