Small puppies are still allowed to make, what you want. The wolves' patience soon reaches its limits. The puppies quickly grow in size and become more and more pushy. Then it happens, that an adult wolf growls at an overly cheeky pup. Most of the time, the little ones don't care, he just keeps going, tries, to lick the big one's face, tugging at his fur or biting his tail. Then the old man goes away.
One day, however, the adults begin, to fight back more. The threat of baring teeth and growling is useless, the big wolf bites the little one on the snout. Then the little mouth is stuck between the big teeth. The puppy is screaming more in fright than in pain. Nothing happens, because the old wolves have a clear "bite inhibition" towards the puppies. She prevented, being bitten hard and causing injury.
The puppies now know, how far they can go and where the fun stops. To experience such limits, is very important. Because only now can the old wolves, if it is necessary, brake their puppies. For example, this is important, when the puppies really want to run with the old ones one evening. Since the puppies would only interfere with the hunt, the wolves bite their snouts. It means "wolfish".: "No, leave it!The puppies are not allowed to follow them any further, but have to stay with the minders.
From now on, the puppies gradually learn all the do's and don'ts of the pack. You have to learn, to submit to the elders, when and with whom to play or how to stick together along the way. They get to know the hierarchy in the pack and respect and measure their strength, without allowing serious fighting and injury. Above all, however, they learn from the example of the elderly, where dangers lurk, which paths lead through the area and how to hunt. They have a long and not always safe apprenticeship ahead of them.